Tag Archive | rare book
The Early Printing Collection: An Introduction
A new (very old!) collection of early printing has now been processed and digitized, and is available in the Digital Collections or by request in person in the Maryland Room. The Early Printing Collection is a set of thirty-six leaves and pages that were printed in Europe in the late 15th century. It includes printed […]
Agriculture, Illustrations and Prophecies
Hello everyone, it has been some time since the last post and there are lots of new things to report. First off, I would like to introduce myself, Marie-Laure Flamer, as a “new” addition to the pamphlets team. Since my start in October, I have examined over 1,000 pamphlets with diverse subjects such as opinions […]
Revealing La Révolution: Digitized Pamphlets Accessible through WorldCat
Revealing La Révolution: Digitized Pamphlets Accessible through WorldCat. Updated information on how to search for digitized french pamphlets from UMD’s premier collection.
Revealing La Revolution: The Environmental Scan & Microsoft Excel, Part 2
As you now know I began my tenure as the interim Curator for Literature and Rare Books by trying to get more familiar with cataloged items in Rare Books and Special Collections by creating a spreadsheet that would give me an overview of the collection as a whole. Technical Services provided me with a MARC […]
Revealing La Revolution: The Environmental Scan & MARCedit, Part 1
As the interim Curator of Literature and Rare Books I am writing the Environmental Scan for the French Pamphlet Project. Two tools I have found very useful to help with this are MARCedit and Microsoft Excel (I sort of love spreadsheets). I became familiar with MARCedit over the summer as I attempted to gain intellectual […]
Yuletide Books: On display now in the Maryland Room
Get into the holiday spirit than by visiting the Special Collections Literature and Rare Books Collection in Hornbake Library! On display now in the Maryland Room are books written by celebrated authors about the holiday season or retelling classic tales. Visit the UMD Libraries hours website for our holiday hours – you definitely don’t want […]
World’s Fair Collection Now in Hornbake
An important collection has moved across campus and is now available at the Maryland Room, in Hornbake Library’s Special Collections. You can visit us anytime during our open hours to learn more about the history of the World’s Fair. If you want to take a look before you visit, you can browse the digital version […]
