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Biyela, Sibongile Eunice. "The historical development of the University Zululand library with particular reference to buildings, staff, collection, and computerization (1960-1987)." Thesis, University of Zululand, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1198.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the B.A. Honours Degree in Information Studies, Department of Library & Information Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa, 1988.This study is about the historical development of the University of Zululand Library, with particular reference to i ts buildings , staff collection and computerization, from 1960 to 1987. Also included in this study is t he branch library at Umlazi Campus. The aim of the thi s study is to trace the history of the University of Zululand Library from i ts inception i n 1960 to the most recent structure completed in 1987, since this has not been done before except the scattered information on the his t or y of t his library •
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Gebre-Meskel, Haddis. "A survey of representative land charters of the Ethiopian Empire (1314-1868) and related marginal notes in manuscripts in the British Library, the Royal Library and the university libraries of Cambridge and Manchester." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1992. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28456/.
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The aim of this study is to compile and analyse information about ownership, sales and disputes of land in Ethiopia between 1314 and 1868 on the basis of documents which are preserved in the marginalia of Ethiopic manuscripts in the Collections of the British Library, the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Manchester. While the specifically royal charters were drawn up in some cases as far back as the early fourteenth century, numerous other documents dealing with sales and disputes of land were written between 1700 and 1868. In that year, these manuscripts were looted by members of the Napier Expedition after the citadel of Emperor Tewodros II fell into their hands and were subsequently brought to the United Kingdom. While almost all the royal charters were written in Ge'ez, the rest of the documents dealing with personal bequests or gifts, sales and disputes of land were written in Amharic and thus, apart from their historical significance, they are al.so important as they illustrate the development of modern Amharic. Out of some 2,100 documents which are preserved in the marginalia of 49 manuscripts, I have here selected 274 and it is hoped that they will serve as a representative documentation of the land tenure system and administration of land of the country for more than half a millennium. The number of documents dealt with in this thesis thus exceeds the number of those described by Conti Rossini, who translated some 100 other land charters and related notes compiled from the marginalia of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. The documents reproduced in this thesis are put in chronological order and an effort has been made to find the equivalent European dating whenever the documents fail to supply a precise date. The documents are also translated and annotated and are classified into five sections, namely: Church Lands, Private Lands, Crown Lands, Land Sales and Land Disputes. Copies of the transcripts of the original Amharic and Ge'ez documents are also included together with glossaries of titles and terms. As far as the locations of the lands referred to in the documents (i.e., personal land bequests or gifts, sales and disputes of land) are concerned, the city of Gondar and the regions around it are largely covered, while additional references to land grants to the sovereigns themselves and to members of the royal family, churches and individuals are also available for other areas of the country. The main findings of this study are that income from land, or more accurately a land tax, was used as a means to compel submission and obligation. The allocation or distribution of such an income to the Church and notable individuals was finely balanced and kept in equilibrium by the members of the Solomonic dynasty who ruled Ethiopia between the years 1314 and 1769. In the subsequent years, however, the country entered into the so called Era of the Princes (1769-1855), where local nobles succeeded in fragmenting the central power, so, in the absence of absolute power, the weak sovereigns were forced to grant ever more land to influential individuals rather than to the Church.
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Schneider, Ulrich Johannes. "Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig." Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-157007.
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Die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig ist zwar eines der ältesten Institute dieser Art in Deutschland. Ihre 466jährige Geschichte ist jedoch nur in Teilen erforscht. Der folgende Text fußt auf den Ergebnissen der bereits vorliegenden Publikationen und fokussiert zugleich die Darstellung auf die Dienstleistungsfunktion der Bibliothek für die Universität. Eine umfassendere historische Darstellung befindet sich in Vorbereitung.
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Stump, Katrin. "Ein Bibliotheksneubau für Freiberg." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-25643.
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"Die heiße Begierde, nach Freiberg zu gehen und Ihr Schüler zu werden, lag schon lange in mir“. Diese euphorischen Worte schreibt Alexander von Humboldt 1790 an Abraham Gottlob Werner, den berühmten Mineralogen, dessen Professur an der damals noch jungen Bergakademie zahlreiche Studenten aus der ganzen Welt nach Sachsen lockte.
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Verweij, Sebastiaan Johan. ""The inlegebill scribling of my imprompt pen" : the production and circulation of literary miscellany manuscripts in Jacobean Scotland, c.1580-c.1630." Thesis, Thesis restricted. Connect to e-thesis to view abstract, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/329/.
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Bürger, Thomas. "Wandel und Kontinuität in 450 Jahren." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1204804136305-26740.
