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Libros religiosos coloniales de la British Library: libros impresos en México, Perú, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador y Guatemala, 1543/4-1800
El propósito del presente artículo no es otro que poner en manos del lector una lista clasificada de libros sobre religión impresos en Hispanoamérica en los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII y actualmente conservados en la British Library. Se excluyen : pleitos en los que participan religiosos ; documentos sobre...Taylor, Barry ; West, Geoffrey
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Managing quasi-domesticity at the roadside: Postwar female moteliers and the space of reinvention
For postwar travelers, the motel offered a convenient lodging option for a newly mobile nation looking for contemporary, relaxed and auto-friendly places to rest. In response to travelers' needs, the motel industry flourished; between 1946 and 1957 the number of motels in the United States almost tripled, growing from around...Rodway, Cara
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Communication, collaboration, and enhancing the learning experience: developing a collaborative virtual enquiry service in university libraries in the north of England
This article uses the case study of developing a collaborative “out-of-hours” virtual enquiry service by members of the Northern Collaboration Group of academic libraries in the north of England to explore the importance of communication and collaboration between academic library services in enhancing student learning. Set within the context of...Jolly, Liz ; White, Sue
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Philatelic Conservation - Restoration
Carl Aage Moller in his article 3 rightly continues the long running debate within philately as to what is acceptable conservation and restoration. Most previous articles have ignored, or not taken into account, the professional paper conservator's views and experience. Good philatelic conservation is a question of what is good,...Beech, David R.
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Philatelic Research - a basic guide
For those at the beginning of a philatelic research project it will be of much value to both themselves and the results of that research, to have a systematic approach. This article attempts to set out some basic concepts that will help the researcher. This set of guidelines should not...Beech, David R.
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New Zealand Philately at the British Library
The British Library Philatelic Collections are the National Philatelic Collections of the United Kingdom. These collections, estimated to be over eight million items, include postage and revenue stamps, artwork, essays, proofs, covers and entires, cinderella material, specimen issues, airmails, some postal history materials, official and private posts, etc., for almost...Beech, David R.
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Was Elizabeth interested in maps - and did it really matter?
It tends to be assumed that Queen Elizabeth was interested in maps and globes, not least because she was frequently depicted in their vicinity. Investigation strongly suggests that this was not the case. It is argued that this did matter. By depriving her of an independent source of spatial information,...Barber, Peter
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An “authentic" performance?: the cultural politics of "folk" in Bengal and Bangladesh
Kabigāna is a verse-duelling/song-theatre genre practiced in West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh. Often deemed as obsolete and extinct–following from urban perceptions and the canons of literary history–the genre is found to grapple with the questions of ‘authenticity’ across its multiple spaces of performances- rural rituals, urban fairs/festivals, cinematic representations as...Basu, Priyanka
Kabigāna, cultural politics, authenticity, ritual, and folk performances
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An Englishman and a Scotsman in Vienna. ‘Tom’ and Tom Leonard in ‘The Tom Poems’ by Bob Cobbing
The Tom Poems’ originates in the chance discovery by Cobbing of a book of theoretical linguistics in a bookshop in Vienna, during a visit to the city in the company of Tom Leonard, in 1983, to perform at a sound poetry festival. Written with Leonard (implicitly) in mind, the language...Beckett, Chris
found poetry, grammar, vernacular, sound poetry, Tom Leonard, derived poetry, Bob Cobbing, and phonetic transcription
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Silsilah Raja-Raja Brunei: The Manuscript of Pengiran Kesuma Muhammad Hasyim
This article presents an edition of a manuscript of the Silsilah Raja-Raja Brunei, “Descent of the rulers of Brunei,” from the collection of Muzium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. The transliterated Malay text is accompanied by an English translation and a complete photographic record of the 14-page manuscript, with an introductory essay....Gallop, Annabel Teh
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Appraising, processing, and providing access to email in contemporary literary archives
The email of contemporary literary figures is ripe for research by scholars, and of broad interest to the general public, but can also present many challenges to cultural memory institutions that seek to appraise, process and provide access to this rich archival material. This article explores how five institutions across...Schneider, J. ; Adams, C. ; DeBauche, S. ; Echols, R. ; McKean, C. …
contemporary literary archives, machine learning, archival processing, natural language processing, and email preservation
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Recent acquisitions: Department of Manuscripts: acquisitions January-December 1980
Recent acquisitions: Department of Manuscripts: acquisitions January-December 1980.Smith, Robert A. H.
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Department of Printed Books: acquisitions 1981- March 1982: English Books 1501-1800
Department of Printed Books: acquisitions 1981-March 1982: English Books 1501-1800.Archibald, Jean ; Jannetta, M. J.
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Recent acquisitions: a Shahnama miniature of the fourteenth century
THE Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library has recently acquired an illustrated Shahnama (Book of Kings) (Or.14403) from Transoxiana dating from circa 1600.Titley, Norah M.
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