..., because of the growing interest for local and oral history, and the development of the human rights movement (Gilliand and Flinn, 2013): Russia History Society Academic libraries Archives Books The past few decades have been marked by a new round in the development of archive studies...

...Georgios Bikos; Panagiota Papadimitriou Purpose The purpose of this study is to attempt a brief presentation of book exchange practices, as these are unfolding around the world. Then, the authors focus on free exchange libraries and analyse different aspects of the phenomenon. Finally, the authors...

...Sarah Elizabeth Luck; John William Lamp; Annemieke Craig; Jo Coldwell-Neilson Purpose – The focus of this paper is on the benefits that may eventuate through new mechanisms of production and distribution. As we enter the twenty-first century, the nature of the book and the structure...

...Irene Lopatovska; Aimee Slater; Caitlin Bronner; Houda El Mimouni; Leanora Lange; Victoria Ludas Orlofsky Purpose – This paper aims to report the results of a study that examined the ways in which graduate-level library and information science students make use of e-books and e-readers...

...Judy Broady Preston; Elizabeth McCarthy; Anne Welsh; Sarah Wheale Purpose The Bodleian Binders Book contains nearly 150 pages of seventeenth century library records, revealing information about the binders used by the library and the thousands of bindings they produced. The purpose of this paper...

... of recognized international as well as national organizations and publishers was searched, to spot out the substantial works carried out in the area. Varied search terms such as “environmental issues of paper industry”, “paper consumption for books”, “books and carbon footprint” “environmental issues in pulp...

...Chris Taylor In line with its title, Books, Bytes and Business is presented in three distinct parts, beginning with an analysis of the book publishing industry. Though seemingly logical, this approach does sometimes feel rather contrived and restrictive, and the opening part of the book...

...M.E. Burke; Tamara Brathwaite Purpose Across the Caribbean Sea, the regional International Standard Book Number (ISBN) agency headquartered at the Documentation Centre at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana manages the distribution of ISBNs in the Caribbean Area...

...Jonathan Bengtson This is the twenty‐ninth volume of the “Publishing pathways” series, which has become an established and key resource for studies in the history of the book, publishing, the book trade and libraries. Each of the volumes in the series is comprised of a series of original essays...

...Stuart Hannabuss David   Pearson . Books as History: The Importance of Books Beyond Their Texts . London and New Castle, DE : The British Library and Oak Knoll Press   2008 . 208 pp. , ISBN: ISBN: 978‐07123‐4923‐9 (BL)   £25.00 US $49.95 Euro 36.61 978‐158456‐233‐7 (OKP...

...Yun Kuei Huang; Wen I. Yang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of internet book reviews on reader borrowing intention. Design/methodology/approach The study used www.yumau.com , www.ptt.cc and the bulletin board system on www.lib.ntou.edu.tw to post...

...Sheila Ray For a book so densely packed with facts, Print for Victory: Book Publishing in England 1939‐1945 is surprisingly readable and I enjoyed coming across some of the information that is included. I have recently been recalling my schoolgirl memories of Kathleen Winsor's...

...N. Joint Miha   Kovač . Never Mind the Web: Here Comes the Book . Oxford : Chandos Publishing   2008 . , ISBN: ISBN 184334405X   £39.95 (paperback) (Chandos series on publishing) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Book publishers Internet Books...

...Stuart Hannabuss Craig   Kallendorf . The Virgilian Tradition: Book History and the History of Reading in Early Modern Europe . Aldershot and Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum from Ashgate Publishing   2007 . xiv + 304 pp. (original article pagination) , ISBN: ISBN 978‐0‐7546...

...Stuart Hannabuss Edited by Nicole   Matthews and Nickianne   Moody . Judging a Book by its Cover: Fans, Publishers, Designers and the Marketing of Fiction . Aldershot & Burlington, VT : Ashgate   2007 . xxi + 191 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 978‐0‐7546‐5731‐6   £50.00 hardback...

... became more of a marketing tool in bookmaking. The patronage of printed books was one of endorsement. It was a patronage that came from the use of a prestigious or powerful name, not from the financial support of a wealthy personage. Literary patronage of late Medieval England was a practice of financial...

...Trevor James Bond; Todd Butler Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a model for the collaborative teaching of undergraduates in special collections and demonstrates how providing students with the opportunities to work rare books can result in meaningful experiences for both students...

...Stuart Hannabuss In the introduction the editors argue that the nineteenth‐century was a time of expansion and the twentieth a time of contraction and specialization. Elsewhere we read of fragmentation in Scottish publishing and bookselling. The final section considers the future of the book...

...” (book and library destroyers) is unevenly made. In an epilogue he returns to Alexandria where a new library has been set up – striking, attractive, well‐funded, but also partisan (he thinks) and an example of heritage sponsorship with strings. The final paragraphs of the book wander off into whingeing...

...Stuart Hannabuss Edited by Simon   Eliot , Andrew   Nash and Ian   Willison . Literary Cultures and the Material Book . London : The British Library   2007 . xix + 444 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐7123‐0684‐3   £45.00, hardback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008...