Filters: Date: "1994" Format: "application/pdf" School Or College: "University Libraries" Collection: "ir_uspace"
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Acquiring minds want to know: smart systems, smart books | This article will outline a specific suggestion both to aid some basic acquisitions functions and their management. It will focus primarily on use of vendors, vendor performance and business terms. I have several suggestions for improvement, which were touched on briefly in the first article, based... | Libraries; Acquisitions; Vendors | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Carol Twombly on type | The appeal of an inviting building begins with its solid architectural space. So too with typography, that all-too-often unnoticed "architecture" implicit in the conveyance of the printed word. Viewed under magnification, bold, vertical stems clearly support cross bars like studs; spherical bowls op... | Typography; Type designer; Typeface | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | First paper made west of the Missouri | The need for paper was recognized in Utah by the American Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers before their arrival in "Great Salt Lake City" (as it was originally called) in 1847. Frustration at having to delay plans to publish a newspaper was noted in a letter drafted by Young on July 17... | Deseret News; Thomas Howard; Sugar House Mill; Granite Paper Mill | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Gibbs Smith: progressive publisher | There is a country twang reverberating in the national blood stream at the moment. Resurgent interest in the American West has mainstreamed country music, drawn ever-larger crowds to the Buffalo Bill and Gene Autry museums, and landed Clint Eastwood two Oscars for his Unforgiven in 1992. | Peregrine Press; Electronic pre-press; Western culture | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | J. J. Audubon & 19th century color printing | In 1826, the first hand-colored proofs of John James Audubon's double elephant folio edition of The Birds of America were pulled in Edinburgh, Scotland. His life-sized Wild Turkey was among them, transforming the 41 year old naturalist's "innate desire to acquire a thorough knowledge of the birds o... | John James Audubon; Copperplate; Lithograph | 1994 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Library collections conservation discussion group: taking a comprehensive look at book repair | A national effort to improve the quality of book repair operations is under way. This work has been spearheaded by the Library Collections Conservation Discussion Group (LCCDG) of the American Institute for Conservation. During the past three years LCCDG has broadly examined samples of book repair t... | Collections; Techniques; Treatment | 1994 |
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Perfect journey: WordPerfect helping the world communicate | Can you imagine how difficult communication would be if the telecommunications industry had not adopted open industry standards on a global basis? As it is now, you don't have to know how the PBX system works in order to make a telephone call. You just pick up the phone and dial the number. That's h... | Text editing; Interactive word processing | 1994 | |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Running on alkaline | Sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century paper is unmistakable; it reeks of permanence. Its color, opacity and quality speak of strength and durability Handmade, you say? Cotton and linen fibers? True enough. But the longevity in these ancient sheets (noticeably lacking in much nineteenth and ... | Alkaline pH; Precipitated calcium carbonate; Acid paper | 1994 |
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