Fine Bird Books

The Department of Special Collections is fortunate to have a number of 19th Century illustrated bird books. These books, filled with hand-colored plates, were produced at a time when there was tremendous interest in the descriptions of new species of birds. At the same time, a new printing technique, lithography, made illustration of new species a simpler process. This combination of art and science resulted in lovely volumes like those on display.

Illustrated Botanical Books, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth Centuries

No attempt has been made for a comprehensive coverage of the many outstanding illustrated botanical books for this three hundred year period. Rather the aim has been for a combination of interesting illustrators and famous botanists. Like the exhibit on fine bird books, these books on display have been taken from the Rare Books division of Special Collections.

Reproducción, norma y valor en el entorno digital : Google Books o la biblioteca de la discordia

Fil: Hutnik, Elizabeth. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.

Reproducción, norma y valor en el entorno digital : Google Books o la biblioteca de la discordia

Fil: Hutnik, Elizabeth. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.

Reproducción, norma y valor en el entorno digital : Google Books o la biblioteca de la discordia

Fil: Hutnik, Elizabeth. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.

Libri de re rustica : M. Catonis, lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis lib. III. L. Iunii Moderati Columellae lib. XII. Eiusdem de arboribus liber separatus ab alijs ... Palladii lib. XIIII. De duobus dierum generibus simulq[ue] de vmbris [et] horis quae apud Pal

Lugares e imp. tomados de Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German Books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum

Libri de re rustica : M. Catonis, lib. I. M. Terentii Varronis lib. III. L. Iunii Moderati Columellae lib. XII. Eiusdem de arboribus liber separatus ab alijs ... Palladii lib. XIIII. De duobus dierum generibus simulq[ue] de vmbris [et] horis quae apud Pal

Lugares e imp. tomados de Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German Books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum

Opera chiamata Confusione della setta machumetana

Domenico de Gaztelu es seud. de Feliciano de Silva

The nature-printed British sea-weeds : a history, accompanied by figures and dissections of the Algae of the British Isles / By William Grosart Johnstone and Alexander Croall. Nature printed by Henry Bradbury.

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Online tables of contents for books: effect on usage*

Objectives: To explore whether the presence of online tables of contents (TOC) in an online catalog affects circulation (checkouts and inhouse usage). Two major questions were posed: (1) did the presence of online tables of contents for books increase use, and, (2) if it did, what factors might cause the increase?

Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library*

After thirty-six years of biennial updates, the authors take great pride in being able to publish the nineteenth version (2001) of the “Brandon/Hill Selected List of Print Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library.” This list of 630 books and 143 journals is intended as a selection guide for health sciences libraries or similar facilities. It can also function as a core collection for a library consortium. Books and journals are categorized by subject; the book list is followed by an author/editor index, and the subject list of journals, by an alphabetical title listing. Due to continuing requests from librarians, a “minimal core list” consisting of 81 titles has been pulled out from the 217 asterisked (*) initial-purchase books and marked with daggers (†*) before the asterisks. To purchase the entire collection of 630 books and to pay for 143 2001 journal subscriptions would require $124,000. The cost of only the asterisked items, books and journals, totals $55,000. The “minimal core list” book collection costs approximately $14,300.