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Bibliotheken haben sich am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts längst in Informations-, Kommunikations- und Medienzentren verwandelt. Es ist deshalb bemerkenswert, dass die Bezeichnung „Bibliothek“ lebendig geblieben ist, obwohl die damit bezeichneten „Büchergestelle“ nur noch einen Teil des Gebäudes und der Medienarbeit prägen. Buch und Bibliothek sind alt und jung zugleich, gekennzeichnet durch erstaunliche Kontinuität im steten Wandel. Ein Gang durch die Bibliothek und ihre Bestände ist deshalb immer auch eine die Perspektive verändernde ZeitreiseThe electoral library founded in the Royal Palace of Dresden in 1556 grew from around 6,000 volumes around the year 1600 to more than 220,000 at the end of the 18th century. Today's Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) counts over 8.6 million media, documenting 450 years of educational and scientific, economic and social history from the 16th to the 21st century. A library, however, is at the same time testimony to its own achievements. It is a treasury of thoughts and written witness, a source of recollections, a place of imagination and inspiration. In the age of virtual networks and boundless availability, the library is a point of access to fast information, but equally a place of deceleration, of concentrated study at the heart of the city and at the university. The SLUB is taken as an example to illustrate the transformation and continuity of a centuries- old institution
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Bürger, Thomas. "Kolloquium zur Bibliotheksgeschichte der SLUB." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1168943942244-62910.
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Schneider, Ulrich Johannes. "Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig." Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2009. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A13032.
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Die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig ist zwar eines der ältesten Institute dieser Art in Deutschland. Ihre 466jährige Geschichte ist jedoch nur in Teilen erforscht. Der folgende Text fußt auf den Ergebnissen der bereits vorliegenden Publikationen und fokussiert zugleich die Darstellung auf die Dienstleistungsfunktion der Bibliothek für die Universität. Eine umfassendere historische Darstellung befindet sich in Vorbereitung.
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Nitzschke, Katrin. "Wissenschaft und Bibliothek Gelehrte Bibliothekare in der Geschichte der SLUB." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1204805033347-59361.
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Die Verbindung von wissenschaftlicher Forschung und Lehre mit den beruflichen Verpflichtungen an den beiden Dresdner Bibliotheken stellt bis heute ein wenig beachtetes Faktum dar. Die über Jahrhunderte gewachsenen reichen Bestände an wissenschaftlicher Literatur waren wie in anderen vergleichbaren Bibliotheken auch für solche „Karrieren“ die unabdingbare Voraussetzung. Aber auch umgekehrt erkannten und nutzten bedeutende Wissenschaftler oder Schriftsteller – erinnert sei nur an LEIBNIZ und LESSING – Bibliotheken als ideales „Medium“. Einige Persönlichkeiten aus der Geschichte der SLUB sollen pars pro toto im Folgenden vorgestellt werdenOver the 450-year history of the SLUB, many remarkable scholars worked as librarians in Dresden. Not only did they work successfully in the library, they also conducted research in the humanities or natural sciences. The examples of eight scholars – some still recognized in scientific circles today – illustrate the fruitful publication activities and extensive research
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Malz, Angela. "Erst Spinnerei, dann Universitätsbibliothek." Technische Universität Chemnitz, 2019. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A38662.
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Für die Universitätsbibliothek und das Universitätsarchiv Chemnitz wird ein alter Industriebau modernisiert – die Alte Aktienspinnerei. Das Gebäude behält den Charakter eines Fabrikgebäudes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert und wird eine moderne Bibliothek beherbergen, die rund um die Uhr geöffnet haben wird. Es entsteht eine sehr besondere Bibliothek, die nicht nur ein Speicher für gedruckte und elektronische Medien ist, sondern vielmehr eine Atmosphäre bietet, in der sich wissenschaftlich interessierte Menschen treffen, gedruckte und digitale Informationen finden, miteinander diskutieren und neue Ideen entwickeln können.An old industrial building is being modernised for the University Library and the University Archive of Chemnitz - the Alte Aktienspinnerei. The building retains the character of a 19th century factory building and will house a modern library that will be open around the clock. A very special library will be created, which will not only be a home for printed and electronic media, but will also provide an atmosphere in which people interested in science can meet, find printed and digital information, discuss with each other and develop new ideas.
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Rohrmüller, Marc, and Jens Bove. "Quellen zur Kunst- und Technikgeschichte." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1176291634072-13495.
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Mit dem Spezialarchiv "Architekturzeichnungen" wird eine der bisher "unsichtbaren" Sammlungen der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) in der Bilddatenbank der Deutschen Fotothek (www.deutschefotothek.de) präsentiert.
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Oakshott, Stephen Craig School of Information Library & Archives Studies UNSW. "The Association of Libarians in colleges of advanced education and the committee of Australian university librarians: The evolution of two higher education library groups, 1958-1997." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information, Library and Archives Studies, 1998. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/18238.
