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Adsorption and Degradation of Metolachlor in Alluvial Soils: Effect of Poultry Litter
Authors: Johnson Alton B. , Rowe Dennis E. , Tsegaye Teferi
Published: June 2017

Soils in the Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium (MLRA 131) have low organic matter content (< 20 g kg-1) and application of poultry (Gallus gallus domesticus) litter to these soils may improve their quality. However, after litter application, chemical weed control practice such as herbicide application for row crop production remains the same. In soils where soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is grown, metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl] acetamide] is applied as a pre-emergent herbicide to control broadleaf and annual grasses. There is an opportunity for metolachlor to leach to the groundwater during and after rainfall events. We hypothesize that metolachlor applied to these alluvial soils amended with poultry litter may degrade rapidly when compared to unamended (control) soils. Soil samples were collected from the top 10 cm of Commerce silt loam (Aeric Fluvaquents) and Sharkey clay (Vertic Haplaquepts). The samples were air dried and amended with poultry litter to increase the organic matter content to 20 g kg-1. Control samples received no poultry litter but were subjected to similar protocols as the amended samples. Batch experiments indicated significant increase in metolachlor adsorption for the amended soils, although adsorption was higher in Sharkey clay. Kinetics experiments showed that equilibrium was established 2 h for Commerce silt loam and 24 h for Sharkey clay. Metolachlor degradation was 6 times faster in the amended Commerce soil and 2.5 times faster in the amended Sharkey soil. Degradation rate in the amended Commerce soil was 2.3 times faster than the amended Sharkey clay. We conclude that adding poultry litter to these alluvial soils will increase metolachlor adsorption and further increase rates of degradation. However, appropriate amounts of poultry litter when applied, are promising for enhancing remediation of metolachlor.
Quasi-Real-Time Monitoring of a Citrus Field in Nabeul and Joumine Dam in Tunisia
Authors: Doi Ryoichi , Ito Tetsu , Irie Mitsuteru , Tarhouni Jamila , Mizoguchi Masaru
Published: June 2017

The management of remote natural resources, e.g., land and water resources, requires frequent visits to these sites which could be costly in time and resources. Telemetry technologies help monitoring, observing and analyzing data at a distance; they use advanced information and communication protocols and have been applied to different applications including agricultural fields. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a new telemetry technology, a field network system, to remotely monitoring natural resources (a citrus grove in the governorate of Nabeul and the dam of Joumine in the governorate of Bizerte) in Tunisia. The field network system, installed in these two remote locations and powered with solar panels, run well during the test periods. Although the system sent data daily, data transfer stability was a challenge that should be further studied and improved. The manuscript further reports on the quantitative and qualitative performance of the system in Tunisia. Overall, the field network system is a tool that could be used for different applications by researchers, agricultural producers, water resources managers, and policy makers.
Aquatic Fate of Aerially Applied Hexazinone and Terbuthylazine in a New Zealand Planted Forest
Authors: Baillie Brenda R. , Neary Daniel G. , Gous Stefan , Rolando Carol A.
Published: June 2017

Herbicides are used to control competing vegetation during tree establishment, and are often critical to the productivity and economic viability of a planted forest crop. Despite increasing public concern over herbicide use in planted forests and potential impact on the environment, there is limited information on the aquatic fate of many of these herbicides when applied in forests according to standard operational procedures. Two herbicides commonly used in New Zealand’s planted forests, terbuthylazine and hexazinone, were aerially applied during two consecutive years at 7.4 kg and 1.1 kg ha-1 respectively, to a 12.5 ha catchment of newly planted Pinus radiata (Radiata pine) in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. One hundred percent of the area was sprayed during Year 1 while 85% of the area was sprayed during Year 2. The highest concentrations of both herbicides were measured in stream water, sediment and algal samples on the day of herbicide application during Year 1 (September 2012 to June 2013), mainly as a result of spray drift, and in stream water during Year 2 (September 2013 to April 2014) at the time of a rainfall event seven days after herbicide application. Terbuthylazine concentrations exceeded New Zealand and World Health Organisation drinking water standards for <24 hours on both occasions. For the remainder of the trial period, concentrations of both herbicides were below safe drinking water standards. Herbicide concentrations in stream flow declined immediately below the trial site and were close to or below detection limits at the bottom of the catchment. The concentrations of terbuthylazine and hexazinone in stream flow during this trial, posed a short-term and low risk to algae. Peak concentrations of both herbicides were several orders of magnitude lower than Lethal Concentration (LC)50 concentrations for Daphnia and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). These results highlight the need to include data from both field and laboratory based trials when assessing the aquatic risk of these two herbicides when applied under operational conditions in planted forests.
Characterization of the Particle Emission from Ships Operating at
Sea Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Authors: Villa Tommaso F. , Brown Reece , Jayaratne E. Rohan , Gonzalez L. Felipe , Morawska Lidia , Ristovski Zoran D.
Published: June 2017

