IS THERE A FUTURE FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS? AND SHOULD THERE BE?: A POLEMICAL ESSAY | Zendy

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IS THERE A FUTURE FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS? AND SHOULD THERE BE?: A POLEMICAL ESSAY

Author(s) -

Daniel Traister

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

rbm a journal of rare books manuscripts and cultural heritage

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2150-668X

pISSN - 1529-6407

DOI - 10.5860/rbm.1.1.181

Subject(s) - indulgence , style (visual arts) , ask price , word (group theory) , literature , history , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , art , theology , economy , economics

Of the holy trinity—collecting, preserving, and making accessible precious books, manuscripts, and other special materials—preservation takes precedence. 1 Following are three brief prefatory notes that will be helpful in understanding this essay. First, readers should note that the word polemical appears in the essay’s title. I ask the reader’s indulgence in understanding that I mean this word literally. The essay is a polemic. Intended to be serious, it is not therefore also intended to be “balanced” or “fair.” In addition, it is an essay, not a paper; and its informality of style is intended to reflect a difference between these two . . .

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