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Work of Board Member Michael Winship Spotlighted

The work of bibliographer and book historian Michael Winship, a member of the editorial advisory board of L&CR, is featured on the University of Texas website. [More...]


New Book on French Revolution by Advisory Editor Bette Oliver

Bette W. Oliver, a member of the editorial advisory board of Libraries & the Cultural Record, is the author of a new book, From Royal to National: The Louvre Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale. The book recounts how, as a result of the French Revolution, institutions previously under the crown's jurisdiction were made into public symbols of nationalism. From Royal to National, published in December 2006, reveals the challenges scholars and specialists faced in safeguarding valuable artworks and literature, and creating the Louvre and the Bibliothèque Nationale. The book is available through the publisher, Lexington Books, and on Amazon.com. Oliver is an independent scholar who lives in Austin, Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Library of Congress book honors Don Davis

A book honoring Donald G. Davis, the longtime editor of Libraries & Culture, has been published by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis, Jr. is a collection of essays first published as a special festschrift issue of Libraries & Culture (40:3) in summer 2005. Davis, emeritus professor in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin, and a distinguished library history scholar, was editor of Libraries & Culture (now Libraries & the Cultural Record) for 29 years. The book, published in September 2006, is available from Oak Knoll Press.