Special Collections beyond Wesleyan
Electronic information about rare books, manuscripts, and archives is rapidly proliferating. It may come from repositories in this country and around the world, from professional organizations, bookselling firms, or from individuals. To be found on the Web are catalog records, SGML-marked-up finding aids, books for sale, exhibition images and labels, syllabi on the history of the book, and much more. The following sites offer varying perspectives on the field.
- Special Collections on the Web
- A comprehensive and current site maintained by University of Houston Archivist Andrea Bean Hough.
- Repositories of primary sources
- Links to 2100+ websites around the world, arranged geographically and maintained by Terry Abraham at the University of Idaho.
- Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing
- Focuses on scholarship and teaching (e.g., syllabi, societies, projects, calls for papers, publishers' archives).
- Bibliographical Society of America
- Offers the perspective of traditional bibliographical scholarship. Includes news and notes, convenient book arts links.
- Sources for antiquarian and out-of-print books
- A page from the University of Houston site containing many links.
- New England Archivists
- Provides a regional perspective.
- Northeast Document Conservation Center
- The regional provider of conservation advice and services.
Last updated 15 January 1999.
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