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This thesis examines the history of Commonwealth Government higher education policy in Australia between 1958 and 1997 and its impact on the development of two groups of academic librarians: the Association of Librarians in Colleges in Advanced Education (ALCAE) and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). Although university librarians had met occasionally since the late 1920s, it was only in 1965 that a more formal organisation, known as CAUL, was established to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. ALCAE was set up in 1969 and played an important role helping develop a special concept of library service peculiar to the newly formed College of Advanced Education (CAE) sector. As well as examining the impact of Commonwealth Government higher education policy on ALCAE and CAUL, the thesis also explores the influence of other factors on these two groups, including the range of personalities that comprised them, and their relationship with their parent institutions and with other professional groups and organisations. The study focuses on how higher education policy and these other external and internal factors shaped the functions, aspirations, and internal dynamics of these two groups and how this resulted in each group evolving differently. The author argues that, because of the greater attention given to the special educational role of libraries in the CAE curriculum, the group of college librarians had the opportunity to participate in, and have some influence on, Commonwealth Government statutory bodies responsible for the coordination of policy and the distribution of funding for the CAE sector. The link between ALCAE and formal policy-making processes resulted in a more dynamic group than CAUL, with the university librarians being discouraged by their Vice-Chancellors from having contact with university funding bodies because of the desire of the universities to maintain a greater level of control over their affairs and resist interference from government. The circumstances of each group underwent a reversal over time as ALCAE's effectiveness began to diminish as a result of changes to the CAE sector and as member interest was transferred to other groups and organisations. Conversely, CAUL gradually became a more active group during the 1980s and early 1990s as a result of changes to higher education, the efforts of some university librarians, and changes in membership. This study is based principally on primary source material, with the story of ALCAE and CAUL being told through the use of a combination of original documentation (including minutes of meetings and correspondence) and interviews with members of each group and other key figures.
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Nitzschke, Katrin. "Bibliotheken als Kunstsammlungen." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-25828.
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Bibliotheken besinnen sich wieder darauf, daß sie auch Kunstsammlungen sind.“ Als Erhart Kästner 1936 diese Aussage formulierte, bestand das von ihm begründete Buchmuseum der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek im Japanischen Palais gerade ein Jahr. Deutlich länger aber lassen sich die Anfänge der Ausstellungspraxis in Dresden zurückverfolgen.
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Rohrmüller, Marc. "Das Maschinenzeitalter online." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-32965.
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Die SLUB Dresden verfügt über zahlreiche Titel zur Technikgeschichte und beginnt mit Unterstützung der DFG die Digitalisierung ausgewählter technikhistorischer Schriften aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Diese werden frei im Netz angeboten. Bis 2011 werden so 3 500 Bände der Erscheinungsjahre 1801 bis 1870 digitalisiert und erschlossen. Auch die Digitalisierung der wichtigsten technikgeschichtlichen Zeitschrift des 19. Jahrhunderts, „Dinglers polytechnischem Journal“, ist als Kooperationsprojekt von der Humboldt-Universität Berlin und der SLUB abgeschlossen. Damit wird auch das Sondersammelgebiet Technikgeschichte an der SLUB Dresden wesentlich aufgewertet.
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Fuchs, Thomas. "Am Ursprungsort zurück." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-69745.
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Manfred Meiner übergab am 2. April 2011 das historische Archiv des Felix Meiner Verlags 1944-1965 als Schenkung der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. Am 1. April 1911 war der Verlag von Felix Meiner (1883-1965) in Leipzig gegründet worden, wo er bis 1951 beheimatet war. Felix Meiner versuchte zwar zunächst, die Verlagstätigkeit in Leipzig nach 1945 fortzusetzen, übrigens der einzige bedeutende Leipziger Verlag neben Reclam, der nicht sofort nach Kriegsende in den Westen ging, aber der zunehmende Zensurdruck der Behörden veranlassten ihn schließlich zum Wechsel nach Hamburg, wo er das alte Verlagsprogramm wieder aufnahm. Von großer wirtschaftlicher und verlegerischer Bedeutung wurde die Zusammenarbeit von Felix Meiner und seinem Sohn Richard mit Albert Schweitzer.
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Reuss, Cordula. "NS-Raubgut." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-69666.
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Geza Kon wurde am 2. August 1873 als Sohn eines Rabbiners im ungarischen Csongrad geboren. Er entstammte einer bekannten askenasischen Familie. Diese siedelte bald nach seiner Geburt nach Zemun (bei Belgrad) über. Seine erste Anstellung bekam Geza Kon 1889 bei dem bekannten serbischen Buchhändler Friedrich Breslauer in Belgrad. Ab 1894 wurde er für sieben Jahre der Geschäftsführer bei dem ebenfalls berühmten Buchhändler Arsa Pajevic in Novi Sad.
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Schneider, Ulrich Johannes. "Geste der Versöhnung." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-69679.
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Am 20. März 2011 hat die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig der serbischen Nationalbibliothek im Krieg geraubte Bücher des Belgrader Verlags Geza Kon übergeben. Zur Unterzeichnung der Übergabe-Vereinbarung in der Bibliotheca Albertina waren der Botschafter Serbiens in Deutschland, Ivo Viskovic, sowie der Direktor der serbischen Nationalbibliothek, Sreten Ugricic, anwesend. Beide sprachen eine Einladung an den Direktor der UB, Ulrich Johannes Schneider aus, am 6. April 2011 an den Feierlichkeiten zum 70. Jahrestag des Angriffs der Deutschen auf Belgrad in der serbischen Nationalbibliothek teilzunehmen und die Übergabe zu besiegeln.
