Current Events
Friday, July 04, 2008
Remembering World War II: Pearl Harbor and Beyond
Check out our new online exhibit based on the 2006-2007 exhibit Remembering World War II: Pearl Harbor and Beyond at http://wwii.byu.edu
Locked Away in Private Collections: Work Seldom Seen
Many of the 150 design bindings created by this artist over the last 30 years were commissioned by private collectors and have seldom, if ever, been seen outside of personal libraries. Don Glaister presents a slide lecture detailing some of his favorite books currently held in private collections.
Roman Plates Exhibit
This new Special Collections acquisition features an extraordinary set of Roman military plates from AD 109 and is on display in the Harold B. Lee Library. Visit the Roman Plates site for more details.
History of the Book
The History of the Book / Book Binding / Print Culture website has links to numerous resources that will assist you in your study of the history of the book, print culture, and book arts.
INDI Project
The Integrated Digital Special Collections (INDI) system is an open source, database driven application designed to automate and manage archival workflow for large institutions and consortia. Visit the INDI web site.
Acronym Primer
The world of special collections and manuscripts is inseparably connected to the digital world. To sort out all of the emerging organizations and standards, BYU Special Collections has created an acronym primer that lists pertinent organizations, data format standards, data content standards, controlled vocabularies, and systems.
This document is available in PDF format here: http://sc.lib.byu.edu/SC_Acronym_Primer.pdf
