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 ====== Abstracts and biographical notes ====== ====== Abstracts and biographical notes ======
  
-Flavia Bruni\\+**Flavia Bruni**\\
 //How to untangle historic libraries: illuminating collections through inventories//\\ //How to untangle historic libraries: illuminating collections through inventories//\\
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 __Abstract__.– After the dissolution of religious orders in Italy in the 1860s, several collections that had belonged to religious houses were merged in those of public libraries. As a result, the provenance of each item is often uncertain. Based on my research on the former Servite cloister of S. Pier Piccolo in Arezzo, this paper will show how inventories can prove helpful to identify books from a specific collection despite the absence of any clear ownership inscription.\\ __Abstract__.– After the dissolution of religious orders in Italy in the 1860s, several collections that had belonged to religious houses were merged in those of public libraries. As a result, the provenance of each item is often uncertain. Based on my research on the former Servite cloister of S. Pier Piccolo in Arezzo, this paper will show how inventories can prove helpful to identify books from a specific collection despite the absence of any clear ownership inscription.\\
 __The author__.– Flavia Bruni is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Sapienza University of Rome and a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews. She is responsible for the survey of seventeenth-century Italian editions for the Universal Short Title Catalogue of the University of St __The author__.– Flavia Bruni is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Sapienza University of Rome and a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews. She is responsible for the survey of seventeenth-century Italian editions for the Universal Short Title Catalogue of the University of St
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 **Cristina Dondi & Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni**\\ **Cristina Dondi & Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni**\\
 //Researching the origin of Perugia's Public Library (1582/1623) before and after Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI)//\\ //Researching the origin of Perugia's Public Library (1582/1623) before and after Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI)//\\
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 __Abstract__.– The Biblioteca Augusta of Perugia is one of the earliest public libraries in Italy. Its core foundation is made up of the collection of Prospero Podiani, whose knowledge and interest in the book market led him to create one of the largest collections of 16th-century Italy, including some 300 incunabula. Panzanelli’s doctoral research approached documentary evidence pertaining to the collection in order to reconstruct the lively cultural context of the time and space it belonged to. Having transferred the incunabula data into MEI, we can now offer a richer and more complex __Abstract__.– The Biblioteca Augusta of Perugia is one of the earliest public libraries in Italy. Its core foundation is made up of the collection of Prospero Podiani, whose knowledge and interest in the book market led him to create one of the largest collections of 16th-century Italy, including some 300 incunabula. Panzanelli’s doctoral research approached documentary evidence pertaining to the collection in order to reconstruct the lively cultural context of the time and space it belonged to. Having transferred the incunabula data into MEI, we can now offer a richer and more complex
 representation of the development and use of the collection, of the books’ survival, loss, and mobility, and of the methodology of the investigation involved. \\ representation of the development and use of the collection, of the books’ survival, loss, and mobility, and of the methodology of the investigation involved. \\
 __The authors__.– Cristina Dondi is the Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, and principal investigator of a 5-year ERC Consolidator Grant on the ‘15th Century Booktrade: An Evidence-based Assessment and Visualization of the Distribution, Sale, and Reception of Books in the Renaissance’ (2014–2019). She is also the Secretary of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). Maria Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni is Research Fellow (2014–2018) in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages of the University of Oxford. She is a member of the ERC-funded 15cBOOKTRADE Project, based at The British Library. Her specialism includes the History of Libraries, Universities, and Law books in the 15th and 16th centuries.\\ __The authors__.– Cristina Dondi is the Oakeshott Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, and principal investigator of a 5-year ERC Consolidator Grant on the ‘15th Century Booktrade: An Evidence-based Assessment and Visualization of the Distribution, Sale, and Reception of Books in the Renaissance’ (2014–2019). She is also the Secretary of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). Maria Alessandra Panzanelli Fratoni is Research Fellow (2014–2018) in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages of the University of Oxford. She is a member of the ERC-funded 15cBOOKTRADE Project, based at The British Library. Her specialism includes the History of Libraries, Universities, and Law books in the 15th and 16th centuries.\\
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 +**Charles van den Heuvel**\\
 +//The research librarian between computer agents and the crowd: reconstructing and creating past and future collections//\\
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 +__Abstract__.– The Internet Archive has been compared to older initiatives to bring the knowledge of world together such as the Library of Alexandria and the Mundaneum. The latter example is of particular interest since it proposed the combination of contemporary information technologies with
 +the domain expertise of researchers to produce knowledge. This paper discusses the question how librarians and archivists can collaborate with digital humanities scholars using a combination of new technologies such as computer agents and web archiving with crowdsourcing to reconstruct past and
 +to create future collections for research.\\
