A Name Identifier Summit in Massachusetts in November brought together representatives of a variety of organisations with an interest in assigning unique identifiers to individuals involved in research.

The new initiative, ORCID stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID. The plan is to set up an independent, not-for-profit, organisation to oversee the development of a prototype system.

OCLC announces strategy to move library management services to Web scale

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 23 April 2009-OCLC is connecting the content, technology and expert capabilities of its member libraries worldwide to create the first Web-scale, cooperative library management service. Member libraries can take the first step to realizing this cooperative service model with a new, "quick start" version of the OCLC WorldCat Local service.

“The Mind Is Its Own Place”: Science and Solitude in Seventeenth-Century England

"This index is intended to make access to and use of this material possible (i.e. collection of Latvian narrative) which on the one hand will enable students of the field to study internationally familiar motifs as they appear in the Latvian material, and also reveal a large number of what we believe to be original and internationally previously unknown motifs"--preface. Follows the motif-index faithfully with many new motifs suggested. The introduction (pp.7-13) provides a historical background and describes the seven major collections indexed and how their bibliographic description is abbreviated in the index.
See the following reviews: by H.J. Uther in Fabula, 24(1983), PP. 164-167; by S. Reynolds in Journal of Baltic Studies, 14(1984), PP. 353-355.

Meyer "replaces" his 1921 work (FFC 37) and adds a motif index. The sources consulted are nearly double those of the earlier version. He lists about 40 new types on p. 13. Motif index: pp. 139-183. Bibliography, pp. 16-20. See also "Vijftig sprookjes als vervolg op de Meyer's Catalogus" by J.R.W. Sinninghe, Volkskunde, 74(1973), PP. 130-132; 77(1976), pp. 121-123, which suggests some additions to this index and includes citations to archival materials. They are listed in type number order.

Beginning with a history of the study of folktales of Flanders, this work classified not only folktales but etiological legends as well, using the systems available in 1921. In the folktale section many new types are suggested. These are indicated with an asterisk. In the legend section, new types are suggested by adding a letter to the previously established numbers. See bibliographies--on Flanders folktale studies, pp. 19-27, and tale sources, pp. 31-37.

E.T.A. Hoffmann: deutsche Romantik im europäischen Kontext, Volume 1

Ulrich Stadler, "Von Brillen, Lorgnetten, Fernrohren und Kuffischen Sonnenmikroskopen: Zum Gebrauch optischer Instrumente in Hoffmanns Erzählungen"

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A home-made answer to Kirtas and IA Scribe?

Preservation Week
Pass It On: Saving Heritage and Memories

The American Library Association will launch its first Preservation Week May 9-15, 2010.

Pierre Delrée, 'Robertson, Physicien et Aéronaute Liégois,' Vol. XXVIII (1954)

London : R. Bagshaw, 1806-1812.  
Call#: Van Pelt Library J301 .H5  
This set covers 1066 to 1803.

London : Royal Historical Society, 1958.
Index to texts and calendars issued by organization such as the Camden Society, Royal historical society and other societies focusing on the Medieval Period.
Van Pelt Reference: Z2016 .M8

London : Athlone P., 1968.
Guide to local historical and archaeological publications not included in Mullins' Texts and calendars indices.
Van Pelt Reference: Z5055.G6 M8. Search Franklin to determine which publications are availble at Penn.

GUIDE: Mullins, E.L.C. (Edward Lindsay Carson). Guide to the historical and archaeological publications of societies in England and Wales, 1901-1933. [This is the guide to publications of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, which are not included in Texts and calendars.] Van Pelt Reference: Z5055.G6 M8.
GUIDE: Mullins, E.L.C. (Edward Lindsay Carson). Texts and calendars: an analytical guide to serial publications. Van Pelt Reference: Z2016 .M8.
GUIDE: Mullins, E.L.C. (Edward Lindsay Carson). Texts and calendars II : an analytical guide to serial publications, 1957-1982. Publications of the English record societies and the Index Library on microfiche : analytical catalogue listing the title and price of more than 1300 volumes. Van Pelt Reference Z1003.M6P976.
DESCRIPTION: This microfiche set reproduces the texts and calendars issued in general collections or in series by English local societies, both public and private, that are listed in the Mullins' guides listed above. The originals (with a few exceptions) are part of the Library of the Royal Historical Society. The microfiche set is arranged by the Mullins' number assigned to each society. The publications of each society are or will be cataloged separately in CRLCATALOG.
Available through Interlibrary Loan from the Center for Research Libraries through interlibrary Loan. Many series are already owned by the Penn Libraries. Search for each series in Franklin to see if we own it.

Kirkendale, Missa solemnis, paintings showing Annunciation being carried to Virgin's ear on rays of light. cited by Kramer, "Music and Representation"

cosmic order/musical harmony pp. 30-73. cited by Kramer "Music and Representation"
on mimesis in 18th c. musical aesthetics, pp. 194-286. cited by Characteristic Symphony.

Maria Hörwarthner, "Joseph Haydns Bibliothek - Versuch einer literarhistorischen Rikonstruktion"