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Bürger, Thomas, and Ines Wolf. "Die Schmelze des barocken Eisberges." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-24364.
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Im Jahre 1996 begannen mit Förderung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) die Arbeiten an dem „Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD17)“. Nach dreizehn Jahren wurde das Ziel erreicht, mindestens 265.000 Drucke der Jahre 1601 bis 1700 aus deutschen Bibliotheken in einer modernen Datenbank mit hoher Recherchequalität nachzuweisen (www.vd17.de). Der Dresdner Anteil ist jetzt erfolgreich abgeschlossen – ein guter Grund, die Datenbank vorzustellen.
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Aurich, Frank. "Glanzvolles aus dem kurfürstlichen Bücherregal." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-63493.
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Im Oktober 2008 rief ein deutsches Auktionshaus in der SLUB Dresden an. Es sei ein Buch mit einem kostbarem Einband und Dresdner Stempel zur nächsten Auktion eingeliefert worden. Sofort begannen umfangreiche Recherchen. Das Ergebnis war spektakulär: Nach Einsicht in mehrere historische Kataloge stand fest, dass es sich um einen von acht Bänden einer zwischen 1569 und 1572 erschienenen Polyglottenbibel des Antwerpener Druckhauses Christoph Plantin handelte.
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Aurich, Frank, Jana Kocourek, and Norman Köhler. "Provenienzmerkmale aus dem Bestand der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-27458.
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In der vorliegenden Publikation sind Provenienzmerkmale in den Büchern, Handschriften und Karten der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek (SLUB) und ihrer Vorgängereinrichtungen zusammengestellt.
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Rawson, Helen C. "Treasures of the University : an examination of the identification, presentation and responses to artefacts of significance at the University of St Andrews, from 1410 to the mid-19th century, with an additional consideration of the development of the portrait collection to the early 21st century." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/990.
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Since its foundation between 1410 and 1414 the University of St Andrews has acquired what can be considered to be ‘artefacts of significance’. This somewhat nebulous phrase is used to denote items that have, for a variety of reasons, been deemed to have some special import by the University, and have been displayed or otherwise presented in a context in which this status has been made apparent. The types of artefacts in which particular meaning has been vested during the centuries under consideration include items of silver and gold (including the maces, sacramental vessels of the Collegiate Church of St Salvator, collegiate plate and relics of the Silver Arrow archery competition); church and college furnishings; artworks (particularly portraits); sculpture; and ethnographic specimens and other items described in University records as ‘curiosities’ held in the University Library from c. 1700-1838. The identification of particular artefacts as significant for certain reasons in certain periods, and their presentation and display, may to some extent reflect the University's values, preoccupations and aspirations in these periods, and, to some degree, its identity. Consciously or subconsciously, the objects can be employed or operate as signifiers of meaning, representing or reflecting matters such as the status, authority and history of the University, its breadth of learning and its interest and influence in spheres from science, art and world cultures to national affairs. This thesis provides a comprehensive examination of the growth and development of the University's holdings of 'artefacts of significance' from its foundation to the mid-19th century, and in some cases (especially portraits) beyond this date. It also offers insights into how the University viewed and presented these items and what this reveals about the University of St Andrews, its identity, which changed and developed as the living institution evolved, and the impressions that it wished to project.
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Kröger, Rüdiger. "Die Welt in Herrnhut." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-39244.
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Die Bibliothek des Unitätsarchivs präsentiert ausgewählte Exponate aus sechs Jahrhunderten des weltweiten Wirkens der Herrnhuter Glaubensgemeinschaft im Buchmuseum der SLUB Dresden. Die Ausstellung vermittelt einen Einblick in die Herrnhuter Welt und die internationalen Verbindungen der Brüder-Unität.
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Lewis, Elizabeth Faith. "Peter Guthrie Tait : new insights into aspects of his life and work : and associated topics in the history of mathematics." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6330.