 +__The author__.– Charles van den Heuvel is Head Research of History of Science at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He holds the chair on Digital Methods and Historical Disciplines (in particular the History of Scholarship and Information Sciences) at the University of Amsterdam.\\
  
 **Kristian Jensen**\\ **Kristian Jensen**\\
 //Should we write library history?//\\ //Should we write library history?//\\
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 __Abstract__.– In this paper I will address some fundamental methodological issues around the writing of histories based on institutions. There evidently is such a thing as library history, but should there be? What are the distinctive characteristics that make it a genre or discipline of its own? These are questions which library history share for instance with the history of universities, or company histories. Would research involving libraries and their collections be able to engage a wider group of historians by the rethinking its place among disciplines, and it consequent role in interdisciplinary research?\\ __Abstract__.– In this paper I will address some fundamental methodological issues around the writing of histories based on institutions. There evidently is such a thing as library history, but should there be? What are the distinctive characteristics that make it a genre or discipline of its own? These are questions which library history share for instance with the history of universities, or company histories. Would research involving libraries and their collections be able to engage a wider group of historians by the rethinking its place among disciplines, and it consequent role in interdisciplinary research?\\
 __The author__.– Kristian Jensen is Head of Collections and Curation in the British Library. He has joined the rare books section of the Bodleian Library in 1985 and has been at the British Library since 1999. By academic background he is a classicist and a historian. His work around themes which may be defined as intellectual history has drawn on evidence derived from historical books, from collections and from institutional archives and practices. Among his more recent publications are Revolution and the Antiquarian Book: Reshaping the Past, 1780–1815 (CUP, 2011); ‘Reading Augustine in the Fifteenth Century’, in Cultures of religious reading in the late middle ages, edited by S. Corbellini (Brepols, 2013), pp.141-72 and ‘Printing at Oxford in its European Context 1478–1584’, in A History of Oxford University Press, vol. 1, edited by I. Gadd (OUP, 2013), pp. 29-49.\\ __The author__.– Kristian Jensen is Head of Collections and Curation in the British Library. He has joined the rare books section of the Bodleian Library in 1985 and has been at the British Library since 1999. By academic background he is a classicist and a historian. His work around themes which may be defined as intellectual history has drawn on evidence derived from historical books, from collections and from institutional archives and practices. Among his more recent publications are Revolution and the Antiquarian Book: Reshaping the Past, 1780–1815 (CUP, 2011); ‘Reading Augustine in the Fifteenth Century’, in Cultures of religious reading in the late middle ages, edited by S. Corbellini (Brepols, 2013), pp.141-72 and ‘Printing at Oxford in its European Context 1478–1584’, in A History of Oxford University Press, vol. 1, edited by I. Gadd (OUP, 2013), pp. 29-49.\\
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 **Richard Ovenden**\\ **Richard Ovenden**\\
 //A new history of the Bodleian Library//\\ //A new history of the Bodleian Library//\\
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 __Abstract__.– Examining the historiography of the Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, and exploring different approaches to a new history of this institution, Richard Ovenden (the 25th librarian) will outline a new approach to the history of the Bodleian.\\ __Abstract__.– Examining the historiography of the Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford, and exploring different approaches to a new history of this institution, Richard Ovenden (the 25th librarian) will outline a new approach to the history of the Bodleian.\\
 __The author__.– Richard Ovenden is the 25th Bodley’s Librarian, and heads the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford. He has worked at the National Library of Scotland and at  Edinburgh University Library. He became Keeper of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, followed by Associate Director, and latterly (from 2011) Deputy Librarian, at the Bodleian. Richard is author of numerous works on book history including A Radical’s Books: the Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye 1623–1690 (1999) and a chapter in the Cambridge History of Libraries, volume 1.\\ __The author__.– Richard Ovenden is the 25th Bodley’s Librarian, and heads the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford. He has worked at the National Library of Scotland and at  Edinburgh University Library. He became Keeper of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, followed by Associate Director, and latterly (from 2011) Deputy Librarian, at the Bodleian. Richard is author of numerous works on book history including A Radical’s Books: the Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye 1623–1690 (1999) and a chapter in the Cambridge History of Libraries, volume 1.\\
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 **Yann Sordet**\\ **Yann Sordet**\\
 //Reconstructing Mazarin’s library/libraries in time and space : sources, tools and hypothesis//\\ //Reconstructing Mazarin’s library/libraries in time and space : sources, tools and hypothesis//\\
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 __Abstract__.– The author launched a project to virtually reconstruct the two successive libraries of Cardinal Mazarin in Paris. The first one, maybe the largest book collection of the western world at that time (from 40 000 to 56 000 books) being scattered during the Fronde in 1652 ; the second one __Abstract__.– The author launched a project to virtually reconstruct the two successive libraries of Cardinal Mazarin in Paris. The first one, maybe the largest book collection of the western world at that time (from 40 000 to 56 000 books) being scattered during the Fronde in 1652 ; the second one
