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Website of the Week (WoW) #167. The Universal Short Title Catalog
An ongoing project building “a database of all books published in Europe between the invention of printing and the end of the sixteenth century.”
Universal Short Title Catalogue
ustc.ac.uk
In our first years, and particularly in the smaller libraries, we spent much of our time creating inventories from hand-written or card catalogues. This data was collated…
Website of the Week (WoW) #167. The Universal Short Title Catalog
An ongoing project building “a database of all books published in Europe between the invention of printing and the end of the sixteenth century.”
Universal Short Title Catalogue
ustc.ac.uk
In our first years, and particularly in the smaller libraries, we spent much of our time creating inventories from hand-written or card catalogues. This data was collated…
Website of the Week (WoW) #140: The Atlas of Early Printing See where printing, paper making, universities, and trade routes came together before 1500. Animate the map to watch growth, zoom in to get a closer look, and read about early printing and boo…
Website of the Week (WoW) #140: The Atlas of Early Printing
See where printing, paper making, universities, and trade routes came together before 1500. Animate the map to watch growth, zoom in to get a closer look, and read about early printing and books.
The Atlas of Early Printing
atlas.lib.uiowa.edu
The Atlas of Early Printing is an interactive site designed to be used as a tool for teaching the early history of printing in Europe during the second half of the fifteenth century.
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Website of the Week (WoW) #108: Incunabula: Dawn of Western Printing
This site on early European printed books is from the National Diet Library in Japan, which has its own collection of incunabula. The site is in English and Japanese and introduces the terminology and history of these special books with a peek into the library’s collection.
Incunabula – Dawn of Western Printing
www.ndl.go.jp
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Website of the Week (WoW) #108: Incunabula: Dawn of Western Printing
This site on early European printed books is from the National Diet Library in Japan, which has its own collection of incunabula. The site is in English and Japanese and introduces the terminology and history of these special books with a peek into the library’s collection.
Incunabula – Dawn of Western Printing
www.ndl.go.jp