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In this thesis I present new insights into aspects of Peter Guthrie Tait's life and work, derived principally from largely-unexplored primary source material: Tait's scrapbook, the Tait–Maxwell school-book and Tait's pocket notebook. By way of associated historical insights, I also come to discuss the innovative and far-reaching mathematics of the elusive Frenchman, C.-V. Mourey. P. G. Tait (1831–1901) F.R.S.E., Professor of Mathematics at the Queen's College, Belfast (1854–1860) and of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (1860–1901), was one of the leading physicists and mathematicians in Europe in the nineteenth century. His expertise encompassed the breadth of physical science and mathematics. However, since the nineteenth century he has been unfortunately overlooked—overshadowed, perhaps, by the brilliance of his personal friends, James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879), Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) and William Thomson (1824–1907), later Lord Kelvin. Here I present the results of extensive research into the Tait family history. I explore the spiritual aspect of Tait's life in connection with The Unseen Universe (1875) which Tait co-authored with Balfour Stewart (1828–1887). I also reveal Tait's surprising involvement in statistics and give an account of his introduction to complex numbers, as a schoolboy at the Edinburgh Academy. A highlight of the thesis is a re-evaluation of C.-V. Mourey's 1828 work, La Vraie Théorie des quantités négatives et des quantités prétendues imaginaires, which I consider from the perspective of algebraic reform. The thesis also contains: (i) a transcription of an unpublished paper by Hamilton on the fundamental theorem of algebra which was inspired by Mourey and (ii) new biographical information on Mourey.
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Hermann, Konstantin. "Freiheit und Gesetz." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-39168.
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Die Fotografien in dem Album des Sächsischen Landtags von 1873 zeigen zahlreiche bis heute bekannte sächsische Abgeordnete. Das in Samt eingebundene Prachtfotoalbum wurde von den Abgeordneten der zweiten Kammer des sächsischen Landtages an ihren Kollegen Christian Gottlieb Riedel anlässlich seines 25-jährigen Landtagsjubiläum überreicht.
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Bürger, Thomas. "Dresden und der 13. Februar." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-66280.
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Am Abend des 13. Februar gedenken seit 66 Jahren viele Dresdner vor der Frauenkirche mit Kerzen in der Hand der Zerstörung der Stadt im Jahre 1945. Seit einigen Jahren bestimmen aber weniger die trauernden Menschen als vielmehr die Märsche rechtsradikaler Gruppierungen das öffentliche Bild, die sich vor der wieder erstandenen Stadtkulisse in Szene setzen und ein weltweites Medieninteresse auf sich lenken wollen. Seit 1989 sind Deutschland und Europa friedlich vereint, der Zweite Weltkrieg und der Kalte Krieg sind überwunden. Wir leben versöhnt mit unseren vielen Nachbarn, die Grenzen sind offen, die kriegsverwundeten Städte sind weitgehend wieder aufgebaut, in Dresden stehen die Synagoge wieder und die Frauenkirche – und die ganze Welt hat an diesem Wiederaufbau mitgewirkt. Dresden ist wieder eine schöne und weltoffene Stadt. Ist es da verwunderlich, wenn die „Trauermärsche“ rechtsradikaler Gruppierungen nicht nur die Dresdner, sondern Menschen in aller Welt entsetzen und Erinnerungen an ein intolerantes und ausländerfeindliches Deutschland der Diktatur von 1933 bis 1945 wecken? Warum aber marschieren Jahr für Jahr Neonazis durch die Stadt?
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Waugh, John. "Diploma privilege: legal education at the University of Melbourne 1857-1946." 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/5710.
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When Australian law teaching began in 1857, few lawyers in common-law systems had studied law at university. The University of Melbourne's new course joined the early stages of a dual transformation, of legal training into university study and of contemporary common law into an academic discipline. Victoria's Supreme Court immediately gave the law school what was known in America as 'diploma privilege': its students could enter legal practice without passing a separate admission exam. Soon university study became mandatory for locally trained lawyers, ensuring the law school's survival but placing it at the centre of disputes over the kind of education the profession should receive. Friction between practitioners and academics hinted at the negotiation of new roles as university study shifted legal training further from its apprenticeship origins. The structure of the university (linked to the judiciary through membership of its governing council) and the profession (whose organisations did not control the admission of new practitioners) aided the law school's efforts to defend both its training role and its curriculum against outside attack.Legal academics turned increasingly to the social sciences to maintain law's claim to be not only a professional skill, but an academic discipline. A research-based and reform-oriented theory of law appealed to the nascent academic profession, linking it to legal practice and the development of public policy but at the same time marking out for the law school a domain of its own. American ideas informed thinking about research and, in particular, pedagogy, although the university's slender financial resources, dependent on government grants, limited change until after World War II. In other ways the law school consciously departed from American models. It taught undergraduate, not graduate, students, and its curriculum included history, jurisprudence and non-legal subjects alongside legal doctrine. Its few professors specialised in public law and jurisprudence, leaving private law to a corps of part-time practitioner-teachers. The result was a distinctive model of state-certified compulsory education in both legal doctrine and the history and social meanings of law.
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Theis, Courtney W. "Pro libris : architectural inscriptions and the university library building." 2011. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1644450.
