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Libraries I Have Known and Loved

(Ed. Note: We suspect that every dedicated reader and book lover remembers at least one library from his or her past in a special way. We...

Ken Fermoyle

Mar 18, 2004

Forgotten Americana – The Women’s Suffrage Movement

This is the third article on the American women’s suffrage movement. All three are overviews in which I’ve tried to emphasize the major...

Martha Kelly

Mar 17, 2004

Ephemeral Assays: George the First

They sleep in attics, less frequently in lower rooms, silent survivors of the ravages of expediency and modernism. Most of these...

Shawn Purcell

Mar 16, 2004

Setting Up Your Own Internet Book Store

This article offers some basic suggestions for those who own or plan to open an internet book store. You can also read it just to get a...

icc568

Mar 15, 2004

Touring the Library of Congress

I haven’t been this disappointed in a long, long time. Remember the kind of disappointment when you didn’t get the bicycle you wanted for...

Joyce Godsey

Mar 14, 2004

Samuel T. Freeman’s Catalog: Pros/Cons of CD vs. Print Version

Written by: Stan Gorski Special Collections Librarian Paul J Gutman Library Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA Edited By: Ken...

Joyce Godsey

Mar 13, 2004

Samuel T. Freeman’s Catalog: Pros/Cons of CD vs. Print Version

The Alibris Pricing Tool

IOBA: Alibris recently launched a new pricing service for online booksellers that has caused quite a stir. What is the service and why...

Richard Weatherford

Mar 12, 2004

IOBA Q & A Column and an unanswered question

Q. Who knows where I can find a list of the countries that DO NOT accept global priority mail? I’m getting quite a few international...

icc568

Mar 11, 2004

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