"Jeans Kupferschmidt, an ancient manuscript researcher from Leipzig University in Germany, demonstrated the digitalization process at the workshop, which was attended by participants from Aceh, Solo, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan, Bandung, Batam, Denpasar, Jakarta, Kendari, Makassar, Mataram, Padang, Palembang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Yogya, Semarang and Surabaya."
"Most couples interested in having a wedding here are not from Indianapolis; one inquiry came from Belgium."
"Central will also host a high school graduation and many corporate events. Standing in the Rare Books room, one can look out on the cityscape and the East Garden."
"He also amassed a personal library of more than 45,000 volumes, including many rare books and first editions. In a high-ceilinged library behind his Austin home, he shelved original editions of almost every presidential campaign biography since the founding of the republic. In addition, he collected Thomas Hart Benton lithographs, a collection he started by spending $5 from the first fee he received as a lawyer."
"Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and Its Aftermath, on view June 26 through September 12, 2009, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ballets Russes and explores the company's historical and cultural context and international influences."
"Depending on how geeky your social circle is, you either regard the University Of Texas' Harry Ransom Center as the home to a world of untold cultural riches, or that ugly slab of international-style limestone across the street from the Dobie Center. I clearly fall in the former category."
"A new exhibit of modern stage design, Creating the Modern Stage: Designs for Theater and Opera, opened last month and is behind held through August 16 at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York."
"it’s doubled capacity to accommodate readers at 120 seats, better lighting and modern facilities-which will see most of its nearly 5,000 members spending several languid hours in the company of a tome."
"A collection of 200 letters from WA’s first surveyor-general, John Septimus Roe, became one of the most expensive archives of early Australian history to be sold at auction when it was bought for $300,000 yesterday."
"LONDON: A rare picture of legendary physicist Albert Einstein was sold for 49,300 pounds."
"In a tiny room on the sixth floor of the Wise Library, on the downtown campus of West Virginia University, is a stash of stuff that would set the hearts of literary scholars aflutter."
"Michael Mathews thinks the newest addition to his antiques store will go over well with the bookworm crowd."
"Mathews, who owns the Antique Mall of Beaumont on College Street, recently opened the Rare Book Room in one nook of his store."
"A historic building housing a rare-book store in downtown Coral Gables was damaged by a Wednesday morning fire that was quickly doused by firefighters."
"The extent of smoke and fire damage to the building at 296 Aragon Ave., the original site of the popular Books & Books store, was unclear."
"In second phase, not only newspapers and books in the NLP but also rare books and manuscripts across the county would be digitized in order to preserve the national heritage for future generations, they said."
"They said online access to these books and manuscripts would be provided to the researchers and scholars both at national and international level."
"A soldier's rare leather-bound first edition copy of volume one of "The Federalist" sold for $80,000 at auction Tuesday, bringing him an unexpectedly large profit before his upcoming second deployment to Iraq."
"RUGBY legend Naas Botha was in Port Elizabeth yesterday to receive four limited-edition books containing information about great sportsmen of the past to add to his foundation the SA Sports Hall of Fame."
"Auburn University has acquired an extremely rare artifact from the Civil War era; General Robert E. Lee's letter of surrender."
"The University says it accepted the document as a donation from a very generous donor on April 10, 2009. That donor was identified as James L. Starr, a 1971 Auburn graduate. "
"The birth of this library is attributed to a few young mechanics working in the Royal Mint and the Bombay Dockyard in 1847. They formed a study group to share and promote knowledge."
"Their objectives at that time were to set up a library and a museum of mechanical models and architectural designs, as well as to organise lectures and discussions on science and technology, thus was born the Sassoon Mechanics Institute."
"The divorced father of three was 16 when he bought the 227-page book in 1990 after his mother spotted it among book stacks as they browsed at a South Bend, Ind., flea market."
"Harlan's high school history class happened to be discussing "The Federalist" - also known as "The Federalist Papers" - that same week, so he knew the book was special."
"Some 70,000 volumes of books, 10,000 other types of published material including reports, articles and brochures written in 140 different languages fill this very spacious building, whose equivalents can be seen across Europe. "
"So, when prospective customers go online and "google" hard-to-find books, Google wants to capitalize on that captive audience. That's where "Google Books" comes in - selling access to digital copies of those rare books."
"It's a virtual archive of Thai culture, taking in the full sweep of the nation's history, religious lore, art and anthropology. There's even a book on Abraham Lincoln, written in Thai."
"Authorities from the National Library of Poland and Iran National Library and Archives arrange several meetings to strength mutual cooperation."
"An agreement between the two libraries was signed in Warsaw last week to help in the exchange of books, collections, scientific achievements, as well as to help raise information on how to collect and preserve rare collections."
"Last weekend, the second "Catalog of Chinese Rare Books" was unveiled. A total of 19 volumes from the East China city of Yangzhou were included on the prominent list."
"The Catalog of Chinese Rare Books is a compilation of books produced prior to the year 1912, which marks the end of the country's dynastic history. "
"Thieves have been stealing or damaging rare books housed at the Watson Library on the University of Kansas campus."
"Police say books filled with ancient and expensive artwork have been torn apart or stolen, causing thousands of dollars in losses."
"A copy of the Gutenberg Bible and the first printed edition of Homer's works are among ancient books being published online by Cambridge University Library."
"I am grateful to all these booksellers who still take an interest in writing and printing catalogues. The production costs for fine catalogues are obviously high, and they can easily just stay with an electronic version and yet these booksellers print them because both, the aesthetics of such a thing and its place in antiquarian bookselling feel important to them."
"In fact, Swann Auction Galleries in New York, a specialist in the field, recently garnered a record $72,000 for a book from Latin America. In fact, it was the first book published in Peru (some light reading on Catholic doctrine)."
"This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Burns. To commemorate this literary landmark, the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library in Columbia has mounted a special exhibition of highlights from the G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns and Scottish Poetry."
"The Nottebohm Room is everything you'd imagine a traditional reading room should be, all dark wood paneling, inviting desks, and two stories of books that will bring a respectful hush over any book lover."
"Italian immigrant John Sisto was known as a collector of art and rare books but the size and scope of the treasure his sons found in the 78-year-old widower's house on South Elmwood Avenue generated interest not only from his neighbors and other collectors but from the Italian government, Berwyn police and the FBI."
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"A rare edition of a James Bond novel is one of three sought-after books expected to raise a total of £600 at auction, after being discovered in a Watford charity shop."
"Universities are opening up their research and rare archives to the world by allowing access over the internet. "
"University College London, UCL, today announced it would place all its research online and make it accesible to all."
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