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Links to all manner of information about books.



ALIC Resources

  • ALIC's Online Public Access Catalog
  • Use ALIC's catalog to search for print resources available in the Archives Library Information Center.
  • America: History and Life   Available in the Archives Library Information Center.
  • Resource offers ebooks on all aspects of history, as well as reviews of works on American history.
  • ProQuest Research Library   Available in the Archives Library Information Center.
  • Reviews are included in the full-text of journal articles.

Book Awards

  • Prize-Winning Books On-Line   (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Site offers complete text of many books that have won major awards.
  • Pulitzer Prizes 
  • Includes list of past winners and finalists by category, as well as current winners and finalists.

 

Book Conservation

 

Book Preservation

 

Book Reviews

 

Book Selling and Collecting

 

History of the Book

  • American Bookbinders Museum 
  • The only bookbinding museum in America, this site offers information about the history of the book as well as online exhibits from the museum's collections.
  • Centre for the History of the Book 
  • The University of Edinburgh established the Centre for the History of the Book in 1995. The web site offers descriptions of research projects dealing with topics such as Walter Scott, the Drummond Press, and the impact of information technologies on literature.
  • Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas 
  • An online exhibit of printed materials produced as a result of American colonization. Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Library.
  • Development of the Printed Page 
  • The University of South Carolina University Libraries maintains this database of 150 examples of hand press printing dating from about 1200 to 1937.
  • Fore-Edge Paintings in the Lilly Library 
  • A fore-edge painting is painted on the edges of the pages of a book in such a way that the painting is only visible when the leaves of the book are open and fanned. This online exhibition presents a variety of styles including vertical, double paintings, and picturesque.
  • Guild of Book Workers 
  • "The Guild still believes, as did its founders, that there is a responsibility among civilized people to sustain the crafts involved with the production of fine books. Its members hope to broaden public awareness of the hand book arts, to stimulate commissions of fine bindings, and to stress the need for sound book conservation and restoration."
  • Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious 
  • "An online display of over two hundred bindings. They are divided thematically into twenty-six categories." Categories include Embroidered Bindings, Aldines, and Gold Tooling. Examples come from the Special Collections in the Princeton University Library.
  • Historical Book Arts Database 
  • This database presents a selection of materials held in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries. Emphasizes the history of the book and medieval manuscripts.
  • History of the Book in Canada 
  • "The six-year project published six volumes (three in English, three in French) in conjunction with the University of Toronto Press and Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. Databases supporting scholarship in book history will also be compiled and made available on the project web site."
  • Program in the History of the Book in American Culture 
  • Established by the American Antiquarian Society in 1983. This organization promotes the interdisciplinary study of the book through the resources of the AAS, including its collection of early American printed materials. Its newsletter, The Book, is available on this web site.
  • Rare Book School 
  • Description of RBS, which promotes the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects at its facility at the University of Virginia.
  • Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing 
  • The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) was established to provide a global community for book scholars. This web site contains links to resources on Publishers’ Records, Book History Projects, Online Exhibits and much more.

 

Literacy

  • Center for the Book
  • "The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress promotes books, reading, libraries, and literacy by celebrating the legacy of books and the printed word."
  • The Literacy Project
  • A resource for anyone interested in the subjects of reading and education. Information is available through books, articles, blogs, videos, and more. Created through collaboration of LitCam, Google, and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning.
  • Literacy.org 
  • Web site that provides resources for individuals and groups concerned with youth and adult literacy. Sponsored by the International Literacy Institute (ILI) and the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
  • Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS)
  • "A national dissemination, resource gathering, and professional development system providing information on a wide variety of literacy relevant topics, issues, and resources. "
  • Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History 
  • This web site "is an online exploration of the intellectual, cultural, and political history of reading as reflected in the historical holdings of the Harvard Libraries."

 

Publishing

  •  AcqWeb’s Directory of Publishers and Vendors 
  • International directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries, with links to web sites and e-mail addresses
  • Internet Publishing 
  • Here is advice from Piers Anthony on publishing on the web.
  • Literary Marketplace 
  • This database allows visitors to find publishers by subject or type of publication, by location, or by number of publications.
  • Publishers on the Internet   (InfoPilot)
  • This is a list of links to sites maintained by publishers in the U.S. and internationally, as well as information agencies, books and booksellers, newspapers and periodicals, and online texts.

 

 

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