Abstract. This research demonstrates the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to characterize the gaseous (CO2) and particle (10–500 nm) emissions of a ship at sea. The field study was part of the research voyage The Great Barrier Reef as a significant source of climatically relevant aerosol particles on-board the RV Investigator around the Australian Great Barrier Reef. Measurements of the RV Investigator exhaust plume were carried out while the ship was operating at sea, at a steady engine load of 30 %. The UAV system was flown autonomously using several different programmed paths. These incorporated different altitudes and distances behind the ship in order to investigate the optimal position to capture the ship plume. Five flights were performed, providing a total of 27 horizontal transects perpendicular to the ship exhaust plume. Results show that the most appropriate altitude and distance to effectively capture the plume was 25 m above sea level and 20 m downwind. Particle number (PN) emission factors (EF) were calculated in terms of number of particles emitted (#) per weight of fuel consumed (Kg fuel). Fuel consumption was calculated using the simultaneous measurements of plume CO2 concentration. Calculated EFPN were between 9.19 × 1014 and 5.15 × 1015 #∙(Kg fuel)−1. These values are in line with those reported in the literature for ship emissions ranging from 0.2 6.2 × 1016 #∙(Kg fuel)−1 to 6.2 × 1016 #∙(Kg fuel)−1. This UAV system successfully assessed ship emissions to derive emission factors (EFs) under real world conditions. This is significant as, for the first time, it provides a reliable, inexpensive and accessible way to assess and potentially regulate ship emissions.
A Humidity-controlled Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth
Authors: Pinterich Tamara , Spielman Steven R. , Hering Susanne , Wang Jian
Published: June 2017

Abstract. We present a Humidity-controlled Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid particle hygroscopicity measurements. The HFIMS consists of a differential mobility analyzer (DMA), a relative humidity (RH) control unit and a water-based FIMS (WFIMS) coupled in series. The WFIMS (Pinterich et al., 2017) combines the Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (Kulkarni and Wang, 2006a, b) with laminar flow water condensation methodologies (Hering and Stolzenburg, 2005; Spielman et al., 2017). Inside the WFIMS, particles of different electrical mobilities are spatially separated in an electric field, condensationally enlarged and imaged to provide 1-Hz measurements of size distribution spanning a factor of ~ 3 in particle diameter, sufficient to cover the entire range of growth factor for atmospheric aerosol particles at 90 % RH. By replacing the second DMA of a traditional hygroscopicity tandem DMA (HTDMA) system with the WFIMS, the HFIMS greatly increases the speed of particle growth factor measurement. The performance of the HFIMS was evaluated using NaCl particles with well-known hygroscopic growth behavior, and further through measurements of ambient aerosols. Results show that HFIMS can reproduce, within 2 % the literature values for hygroscopic growth of NaCl particles. NaCl deliquescence was observed between 76 % and 77 % RH in agreement with the theoretical value of 76.5 % (Ming and Russell, 2001), and efflorescence relative humidity (43 %) was found to lie within the RH range of 41 % to 56 % reported in the literature. Ambient data indicate that HFIMS can measure the hygroscopic growth of five standard dry particle sizes ranging from 35 to 165 nm within less than three minutes, which makes it about an order of magnitude faster than traditional HTDMA systems.
Brief communication: The curious case of the large wood-laden flow event in the Pocuro stream (Chile)
Authors: Ravazzolo Diego , Mao Luca , Mazzorana Bruno , Ruiz-Villanueva Virginia
Published: June 2017

Abstract. Large wood transported during extreme flood events can represent a relevant additional source of hazards that should be taken into account in mountain environments. However, direct observation and monitoring of large wood transport during floods are difficult and scarce. Here we present a video of a flood characterized by multiple phases of large wood transport, including an initial phase of wood-laden flow, rarely described in literature. Estimations of flow velocity and transported wood volumes provide a good opportunity for developing models of large wood congested transport.
El ardiente epílogo de Iluminaciones en la sombra de Alejandro Sawa. Para la desconocida historia del original de una obra representativa de la bohemia literaria española
Authors: González Martel Juan Manuel
Published: June 2017

Paradójica historia del original de Iluminaciones en la sombra, memorias de Alejandro Sawa (1862 – 1909), de la “literatura bohemia” española de comienzos del siglo XX. Libro póstumo, editado en 1910, de discutida adscripción a un género literario, combina la intimidad del relato de lo biográfico con los estilos del periodismo crítico. Es un texto que, a pesar de su descompensada estructura, revela aspectos de la vida y obra de su autor, reflejando, en su conjunto, la lucha ideológica de unos literatos bajo las débiles luces de bohemias de la sociedad española del tiempo.
Domínguez Reboiras, Fernando. Ramon Llull. El mejor libro del mundo
Authors: Butiñá Julia
Published: June 2017

Domínguez Reboiras, Fernando. Ramon Llull. El mejor libro del mundo
An Application of the CHAID Algorithm to Study the Environmental Impact of Visitors to the Teide National Park in Tenerife, Spain
Authors: Diaz-Perez Flora Maria , Bethencourt-Cejas Mª
Published: June 2017

