{"id":1673,"date":"2015-01-09T17:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T22:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2015-02-03T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:52:31","slug":"meetings-with-books-a-new-publication-from-mcgill-university-library-and-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/rbsc\/meetings-with-books-a-new-publication-from-mcgill-university-library-and-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Meetings with Books \u2013 a new publication from McGill University Library and Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce the publication of:
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\nMEETINGS WITH BOOKS<\/em>
\nSpecial Collections in the 21st Century<\/em>
\nWith a Tribute to Raymond Klibansky<\/em>
\n&<\/em>
\nIllustrated Survey of Special Collections at <\/em>
\nMcGill University Library and Archives<\/em><\/p>\n

Edited by
\nJillian Tomm and Richard Virr<\/p>\n

A publication of
\nMcGill University Library and Archives<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

On March 20, 2013, McGill University held a one-day symposium titled \u201cMeetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century.\u201d The aims of the symposium were three-fold: to discuss the question \u201cIt is all on the Web, so why bother? Special Collections in the Digital Age\u201d; to celebrate the memory of Raymond Klibansky as a mentor, scholar, collector, and donor of his significant and valuable research library to McGill; and to bring the narrative gifts of author Alberto Manguel to ignite inspiration as only he is able.<\/p>\n

The day was an opportunity to consider why historical book collections might matter, and how they connect, or might be connected, with current forms and directions in teaching, research, and learning. Speakers brought a wealth of perspectives from across the humanities and special collection librarianship to bear on upon the question of the role of special collections in the digital age. Alberto Manguel powerfully evoked the drive that compels and leads the explorer\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200a<\/strong>be he or she scholar or otherwise\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200a<\/strong>to great labours, and to sometimes reach and\u00a0cross accepted boundaries of questioning or suggestion. The personal tributes inspired by Klibansky paid fitting testimony to a man who embodied so much of this perpetual search, the search to know, the search for what it means to be human.
\n(See videos from the symposium<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The published volume Meetings with Books<\/em> grew out of this symposium.
\nThe book includes:<\/p>\n


\nA historical survey of McGill\u2019s special collections<\/strong> by
\nRichard Virr (McGill University)<\/p>\n


\nA tribute to humanist scholar and book collector Raymond Klibansky<\/strong> by:
\nGeorges Leroux (Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec)
\nD\u00e9sir\u00e9e Park (Concordia University, Montreal and Wolfson College, Oxford)
\nGerald Beasley (University of Alberta)
\nEthel Groffier (Paul-Andr\u00e9 Cr\u00e9peau Centre, McGill University)<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Short essays on how historical book collections connect with current forms and directions in teaching, research, and learning in the digital age <\/strong>by:
\nLeslie Howsam (University of Windsor)
\nFiona A. Black (Dalhousie University)
\nJulie E. Cumming (McGill University)
\nSt\u00e9fan Sinclair (McGill University)
\nAnn Marie Holland (McGill University)
\nAnna Dysert (McGill University)
\nChristopher Lyons (McGill University)
\nJillian Tomm (McGill University)
\nGregory Bouchard (McGill University)<\/p>\n


\nA keynote essay by Alberto Manguel
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And interspersed with these essays, a selection of more than fifty\u00a0illustrated “vignettes\u200a”<\/strong> which serve to provide material context for the discussion. They illustrate variety and connections across historical collections at McGill University Library and Archives in particular, and suggest the great richness of still-potential research held in special collections libraries generally.<\/p>\n

\"Blacker-WoodVignette\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

Printed volume: 40$ CDN. The work is also available freely as a pdf file online at McGill e-scholarship here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Meetings with Books can be ordered from<\/strong>
\nRare Books and Special Collections
\nMcGill University Library
\nMcLennan Library Building, 4th<\/sup> floor
\n3459 McTavish Street
\nMontreal, QC H3A 0C9
\nCanada<\/p>\n

Please make your cheque out to McGill University Library, with a note “Meetings with Books.” or write us at: rarebooks.library@mcgill.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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