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008			140409s2014 mdua b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781442234970
040			_aDLC _cDLC _erda
050			_aZ 1039.A87 _b.C685 2014
245		0	_aCollecting, curating, and researching Writers' Libraries : _ba handbook / _cEdited by Richard W. Oram ; with Joseph Nicholson.
264			_aLanham : _bRowman & Littlefield, _c[2014]
300			_aix, 218 pages : _billustrations _c24 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAcademic collection practices in recent years have extended to the private libraries of notable individual authors. As a consequence, book historians have become more interested in the study of provenance of the contents of these libraries, while literary scholars have devoted more attention to authorial annotations. At the same time, the Internet has encouraged both scholarly and hobbyist reconstructions of private libraries (see, for example, the "Legacy Libraries" on Librarything.com). Although there are many bibliographies and reconstructions of the libraries of authors, this is the first general consideration of these libraries and serves as an introduction to best practices for academic libraries in their acquisition, cataloging and issues of access. This collection begins with principal editor Richard Oram's historical overview of writers' libraries and institutional collecting, focusing primarily on English-language authors. The co-editor, Joseph Nicholson, has provided a definitive review of best cataloging and arrangement practices that facilitate scholarly access. The bookseller Kevin Mac Donnell discusses the marketing of these collections and obstacles to placing intact author libraries in institutions. Also included are case studies by Amanda Golden and David Faulds relating to the personal libraries of the poets Anne Sexton and Ted Hughes, indicating how these collections have the potential to enhance archival research. Fiction writers Iain Sinclair, Russell Banks, Jim Crace, poet Ted Kooser, and biographer Ron Powers describe their (sometimes passionate) relationship with books and their own personal libraries. The concluding chapter, a location guide to over 500 individual libraries, will be invaluable to scholars and librarians who want to know where writers' libraries are currently located, what happened to them (if they are known to have been sold or dispersed), and what has been written about them.
650			_aAuthors
650			_aAuthors, American
650			_aAuthors, American _9120106
700			_aNicholson, Joseph, _9120107
700			_aOram, Richard W., _9120108
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