The significant and complex relationship between visitor numbers to a national park and the environment calls for appropriate policies to be adopted. This paper analyzes the relationship from the perspective of visitors to the Teide National Park (TNP) in Tenerife, aiming to establish strategies to reduce visitors' environmental impacts. This is particularly important as the TNP, with over 3,000,000 visitors in 2015, is the most visited park in Spain and one of the most visited in Europe. An empirical study was conducted during 2016 resulting in 805 valid questionnaires. A CHAID algorithm was then applied to segment visitors according to criterion variables. Findings show the first segmenting variable is transport type, with the car being the most frequently used by visitors. Specifically, the visitor segment coming by car is also associated with the longest stays in the TNP. Regarding the practical and social implications, it is assumed the longer the stay, the greater the environmental impact. These results highlight the need for new transport strategies for the park with improved, less polluting vehicles.
Jump Adapted Scheme Of a Non Mark Dependent Jump Diffusion Process with Application to the Merton Jump Diffusion Model
Authors: Fadonougbo Renaud , Orwa George O.
Published: June 2017

This paper provides a complete proof of the strong convergence of the Jump adapted discretization Scheme in the univariate and mark independent jump diffusion process case. We put in detail and clearly a known and general result for mark dependent jump diffusion process. A Monte-Carlo simulation is used as well to show numerical evidence.
Building a research program at an American university: strategies for sustainable success
Authors: Rozenblit Jerzy W.
Published: June 2017

Niniejszy artykuł opisuje możliwości i strategie tworzenia programów badawczych z zewnętrznym finansowaniem na amerykańskich uczelniach w dziedzinach ścisłych (nauki przyrodnicze, technologia, inżynieria oraz matematyka). Artykuł jest napisany z perspektywy wieloletniego pracownika naukowego, który prowadzi badania i przeszedł przez wszystkie szczeble kariery naukowej (asystent, profesor nadzwyczajny i profesor zwyczajny) oraz przez kilka lat stał na czele dużego wydziału na University of Arizona. Propozycja umowy zatrudnienia dla młodszego członka kadry naukowej powinna zawierać odpowiedni pakiet początkowy, który umożliwia rozpoczęcie programu badawczego przez otwarcie laboratorium i zatrudnienie laborantów spośród studentów. Spektrum źródeł finansowania badań w zakresie nauk ścisłych jest opisane wraz z krótką wzmianką o obecnym klimacie finansowym i mechanizmach finansowania w USA. Ponieważ młodszy członek kadry naukowej zmierzy się niejednokrotnie z odmową przyznania środków, będzie potrzebować zachęty oraz pragmatycznych porad, które pomogą skupić wysiłki, wytrwać i nadal startować w konkursach dotacyjnych, co ostatecznie zaowocuje uzyskaniem finansowania. Niniejszy artykuł zwiera również sugestie, jak planować granty i składać wnioski. Na zakończenie autor wnosi o to, żeby kadra naukowa zachowała wysokie standardy akademickiej uczciwości, etyki i jakości oraz nie ulegała pokusie pozyskiwania środków finansowych jedynie w celu generowania wyższych wskaźników swojej produktywności.
Balancing research, teaching, clinical Work, and family: nine suggestions for young professionals
Authors: Lefler Elizabeth K.
Published: June 2017

Znalezienie równowagi pomiędzy życiem zawodowym i prywatnym może być trudne. Niniejszy artykuł jest nieopartą na dowodach listą nieformalnych, anegdotycznych sugestii dla osób pracujących zawodowo, które próbują znaleźć równowagę pomiędzy licznymi rolami w pracy oraz wychowywaniem dzieci. Pragnę podkreślić, że nie twierdzę, iż jest to oparta na dowodach metoda osiągnięcia optymalnej równowagi między życiem zawodowym i prywatnym; niniejszy artykuł jest przykładem nienaukowego ujęcia i zawiera listę dziewięciu sugestii, które, mam nadzieję, będą dla niektórych pomocne. Jestem dyplomowanym psychologiem klinicznym pracującym w USA. Na pierwszym miejscu jestem profesorem nadzwyczajnym na średniej wielkości uniwersytecie, na drugim klinicznym psychologiem w tej społeczności. Jestem mężatką, mam jedno dziecko, i jestem w pełni świadoma, że sugestie mogą być najbardziej pomocne dla osób ze zbliżoną sytuacją rodzinno-zawodową. Na dziewięć proponowanych przeze mnie sugestii składa się: 1) Skupiać się na jednym zadaniu naraz; 2) Rozsądnie wykorzystywać czas, kiedy dziecko jest w przedszkolu; 3) Ustalić parametry dla zawodowego e-maila; 4) Zlecić komuś najbardziej nielubiany obowiązek domowy; 5) Wyznaczyć głównego rodzica na różne okresy; 6) Bawić się ze swoim dzieckiem/dziećmi; 7) Wyjeżdżać na urlop wypoczynkowy; 8) Nauczyć się mówić „nie” oraz 9) Dbać o własne zdrowie psychiczne. Każda z tych anegdotycznych sugestii jest kolejno omówiona, wskazuję również empiryczne artykuły do pogłębienia wiedzy dla osób zainteresowanych.
DEMOCRATIZAÇÃO DOS MEIOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO: CAMINHOS PARA A CONCRETIZAÇÃO DO DIREITO À COMUNICAÇÃO
Authors: Jodar Cláudio Henrique Urbanavicius , De Toledo Cláudia Mansani Queda
Published: June 2017

