The English short-title catalogue : past, present, future /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : AMS Press, c2003.
Description:	xv, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	AMS studies in the eighteenth century ; no. 42
Subject:	ESTC (Project) -- Congresses. ESTC/NA (Project) -- Congresses. ESTC/NA (Project) ESTC (Project) English short-title catalogue -- Congresses. English imprints -- Databases -- Congresses. English-speaking countries -- Imprints -- Databases -- Congresses. Early printed books -- English-speaking countries -- Bibliography -- Congresses. English-speaking countries. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4843500

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Other authors / contributors:	Snyder, Henry L., 1929-2016 Smith, Michael S.
ISBN:	0404635423 (alk. paper)
Notes:	"Papers delivered at a conference at the New York Public Library on January 21, 1998, together with some personal histories of the ESTC in North America and reports of the canvass of the Public Record Office." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
I.. The ESTC: Past, Present, and Future
A Brief History of the English Short-Title Catalogue in North America
The Future of the ESTC: A Vision
Affordability Lost: Paying for Higher Education, Culture, and the ESTC
The Origins of the ESTC: The Case for Vision
II.. The ESTC in Practice
The ESTC in Practice: A Bibliographer's Perspective
The ESTC: A "Literary" Perspective
Doing Research with the ESTC: A Ph.D. Student's Perspective
The ESTC in Practice: A European Perspective
III.. Histories of the ESTC
A History of the ESTC in North America
NAIP & ESTC: The North American Imprints Program of the American Antiquarian Society and the Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue
The ESTC and Eighteenth-Century Literary Scholarship
IV.. Reports from the Public Record Office
The Public Record Office Canvass for the ESTC
Reports by Alastair Massie and Martin Saunders: The ESTC/PRO Project: Report on Chancery Lane Search
Chancery Lane: The Report
List 1. Classes in Which all Relevant (or Possibly Relevant) Pieces Were Searched
List 2. Classes Sampled and Rejected
List 3. Selective List of Classes Containing Material Related to the Eighteenth Century but Rejected on the Strength of their Descriptions in the Lists
The ESTC/PRO Project: Report of the Search at Kew
PRO Progress Report, October to December 1988
PRO Material Relating to Printing
The ESTC/PRO Project: Final Report, 3 January to 10 February, 1989
Appendices
Appendix 1. ESTC/NA Board Members
Appendix 2. International Committee Members
Appendix 3. Grants Awarded to the ESTC
Appendix 4. Attendees of the 1998 ESTC International Conference, January 21, 1998, New York City
Index

The English short-title catalogue : past, present, future /

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