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This study identifies and analyzes architectural inscriptions found on university and public libraries from the period of 1890 to 1930 in the United States. An architectural inscription refers to carved text, most often found adorning the walls of the interior or exterior of the building. The period of 1890 to 1930 saw the increased use of the inscription on a range of civic and institutional architecture. The era was particularly prone to moralizing and didactic sayings, which stemmed from a number of social and political factors. University libraries were drawn to the inscription as an ornamental type, for it became an expression of the ideals of the school and reflected a desire for legitimacy and sophistication. This study analyzes the decisions behind the inscriptional program, which often uncovers the latent agenda of the librarian, university president, or building committee. At the same time, the Beaux Arts and Neo-Gothic styles that were widely adopted for library buildings carried their own conventions for the aesthetic and associative use of the inscription. This study analyzes the historical and aesthetic factors that influenced university library inscriptions, and provides insight into the particular inscriptional themes found on number of American universities.Architectural inscriptions and morality, 1890-1930 -- Trends in library building -- Inscriptions of Beaux Arts university libraries -- Inscriptions of Neo-Gothic university libraries -- Influence of the Modern movement and the resurgence of contemporary library inscriptions.
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Woodhouse, Fay. "The 1951 Communist Party dissolution referendum debate at the University of Melbourne." Thesis, 1996. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/30227/.
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This thesis outlines the debate on the 1951 Communist Party Dissolution Referendum
at the University of Melbourne and considers how this casts light on Australia's social,
political and higher education institutions at the time.
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Bell, Fiona Ruth. "The Department of Information Studies, University of Natal : its role in education for librarianship in South Africa, 1973-1994." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5754.
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This thesis investigates the development of the Department of Information Studies, with the aim of assessing the role it has played in education for librarianship in South Africa from 1973 to 1994, a period of change and transformation in the country. Historical sources, both written and oral, have been traced, analysed, and where possible, verified against other sources, thus using historical method. The study, the first in-depth research into a library and information studies department in a South African university, was seen as necessary in order that the future development of the Department in question be placed upon as sound a socio-historical basis as possible. A literature review provides the context for the study and the thesis contextualizes education for librarianship within national and international library and information services (LIS) and again within the broader context of the South African socio-political and economic situation of this period. The Department's contribution within the University context is also assessed. The findings indicate that, in spite of its uneven development during the 1970s and 1980s, the Department has played an important role in LIS in KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa and, to some extent, in the southern African region as a whole. This role revolves around training LIS practitioners from school library diploma to doctoral levels; producing and publishing research; participating in wider LIS initiatives and contributing nationally to leading education for librarianship.Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.
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Buchanan, Nora. "A history of the University of Natal libraries, 1910-2003." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1508.
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The University of Natal was unique in South Africa for many years in that, unlike
other South African universities, it was split between two geographically distant
campuses, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The research problem which was central to this study was to document the development of the libraries of the University of Natal from inception in 1910 to the point of merger at the end of 2003 in order to arrive at an understanding of how the libraries in the two centres, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, developed. Linked to the central problem were two sub-problems which were, firstly to discover whether the two libraries had, as stated by a highly placed University Task Team, developed “too independently ...” (1) was true or at least partially true and secondly to find out whether the personalities of individual University Librarians had a significant influence on the development of the libraries. In order to solve the research problem and the two sub-problems as well as to guide the structure of the chapters, four research questions were posed: • What administrative problems were encountered as the libraries expanded and how did the dual-centred nature of the University affect their development? • What level of financial support did the University provide to the libraries and was this sufficient?
• What impact did the introduction of information and communications
technology (ICT) have on the development of the libraries? and lastly; • What services were offered to users of the libraries and how did these differ between the two centres. The broad approach to the study is interpretative. It has been written as a narrative, with interpretations interwoven throughout the discussion, in chronological order to best show change over time. Understanding the present and anticipating and managing change with some
measure of success depends to an extent on our appreciation and understanding of history. This study, by investigating the historical record of the nine decades of existence of the University of Natal Libraries, is not only a revelation of the past but will also, it is hoped, assist in identifying possible future trends in academic librarianship in South Africa, particularly as far as the management of multi-centred university libraries is concerned. The value of the study also lies in the consolidation and interpretation of information in numerous unpublished records and scattered, ephemeral resources. The historical research method was chosen for this study. Given the nature of the
research problem it was deemed to be the optimal method for the collection and
analysis of data. In order to gain an understanding of the problem, evidence was
gathered from primary sources, such as letters, library committee minutes,
memoranda, newsletters, photographs and reports, including library annual reports, as well as secondary sources. Oral testimonies assisted in verifying information pertaining to the written record, shedding light on certain events and providing added insight. The research undertaken for the study showed that an offer of a Library Fellowship by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which would enable a staff member to undergo professional training in librarianship in the United States, was the catalyst for the unification of the two libraries. This system prevailed for 22 years. Thereafter the unitary library system was dismantled and the two libraries developed in completely different directions until economic necessity resulted in a concerted effort to bring the libraries together again in 1997, although this time as a federal rather than a unitary system. The research showed that the criticism that the two libraries
had developed too independently was true and that a holistic approach to library
services at the University of Natal was lacking. Secondly, the research also showed that the personalities of individual University Librarians did exert a significant influence on the development of the libraries although other elements also influenced their development. Although the study is an history of a university library rooted in a “first world” (2) culture there are lessons to be learnt which could be applied to other institutions, particularly in the context of post-apartheid South African higher education. Several dual- or multi-centred institutions now exist. The integration of different libraries, each with its own idiosyncrasies and its own ethos can be complex and is potentially divisive. There has to be institutional commitment to the idea of a unitary library
system as the library service in any university is shaped to a large extent by the parent institution. The study was limited to an investigation of the historical record of the University of Natal Libraries. An historical analysis of university libraries on a national scale lay beyond the scope of this study. It was also limited to a focus on the institution itself and the difficulties encountered in the administration of a dual-centred library service rather than focusing on the library service from the users’ point of view. Lastly the study suggests several areas for future research. It is noted that there is a dearth of in-depth critical texts available on the history of South African university libraries. An historical analysis of university libraries on a national scale would become feasible if research is undertaken into the histories of more South African university libraries.