A liberdade de expressão e o direito de informar e informar-se são essenciais para a constituição da cidadania e a efetivação dos demais direitos fundamentais. Os meios de comunicação de massa alçaram esses direitos a um novo patamar, a ponto de já se cogitar um direito autônomo à comunicação, por  se embrenharem em todos os lares, possuindo enorme poder para incutir opiniões na consciência social. A conformação da mídia brasileira, dominada por grandes conglomerados econômicos e grupos políticos, não permite, contudo, o efetivo intercâmbio de ideias. É imprescindível debater abertamente a necessidade de um novo marco regulatório, que promova a democratização dos meios de comunicação em nosso país, abandonando os discursos que tentam manter a concentração de poder sob o argumento oportunista de que qualquer controle seria sinônimo de censura.
The huge hubbub: Freshman orientation fun at the library
Authors: Wasielewski Alice
Published: June 2017

On August 25, 2008, within the hallowed halls of Kentucky’s largest research library, the atmosphere was not as “academic” as one might think. From outside, gazing up at the imposing edifice of the University of Kentucky’s William T. Young library, which takes up nearly an entire city block in Lexington, Kentucky, you might have faintly heard the echoes of Guitar Hero, Wii bowling, or other video games. If you peeked inside, you would have found that students at the second annual “Hubbub” were enjoying a wide variety of free activities designed to welcome new freshmen during orientation week, by showing . . .
Vocera: Enhancing communication across a library system
Authors: Murphy Sarah Anne
Published: June 2017

Librarians understand that the complex information environment frequently requires us to both consult with local colleagues and physically assist our patrons with navigating our vast library systems, facilities, and collections. Seeking to enhance customer service and internal library communication, Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries submitted a successful LSTA Innovative Technology Grant Proposal to the State Library of Ohio in 2008. The funding allowed the libraries t o purchase Vocera, a wearable hands-free communication system with a proven history of improving the communication and efficiency of mobile workers operating in a campus environment.
Currently deployed in more than 550 hospital and . . .
SERENDIPITY OF THE NEW
Authors: Boyd Brian
Published: June 2017

Special collections make even the jet-lagged scholar and the long-familiar subject seem special again. The hush, the concentration of energy and information, the respect the librarians have for the material and for those who come to consult it can inspire the neophyte and reanimate the aging expert.
Distinguished bibliographer G. Thomas Tanselle described the goal of bibliographical description in terms of attaining such precision as to provide a substitute for the original. But Karl Popper, the great philosopher of science, pointed out that precision in itself is a false goal in research because it makes sense only in regard to . . .
ARCHIVING THE AVANT-GARDE
Authors: Katchen Michael
Published: June 2017

Every special collection has a distinct personality that is a combination of its contents and the people who work with it. Such is the case with the Franklin Furnace Archive. Everything in Franklin Furnace is a special collection. The institution is governed by a type of reverse Darwinism best described as “survival of everything.” Right now the archive is storing all the virtual material that it produces and presents on the Internet. Not long ago, any physical material that walked through the door was given an accession number and stuffed into a Hollinger record storage box. Eventually, all those boxes . . .
THE ROLE OF THE ARTIFACT IN A FACSIMILE AGE
Authors: Enniss Stephen
Published: June 2017

I recall in graduate school one particular professor whom some of us suspected had spent most of his adult life in Park Hall engaged in an editorial project that seemed to have no end. One afternoon, he confessed to our class that he would not work from photocopies or microfilm but, rather, only from original manuscripts. For those of us in the class—all of us eager, “with it,” and drunk on the latest theory—the statement seemed to confirm the extent of his senility. The question the editors of RBM have put to us, however, brings to mind that afternoon seminar . . .
THE PROLOGUE TO OUR LIVES
Authors: Rostenberg Leona , Stern Madeleine
Published: June 2017

To study and reanimate the past, scholars need to know the past when it was the present. There is no other way to reconstruct the life and thought that preceded us. The past cannot be confronted on the information superhighway.
Where, then, can authors and editors, curators and archivists, librarians and scholars meet the past face to face if not on electronically controlled nets and lines and Webs¿̣ Only in the actual books that were printed in the past, the letters that were written in the past, the notes that were scribbled in the margins of pages in the past, . . .
NEW YORK’S OLDEST PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Authors: Augenbraum Harold
Published: June 2017

In the nineteenth century, before the proliferation of tax‐supported libraries in the United States, the subscription library filled the reading needs of many people in the country. Now little known outside a small group of library historians and current members of these institutions, many subscription libraries flourished in the 1800s, but by the twentieth century most had disappeared, victims of lack of funds, lack of interest, or mismanagement.
Called membership libraries today, only sixteen subscription libraries are left in the United States. They continue to provide services and care for historic collections, filling a need in various cultural and social . . .
If We Build It, Will They Come? Strategies for Teaching and Research with Digital Special Collections
Authors: Davison Stephen
Published: June 2017

