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Title

Who wants yesterday's papers? : essays on the research value of printed materials in the digital age / edited by Yvonne Carignan ... [et al.].

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Carignan, Yvonne, 1952-
• University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). College of Information Studies.
• University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries.

Description

xv, 201 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Library materials > Selection for preservation
• Archival materials > Selection for preservation
• Library materials > Conservation and restoration
• Archival materials > Conservation and restoration
• Library materials > Digitization
• Archival materials > Digitization
• History > Sources > Conservation and restoration
• Newspapers > Conservation and restoration
• Libraries and scholars

Note

• Papers originally presented at a symposium organized by the University of Maryland College of Information Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries in March 2002.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.

Contents

The race against time : introduction / Susan Klier Koutsky -- Books and the "iniquitie or wearing of time" / Eric N. Lindquist -- Some thoughts on the race against time and inherent vice : library preservation in the late twentieth century / Mark Roosa -- Digital demands vs. paper pleas : introduction / Martha Nell Smith -- How theories became knowledge : why science textbooks should be saved / Stephen G. Brush -- What do books want? / Neil Fraistat -- Who needs yesterday's papers when today's are on the Internet? / Jordan Goodman and Kara M. McClurken -- Above the fold : the value of paper newspapers / John E. Newhagen -- Enduring value : introduction / Abby Smith -- Print collections and the possible futures / Walter Cybulski -- The importance of primary records / Phyllis Franklin -- Why we collect : curators, collectors, and the urge to acquire / Douglas P. McElrath -- Conserving the physical object / Nancy Carlson Schrock -- There are no easy answers : analog vs. digital for preservation reformatting / Steven Puglia and Kara M. McClurken -- Uses of primary records from the past / G. Thomas Tanselle -- The view from the archives : introduction / Yvonne Carignan -- Assessing the (non-monetary) value of archival records / Thomas James Connors -- Afterword : what do we mean by "yesterday's papers?" / Richard J. Cox.

Call Number

JFE 06-7950

ISBN

0810851199 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004018106

OCLC

56192216

Title

Who wants yesterday's papers? : essays on the research value of printed materials in the digital age / edited by Yvonne Carignan ... [et al.].

Imprint

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.

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Added Author

Carignan, Yvonne, 1952-

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). College of Information Studies.

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries.

Research Call Number

JFE 06-7950

Pres. Div. Z701.3.S38 W48 2005