(1) [University of Natal, Library Task Team], A report on the University of Natal Libraries submitted to the Executive Implementation Team, 1998, p. 31.
(2) C. Darch & P. Underwood, Dirt road or yellow brick superhighway?, Library hi tech, vol. 17, no. 3, p. 285.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.
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Frink, Julia Susan. "The George Bush Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-08-7026.
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This was the first comprehensive doctoral dissertation on the George Bush
Presidential Library Center at Texas A&M University. The Bush Presidential Library
and Museum was the focal point. The purpose was to describe the global significance,
work and educational contributions of the Bush Presidential Library while exploring its
partnership with Texas A&M University. The primary data sources were: archival
records, museum exhibits, interviews and my field work experiences.
Beyond being a descriptive dissertation, this study offered unique hypotheses and
conclusions. It examined the higher educational aspects of the Bush Presidential Library
Center's operating context within Texas A&M University. These included the
educational value of George Bush's career, the Bush Presidential Library's contents, and
its benefits and technology use in educational programming. This study answered two
unique hypotheses: how President Bush's liberation of Kuwait increased the Middle
Eastern funding of presidential libraries and the Corps of Cadets' influence on President
Bush's selection of Texas A&M University.
George Bush's global presidency, distinguished international public service
career and his world-changing, historical presidential achievements gave the Bush
Presidential Library and Museum an extraordinary educational value. The data showed
the educational value of, benefits of and technology's role in educational programming
at the Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The global changes mirrored President
Bush's career and his effort to combat terrorism. China's emergence as a world power
was attributed to President Bush's career. The Bush Presidential Library and Museum is
the core asset of the center. The data showed President Bush's liberation of Kuwait directly influenced the funding of his presidential library and the subsequent ones. The
data showed the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets' influence on President Bush's
selection of Texas A&M University as the site for his presidential library. Texas A&M
University is the best place for the George Bush Presidential Library Center. A
university environment is the best place to host a presidential library.
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Yuen, Eleanor. "A History of East Asian Collections in North America Building an Academic Library in the Heart of Pacific Canada: the case of the Asian Library at the University of British Columbia." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12541.
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Mbhele, Hlengiwe Witness. "An appreciative inquiry approach into the post-merger Campbell Collections-University of KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9667.
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The study conducted was An Appreciative Inquiry approach into the post-merger Campbell
Collections at UKZN. The study was meant to explore and discover the value of the
Campbell Collections in the new merged institution, which is the University of KwaZulu-
Natal. The study was appreciative in nature, and it took the complete interconnected
elements that affect the system into consideration. Every year since 2004, when the
University of Natal and the University of Durban Westville were officially declared as
merged, there have been various changes that took place. The merger is one huge change
project that the universities engaged in. Thus the concepts ‘merger’ and ‘change’ were used
inter-changeably in the study. The background on the merger was brought into perspective,
and an in-depth literature review on Appreciative Inquiry was conducted.
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) introduced to the study a research perspective that was very
different in focus from more traditional approaches. AI is a highly participative, systemwide
approach that seeks to identify and enhance the life-giving forces. It concentrates on
things we want to increase to add value, and it is a radical approach to understanding the
social world. It concentrates on exploring ideas that people have about what is valuable in
what they do and then tries to work out ways in which this can be built on. The emphasis is
strong on appreciating the activities and responses of people, rather than focusing on their
problems. Appreciative Inquiry is declared to be a strong pillar of research which looks to
build a productive link between people and the substance of what they talk about as past
and present capacities. In general AI studies are carried out through the use of 4-D Cycles.
The 4-Ds represent: discovery; dream; design and destiny. This study was conducted
through the application of only two Ds which are discovery and dream phases. The
questions used in data gathering were crafted based on affirmative topics to meet the
principles of AI. The interview technique was employed and carried out in the form of
individual/one-one interviews as well as through focus groups. All Campbell Collections’
staff members were invited to participate in the study, and a few former staff members
were also part of the study. The strategic decisions made about whom to invite to take part
in a study were based on their experience, familiarity, and understanding of Campbell
Collections and the merger.