Digitization and electronic communications are making manuscript and other special collections more available to more people than ever before. Libraries, special collections, and archives now routinely digitize materials for user access, for Web-based exhibits, and, increasingly, for preservation purposes. Although these activities have seemed revolutionary—by providing increased exposure to collections, making collections available to a much wider variety of users than ever before, and revealing hidden treasures—we are participating in a transformation that has only just begun. Most of the digitization and access activities that we engage in still parallel our activities in the physical domain fairly closely.
The Opper Project: Collaborating with Educators to Promote the Use of Editorial Cartoons in the Social Studies Classroom
Authors: Robb Jenny E.
Published: June 2017

Curators, archivists, and librarians who work in special collections, including those affiliated with institutions of higher learning, are increasingly debating the advantages and importance of serving wider user populations, with particular emphasis on K–12 educators and students. Likewise, K–12 teachers have been increasingly encouraged—even mandated—to make use in their pedagogy of the kinds of primary documents that are located in special collections and archives. The challenge for special collections professionals is to know what might be useful in the K–12 classroom and how to make it available in a way that protects the physical objects. . . .
Progressing Toward Bibliography; or: Organic Growth in the Bibliographic Record
Authors: Ascher James P.
Published: June 2017

Much of traditional book cataloging is influenced by a touch-it-once mentality, where work is completed in as few steps as possible. By avoiding unnecessary revision, libraries can process materials quickly and benefit from economies of scale. Valuable staff time is preserved to process additional materials. However, the touch-it-once mentality is problematic when dealing with special collections materials, since they often differ between manifestations and are primary sources for research that informs their description. This paper discusses the idea of “progressive bibliography,” or proceeding from minimal to fuller descriptions, as an intellectually valid and pragmatically essential methodology. It examines some already . . .
Making the Most of What We Have: A Framework for Preservation Management in Rare Book Collections
Authors: Sheehan Jennifer K.
Published: June 2017

We are facing an uncertain future in special collections—one that will most likely continue to require us to make tough decisions. With cutbacks and limitations on resources plaguing us, the expense and time required for item-level treatment make it necessary to set preservation priorities within our collections.1 At the same time, digital initiatives continue to expand in scope and resource allocation, creating new opportunities and challenges in preservation management. Digitization has a valuable place in special collections as a supplement to physical preservation, but the danger arises when the digital begins to supplant the physical.
So we need to . . .
Enduring Access to Special Collections: Challenges and Opportunities for Large-Scale Digitization Initiatives
Authors: Rieger Oya Y.
Published: June 2017

As we explore the evolving information landscape and institutional context of rare and manuscript collections, one of the critical matters is to consider the implications of large-scale digitization initiatives (LSDIs) for our programs. Although most LSDI efforts thus far have focused on general collections, it is inevitable that the attention will soon be turned to special collections. With the current networked information environment and increasing reliance on digital content subscriptions, rare and manuscript collections increasingly define the uniqueness and character of individual research libraries. The goal of this article is to characterize current LSDIs and discuss the potential implications for . . .
The Cataloger and the Archivist Should Be Friends: or, Herding vs. Milking Special Collections
Authors: Nichols Margaret F.
Published: June 2017

I would say that technical services archivists and rare book catalogers play roles as different as those of the farmer and the cowman, even though both work in the territory of special collections. They . . .
Collaborating to Achieve Quality Work in a Minimal Processing Environment
Authors: Mengel Holly
Published: June 2017

The ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section explored collaborative relationships at its 2010 preconference meeting in Philadelphia, with a specific aim of determining circumstances in which working together accomplishes more than working alone, and to suggest creative but practical solutions that can be applied to the challenges that archivists and special collections librarians are confronting. One such example is the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries’ (PACSCL) “Hidden Collections” Processing Project, a 27-month initiative that began in July 2009. None of what this project has accomplished to date could have been completed without the collaborative efforts made by the . . .
Taking the Show on the Road: Special Collections Instruction in the Campus Classroom
Authors: Bahde Anne
Published: June 2017

Introduction
Teaching with primary source materials is unquestionably “hot” in higher education. Teaching faculty, administrative bodies, and even students are now beginning to understand what special collections librarians have always known: working with authentic rare books, manuscripts, or archival documents produces a particularly stimulating educational environment, and physically handling original materials fuels lively discussion, generates uncommon ideas, and cultivates critical thinking. Special collections librarians have spent considerable time and energy over the past decade building relationships and creating outreach programs that show how a visit to special collections to interpret actual primary sources can provoke an unusual level of critical . . .
Editor’s Note
Authors: Whittaker Beth
Published: June 2017

