Who wants yesterday's papers? : essays on the research value of printed materials in the digital age / edited by Yvonne Carignan [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). College of Information Studies
University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
Other Authors: Carignan, Yvonne, 1952-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Library materials > Selection for preservation.
Archival materials > Selection for preservation.
Library materials > Conservation and restoration.
Archival materials > Conservation and restoration.
Library materials > Digitization.
Archival materials > Digitization.
History > Sources > Conservation and restoration.
Newspapers > Conservation and restoration.
Libraries and scholars.
Genre:
Sources
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The race against time : introduction / Susan Klier Koutsky
  • Books and the "iniquitie or wearing of time" / Eric N. Lindquist
  • Some thoughts on the race against time and inherent vice : library preservation in the late twentieth century / Mark Roosa
  • Digital demands vs. paper pleas : introduction / Martha Nell Smith
  • How theories became knowledge : why science textbooks should be saved / Stephen G. Brush
  • What do books want? / Neil Fraistat
  • Who needs yesterday's papers when today's are on the Internet? / Jordan Goodman and Kara M. McClurken
  • Above the fold : the value of paper newspapers / John E. Newhagen
  • Enduring value : introduction / Abby Smith
  • Print collections and the possible futures / Walter Cybulski
  • The importance of primary records / Phyllis Franklin
  • Why we collect : curators, collectors, and the urge to acquire / Douglas P. McElrath
  • Conserving the physical object / Nancy Carlson Schrock
  • There are no easy answers : analog vs. digital for preservation reformatting / Steven Puglia and Kara M. McClurken
  • Uses of primary records from the past / G. Thomas Tanselle
  • The view from the archives : introduction / Yvonne Carignan
  • Assessing the (non-monetary) value of archival records / Thomas James Connors
  • Afterword : what do we mean by "yesterday's papers?" / Richard J. Cox.