The study findings revealed the strengths and value of Campbell Collections as well as the
impact of the merger, mainly in terms of decisions taken at the University’s executive level.
One limitation of the study was that it was bound to Campbell Collections; therefore, the
information generated could not be generalised and remained specific to the particular case
studied. However, the same research can be studied further to evaluate the entire postmerger
system of the University.Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2010.
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Golfo-Barcelona, Mary Grace. "Towards a master’s program in archival studies at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), University of the Philippines." 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32220.
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The archival community worldwide faces challenges posed by the advent of digital communication, shifting understandings of archives prompted by a new emphasis on the power of means of communication and archives to shape knowledge, and fundamental debates that have followed over how archives should be run. Archivists from different parts of the world have started to revamp archival concepts, learn new skills, and acquire the specialized knowledge through graduate level education (master’s and doctoral degrees) necessary to address these challenges. Such specialized university degree programs in archival studies are fairly new phenomena. Professional education for archivists was initially offered in many countries by archives themselves to their new staff members and through conferences held by archival associations. Some then followed with one-year graduate diploma programs that eventually developed into a full master’s degree. In Canada, the Association of Canadian Archivists first established guidelines for master’s degree programs for educating archivists in 1976. The first master’s program in Archival Studies offered in North America was launched in 1981 by the University of British Columbia. In the United States, the first guidelines for the development of a graduate program in Archival Studies came out in 1993. In Asia, by the late 1950s courses in archives were offered in several countries such as Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines, but not as a specialized degree program.
In the Philippines, archival courses are only being offered as elective courses within library and information studies programs. There is, thus, a major gap in the programs of archival education in the Philippines. Certain factors that are unique to the Philippine archival profession further increase the existing common challenges facing archivists across the world and heighten the need for a specialized master’s degree in Archival Studies. These factors include: inadequate access to records or archives that document the country’s rich cultural and historical heritage, which makes research on the richness of Philippine history and culture difficult; the natural environment of the Philippines that makes it disaster prone requires special education in the care and management of the archives; and the relative youth of the archival profession in the country and thus limited number of properly educated professional archivists. This thesis discusses these challenges and how they can be addressed through a graduate program in Archival Studies. Lastly, the thesis offers a rationale and proposal for a master’s program in Archival Studies at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines.May 2017
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"Der Neujahrsempfang 2009." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1237559768067-40582.
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Der Neujahrsempfang 2009 der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig fand diesmal in besonderen Räumlichkeiten statt: Das leergeräumte Erdgeschoß West der Bibliotheca Albertina enthielt früher u. a. einen Lesesaal, künftig werden die Räumlichkeiten für Schulungen, Ausstellungen und Vorträge genutzt. Als erstes wird im Sommer 2009 der neue Ausstellungsraum eröffnet werden.
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Šimánová, Helena. "Historie a vývoj Geografické knihovny Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-313481.
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(in English) The master thesis describes formation and activities of the Geographical Library of the Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague (http//www.natur.cuni.cz/geografie/knihovna/). The thesis deals with the formation of the library in the 1880s and outlines its development to the present. The focus of this work is to describe the current situation and outline the anticipated direction of the library's development in the coming years. Emphasis is placed on the growing importance of the Geographical Library as one of the most distinctive information institutes of the Faculty of Science, as well as the gradual introduction and use of new technologies and finally on cooperation with other information and academic institutions. In addition, all the program units (that are in use in the library) of the automated library system Aleph 500 are described. The author also focuses on the description of services, divided into basic and complementary, which the Geographical Library provides for professionals and general public. This work also provides information on projects, in which library participates, especially the Czech Geographical Bibliography Online. In the future, Geographical Library intends to pursue the digitalization and preservation of the library collection as well as...
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Peterson, Erik C. "Playing, learning, and using music in early Middle Indiana." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3804.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This thesis is a study of how people in the nine counties of central Indiana learned, appreciated, and performed music from 1800 to 1840. A concluding proposal for a public history application of this research is included.
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"Bibliotheks-Kultur." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-ds-1237551588805-23105.
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Die Bibliotheken bilden im Verbund mit den Archiven und Museen den Ort der kulturellen Überlieferung eines Landes. Der Auftrag der Sammlung, Vermittlung und langfristigen Sicherung kultureller Überlieferung schließt auch in der Gegenwart den kontinuierlichen Erwerb historischer Medien ein. Mit den hier exemplarisch vorgestellten Erwerbungen stärken die Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig und die SLUB Dresden jeweils bereits vorhandene Sammlungskerne.
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Malz, Angela, and Stephan Luther. "Jahresbericht 2017 / Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz." 2018. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A31621.
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Sweetman, Roseanne Lopers, and Jonathan Chaplin. "Perspective vol. 16 no. 5 (Oct 1982)." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10756/251289.
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Meyerhöfer, Dietrich. "Johann Friedrich von Uffenbach. Sammler – Stifter – Wissenschaftler." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-13B0-E.
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