This issue of RBM presents articles that offer a “special collections and archives perspective” on several themes permeating the larger library world.
Matthew C. Reynolds surveys the state of bibliographic instruction in Association of Research Libraries’ special collections libraries. The importance of instruction in the unique environments we inhabit deserves attention and reflection, particularly since we are sometimes disconnected from efforts in our larger organizations.
Todd Fell takes “hidden collections” initiatives into the map room with an examination of the challenges and rewards of exposing map collections. Projects like the one he discusses offer potential solutions to end our long . . .
Balancing Boutique-Level Quality and Large-Scale Production: The Impact of “More Product, Less Process” on Digitization in Archives and Special Collections
Authors: Sutton Shan C.
Published: June 2017

Introduction
Few writings within the realms of archives and special collections have reverberated throughout the field to the degree of Mark A. Greene and Dennis Meissner’s 2005 article “More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing.”1 Its clarion call to shift archival arrangement and description away from time-consuming, detailed processes toward rapid, minimalist strategies was met with both cheers and groans that continue unabated. In a sign of its ubiquity, the approach advocated by Greene and Meissner is now simply referred to as “MPLP,” and its implementation is the subject of ongoing discussion in numerous venues, including professional journals, conference . . .
Cathleen A. Baker. From the Hand to the Machine—Nineteenth-Century American Paper and Mediums: Technologies, Materials, and Conservation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Legacy Press, 2010. xiv, 389p. ISBN 9780979797422. $65.00.
Authors: Davis Laurel
Published: June 2017

Baker’s book revolves around the innovations occurring in the paper and printing industry in nineteenth-century America, but the scope of the work is actually broader. Because her chosen time frame is one that involved much change and development, and because her knowledge is so deep and broad, Baker looks backward in time and discusses the tried and true techniques that were still being used in early nineteenth-century America and then moves smoothly into the developing technologies. It is a hefty task, and she pulls it off in a seemingly effortless way, imparting a surprisingly comprehensive history of papermaking and printing.
Freda Matassa. Museum Collections Management: A Handbook. London: Facet Publishing, 2011. 258p. ISBN 978-1-85604-701-2. $110.
Authors: Gibbons Patti
Published: June 2017

Writing from the United Kingdom, Freda Matassa prepared her textbook Museum Collections Management: A Handbook as a text for museum professionals and students in British classrooms, yet the clearly laid out information is equally relevant to a range of different types of cultural heritage institutions outside England. In the first part of her book, Matassa covers big-picture issues and defines the scope of collection management, before introducing day-to-day collection management activities in the second part of the text. Her treatment covers the full scope of collection management including registrarial responsibilities as well as physical collection care duties.As a central . . .
Processing Workflow Analysis for Special Collections: The Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine as Case Study
Authors: Novak Gustainis Emily R.
Published: June 2017

In our efforts to make the whole more than the sum of our parts, it is easy to forget that the better the parts, the better the whole. Our special collections and archives professions have placed a premium on the utility of our descriptive products and services to our end users, and rightly so.1 Yet there remains, despite numerous calls in our professional literature,2 a scarcity of data regarding the process inputs that lead up to the delivery of our product and services outputs, especially (and perhaps most notoriously) data pertaining to archival processing. This paper focuses on the Center . . .
Measuring the Magic: Assessment in the Special Collections and Archives Classroom
Authors: Bahde Anne , Smedberg Heather
Published: June 2017

Those of us who teach in special collections and archives settings know that instruction using original materials can spark passion, transform understanding, and change students’ lives—but how can we show that those in-class experiences are meaningful in the right ways, to the right people? What are effective methods for measuring the success of our instructional work, and how do we translate the magic happening in our classrooms into a demonstration of learning impact that is useful to larger assessment endeavors?
Although assessment was already a feature of the academic library environment before the “Great Recession,” the tough economic times . . .
Afterword: Special Collections and Assessing the Value of Academic Libraries
Authors: Pritchard Sarah M.
Published: June 2017

The initiatives and operational studies presented in this issue of RBM reflect a new level of research and analysis in the area of the assessment of special collections and related services. Here I wish to explicitly frame these essays in the larger context that they imply, namely institutional outcomes. The key challenge in special collections—in fact, in any part of the academic library—is getting the broader institution to care. How does one ensure that the university and its stakeholders will be willing to underwrite the support of special collections, arguably the most expensive component of a library as . . .
Joan Oleck. Trends in Rare Book & Documents Special Collections Management. New York: Primary Research Group, 2011. 59p. ISBN 978-1574401646. $75
Authors: Birrell Lori
Published: June 2017

Representing the Primary Research Group (PRG), Joan Oleck, a freelance journalist and past contributor to Business Week and Newsday, shares the findings from a 2011 project that “profiles the management practices and other business decisions of nine high-profile special collections/rare book libraries.” The nine institutions profiled include the Fales Library and Special Collections of New York University, the Harry Ransom Research Center Library and Museum of the University of Texas, Austin, and the American Museum of Natural History Library, New York City, among others.Although Oleck fails to describe how PRG chose each institution included in the report, the variety . . .
“The Beginning Is the Most Important Part of the Work”: Discovering Professional Identity and Purpose at the 2012 RBMS Preconference
Authors: Newboles Kori B.
Published: June 2017

