While I don't recall there being any in-depth then-and-now analyses, the
2005 RBMS Preconference entitled Going Over to the Dark Side: Librarianship
and the Book Trade was a stellar discussion about the relationships between
the worlds (and worldviews) of rare book librarians versus antiquarian book
dealers. If you could find a transcript of this exchange, I think your
library students might find it very informative reading.
Mike Garabedian
On 7/29/06, Deirdre Stam <Deirdre.Stam@liu.edu> wrote:
In the fall of 2006, the Palmer School of Library Science (Long Island
Univ. at its Bobst Library NYU site) is offering a course on the Antiquarian
Book Trade as part of its MSLIS degree program. (The School has an active
Rare Book and Special Collections concentration in Manhattan.) I am very
grateful to all contributors for the excellent suggestions of readings on
this subject that have turned up on the list in recent days.
I would be very interested to learn about any other courses touching on
the antiquarian book trade in any context. (I have attended the wonderful
Colorado summer camp which I highly recommend.) And I would be very
grateful to learn about analyses of the antiquarian book trade, both "then"
and now.
Deirdre
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Deirdre C. Stam
Director of the New York Center for the Book
and Associate Professor at the Palmer School, Long Island University
Address: Palmer School LIU, Bobst Library NYU #707, 70 Washington Square
South, New York NY 10012
Tel.: 212-998-2681; FAX: 212-995-4072; Email: deirdre.stam@liu.edu; web
Note: The main office for the Palmer School is at the C.W. Post Campus,
720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548-1300. Web page:
palmer.cwpost.liu.edu; email: palmer@cwpost.liu.edu; tel.: 516-299-2487.
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From: Exlibris on behalf of Germaine Warkentin
Sent: Thu 7/27/2006 11:19 AM
To: EXLIBRIS@mail.ecw.name
Subject: Re: Best Memoirs of Book Collectors/Dealers?
I'll second the Altick recommendation -- I read it right at the
beginning of my grad student career, and it changed my life; I had the
pleasure of telling him this when he visited Toronto many years later. I
have pressed it on many a subsequent grad student. It is full of
bibliographical and book history information and anecdotes, and it
stands up very well after many decades. A sheer delight! Germaine
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Germaine Warkentin // English (Emeritus)
VC 205, Victoria College (University of Toronto),
73 Queen's Park Crescent East, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, CANADA
g.warkentin@utoronto.ca (fax number on request)
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