The 2012 RBMS Preconference was my first experience participating in a professional, rather than academic, conference; as someone relatively new to the Section, and moreover to the world of rare books and manuscripts generally, naturally I was not entirely sure what to expect. At the same time I did have in mind a certain idea of what I hoped to gain from the experience, and looking back I think that for the most part I realized most of these more concrete goals. However, the greatest benefits for me, as so often seems to happen, were in hindsight also those that . . .
Alchemy and Innovation: Cultivating an Appreciation for Primary Sources in Younger Students
Authors: Dekydtspotter Lori Lynn , Williams Cherry Dunham
Published: June 2017

In a time of seemingly Instant access to information, students are becoming increasingly removed from physical primary source materials. Steve Kolowich explains this disconnection between the original objects and their digital counterparts in this way: “Students might have grown up with the language of the information age, but they do not necessarily know the grammar.”2 Introducing elementary school students to the differences between primary sources and their digital surrogates is an excellent way to highlight the continued cultural signifi-cance of manuscript documents and to foster the development of the critical thinking skills necessary to evaluate media resources in the new . . .
Steven K. Galbraith and Geoffrey D. Smith. Rare Book Librarianship: An Introduction and Guide. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2012. xvii, 185p. $55 (ISBN 978-1-59158-881-8).
Authors: Schmitt Cassandra A.
Published: June 2017

Rare Book Librarianship: An Introduction and Guide aims to provide a holistic view of the duties of the rare book librarian. The intended audience is students wishing to pursue rare book librarianship as a career as well as librarians (or archivists) who are new to the field. The authors acknowledge that many issues addressed in the book are applicable to the wider field of special collections, but argue that rare book librarianship is a specialization that requires specific attention. While this volume does contribute many words of wisdom specific to rare books, librarians or archivists already working in a special . . .
Guest Editor’s Note
Authors: Ascher James P.
Published: June 2017

As guest editor, I am delighted to introduce this special issue of RBM—a project that came to me after organizing the 54th Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, “O Rare! Performance in Special Collections.” Words cannot express my debt and gratitude to the entire rare book and manuscript community in helping find superb presenters for the conference who distilled their ideas into writing. I hope that these written traces on paper continue to bring new thought to bear on the ideas presented and illuminate important issues for future thinkers.
Where De Rerum Natura reads “propterea quid . . .
Introduction: Emerging Roles for Historical Medical Libraries
Authors: DiMeo Michelle , Reznick Jeffrey S. , Lyons Christopher
Published: June 2017

On December 6, 2013, the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia convened, as part of its 225th Anniversary celebration, the symposium entitled “Emerging Roles for Historical Medical Libraries: Value in the Digital Age.” Sponsored in part by a Library Project Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region, this event offered a rare opportunity for librarians and researchers to discuss collectively the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age.1The fact that the College Library chose to celebrate its past by hosting a conference centered on planning strategically for the future . . .
Bodies in the Archive
Authors: Cervetti Nancy
Published: June 2017

Off and on for fifteen years I traveled the country to research the life and work of the nineteenth-century physician S. Weir Mitchell. Mitchell is best known as the creator of the rest cure to treat hysteria and neurasthenia, but his wide-ranging interests led him to explore many other areas of medicine and literature. His groundbreaking work with rattlesnake venom earned him an international reputation, and his work with gunshot wounds, burning pain, and phantom limbs during the U.S. Civil War won him the title of the “Father of American Neurology.” Mitchell also possessed an impressive facility with language, and . . .
Controlling Goods or Promoting the Public Good: Choices for Special Collections in the Marketplace
Authors: Light Michelle
Published: June 2017

For the past few decades, many special collections repositories in the United States have charged licensing or use fees to those patrons who use or publish special collections materials for commercial purposes. In fact, about fifteen years ago the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries charged an ad hoc committee, the Licensing and Reproductions of Special Collections Committee, to “create a reasoned and articulate defense of libraries’ right to charge licensing fees for commercial uses of their materials.”2 The Committee noted that, historically, libraries allowed scholars to publish freely from the content they . . .
Editing RBML
Authors: Berger Sidney E.
Published: June 2017

I am writing this little piece in commemoration of ACRL’s 75th anniversary. This organization has set trends, been a role model of innovation and insight into the profession, and brought us to a high level of professionalism. One of the ways it has done these things is in the publications it has sponsored over the decades, including C&RL, C&RL News, Choice, and RBML/RBM. These publications speak to thousands of librarians and others, keeping them up to date on all kinds of matters, including scholarship in their designated fields and issues and happenings in the library world.
For me, I was . . .
Jeffrey T. Schnapp and Matthew Battles. The Library Beyond the Book. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 2014. 176 p. ISBN 978-0674725034. $17.97
Authors: Olivieri Blynne
Published: June 2017

Schnapp and Battles’ The Library Beyond the Book is a visually and intellectually playful look at what libraries can become and what they can do as humanity traverses the threshold of the information age. The authors wink at how the online information bomb of modernity intersects with the physical space of a library. Schnapp and Battles are clearly critical of the post-book visioning and “excessive exuberance of techno-utopians” (56), and those who dwell in the “constraints of bibliophilia and bookish nostalgia” (18). Rather than blowing book stacks to bits as one might envisage from the title, the authors instead focus . . .
Michael Blanding. The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps. New York: Gotham Books, 2014. xvi, [ii], [1], 300 p. ISBN: 978-1592408177. $27.50
Authors: Slive Daniel J.
Published: June 2017

The Map Thief by Michael Blanding is an informative account of the life and crimes of E. Forbes Smiley III, a well-known antiquarian map dealer who stole rare and valuable maps from institutions for several years, selling the materials to other map dealers and directly to private collectors. Apprehended at Yale University in 2005, Smiley eventually confessed to stealing 97 maps valued at over $3,000,000 from six libraries, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, and was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison. He was released in January 2010.Blanding, a journalist based in Boston, has published articles in regional, national . . .
Increasing Online Discoverability of a Mixed-Format Collection
Authors: Parilla Lesley
Published: June 2017

The Collection
In 2004, Smithsonian Libraries acquired the mixed-format Russell E. Train Africana Collection for its special collections division. This collection contained items that had broad public appeal and significant historical value. The collection’s diversity of materials has been a source of excitement and challenge since Smithsonian Libraries acquired it in 2004. Judge Russell E. Train created the collection around his decades-long fascination with the history of exploration and wildlife in Africa.
Train acquired materials from historic figures like Theodore Roosevelt during his African Expedition in 1909–1910, as well as explorers David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley. The collection includes . . .
THE FUTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT AND RARE BOOK BUSINESS
Authors: Rendell Kenneth W.
Published: June 2017

Winston Churchill is often, though erroneously, quoted as saying that those who don’t read history will be condemned to relive it. This is true in many senses and is based on human beings reacting in natural and predictable ways regardless of the time frame. In considering the future of the manuscript and rare book world, however, it is important to understand its history partly because many assumptions of today’s dealers are based on what was, not on what is and what will be. Every aspect of the business has changed dramatically in recent times. I emphasize the business—not the love . . .
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
Authors: Cricco Nancy , Wosh Peter
Published: June 2017

The following papers concerning the recent controversies over presidential records originally were prepared for a symposium held at New York University (NYU) on February 26, 2002. The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (ART) sponsored this program, which also received support from New York University’s graduate program in Archival Management and Historical Editing. Several factors convinced both ART and NYU’s archives program that this symposium was especially. Record‐keeping concerns have generated extraordinary popular interest and provoked sharp public debate over the past two years. A series of national and local controversies, which may collectively become known as the Records . . .
NOW WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THEM?: ARTISTS’ BOOKS IN THE CURRICULUM
Authors: Taraba Suzy
Published: June 2017

Teaching has become a central part of the job of nearly every academic librarian. Nowhere is this more true than in liberal arts colleges and other institutions where undergraduates are the primary focus. Whether or not librarians are able to offer courses for credit, we do a great deal of instruction at the reference desk, in group instruction sessions, and in one‐on‐one appointments. Although much of this teaching focuses on using online resources, a substantial portion is aimed at making sure that students understand that not everything is available on the Internet, nor will it ever be. We teach students . . .
EDITOR'S NOTE
Authors: Clement Richard W.
Published: June 2017

This issue marks the inauguration of a closer relationship between RBM and the annual RBMS Preconference. Although it has always been the intention of the editor to draw upon the preconference for possible articles, no arrangement has existed up until this point. With this issue, the chair of the Preconference Program Committee has assumed the responsibilities of guest editor for the spring issue, an arrangement that I hope will continue well into the future. In this instance, Mike Kelly has served as guest editor, having worked with potential authors within the context of the preconference, and then having selected three . . .
DIGITIZING THE CORVINAS: A COOPERATIVE PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL SZÉCHENYI LIBRARY OF HUNGARY
Authors: Földesi Ferenc
Published: June 2017

In the beginning, the pen was the primary instrument available for making a copy of a book or document. Then, about a hundred and fifty years ago photography began to be used, and our learned predecessors could investigate facsimiles of codices from distant collections. Not too many decades ago, microfilm was invented, which enabled the mass archiving of written culture. In recent years, the technological innovation of digital imaging has yet again changed how we archive and make available copies of books and documents.
Because they are often rare and fragile, many manuscripts and early printed books are not readily . . .
EDITOR'S NOTE
Authors: Clement Richard W.
Published: June 2017

Many RBM readers will remember David Levy's plenary talk at the RBMS Preconference in Toronto in 2003, “What a Vacuous Way to Spend So Many Years! Reflections on Materials and Materiality in a Digital Age.” In addition, many will know his excellent book, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (Arcade, 2001). Levy's perspective is unusual and compelling because he combines two disparate backgrounds that yield very interesting insights. He is well known as a pioneering research scientist from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, but before PARC, and just after finishing a PhD at Stanford, he . . .