 being developped from 1653, and settled in a long gallery newly built in Mazarin’s Palace, of which very few architectural elements remain today. Current digital edition and the analysis of the 17th century inventories are combined with research on the history of the Palais Mazarin, to better know being developped from 1653, and settled in a long gallery newly built in Mazarin’s Palace, of which very few architectural elements remain today. Current digital edition and the analysis of the 17th century inventories are combined with research on the history of the Palais Mazarin, to better know
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 **Jolanta Talbierska**\\ **Jolanta Talbierska**\\
 //Researching the library’s historical collections: discover the past and plan the future. The case of Warsaw University Library//\\ //Researching the library’s historical collections: discover the past and plan the future. The case of Warsaw University Library//\\
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 __Abstract__.– A library history is rarely a linear development, and it is always associated with the history of the country. The history of each library consists of all its collections, its people and all the historical  __Abstract__.– A library history is rarely a linear development, and it is always associated with the history of the country. The history of each library consists of all its collections, its people and all the historical 
 events which determine its fate. In her lecture the author will focus on the study of rare and historical collections, with Warsaw University Library as an example. This library was established in 1817 as part of the Royal University of Warsaw and became a nucleus of intellectual life. It was also acting as an independent public library and regarded as a national library. Since its foundation it has received (and purchased) a lot of the valuable artistic, historical and rare collections, including the famous Print events which determine its fate. In her lecture the author will focus on the study of rare and historical collections, with Warsaw University Library as an example. This library was established in 1817 as part of the Royal University of Warsaw and became a nucleus of intellectual life. It was also acting as an independent public library and regarded as a national library. Since its foundation it has received (and purchased) a lot of the valuable artistic, historical and rare collections, including the famous Print
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 __The author__.– Professor Jolanta Talbierska PhD is an art historian (MA and PhD) and certified librarian. She is the director of the University of Warsaw Library and Keeper of the Print Room. Her publications and lectures are about the history of European printmaking and drawing, collections of prints and drawings, book illustration, methodology and methods of graphic art, early modern iconography, and the ancient tradition in art.\\ __The author__.– Professor Jolanta Talbierska PhD is an art historian (MA and PhD) and certified librarian. She is the director of the University of Warsaw Library and Keeper of the Print Room. Her publications and lectures are about the history of European printmaking and drawing, collections of prints and drawings, book illustration, methodology and methods of graphic art, early modern iconography, and the ancient tradition in art.\\
  
-**Charles van den Heuvel**\\ +**Dirk Van Hulle**\\
-//The research librarian between computer agents and the crowd: reconstructing and creating past and future collections//\\ +
-__Abstract__.– The Internet Archive has been compared to older initiatives to bring the knowledge of world together such as the Library of Alexandria and the Mundaneum. The latter example is of particular interest since it proposed the combination of contemporary information technologies with +
-the domain expertise of researchers to produce knowledge. This paper discusses the question how librarians and archivists can collaborate with digital humanities scholars using a combination of new technologies such as computer agents and web archiving with crowdsourcing to reconstruct past and +
-to create future collections for research.\\ +
-__The author__.– Charles van den Heuvel is Head Research of History of Science at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He holds the chair on Digital Methods and Historical Disciplines (in particular the History of Scholarship and Information Sciences) at the University of Amsterdam.\\ +
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-Dirk Van Hulle\\+
 //Digital Library History: The Virtual Bookcases of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett//\\ //Digital Library History: The Virtual Bookcases of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett//\\
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 __Abstract__.– This paper investigates to what extent it is possible, not only to digitize a writer’s extant library, but also to reconstruct her or his virtual library. The central question is whether digitizing a __Abstract__.– This paper investigates to what extent it is possible, not only to digitize a writer’s extant library, but also to reconstruct her or his virtual library. The central question is whether digitizing a
 writer’s library isn’t in fact a form of digitizing a library history, and whether this implies the possibility of interdisciplinary collaboration between library history and genetic criticism. \\ writer’s library isn’t in fact a form of digitizing a library history, and whether this implies the possibility of interdisciplinary collaboration between library history and genetic criticism. \\
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 **Dirk Van Miert**\\ **Dirk Van Miert**\\
 //Thinking classified: the 18th-century integration of librarianship and the historiography of learning//\\ //Thinking classified: the 18th-century integration of librarianship and the historiography of learning//\\
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 __Abstract__.– In the beginning of the 18th century a new historical consciousness of the value of recent traditions of learning, the spectacular growth in book production, and new ideals of learned sociability converged in stimulating the rise of a new historiographical genre: the history of learning or historia literaria. A host of encyclopedic books aimed at giving an overview of relevant literature to students who felt overwhelmed by the overload of information. Most of these handbooks provided a combination of knowledge classification, biography, bibliography and anecdotes about the Republic of Letters. Such books were also used by librarians searching for knowledge systems which would fit the expectations of scholars. This is a story about how librarians and historians strove to be on one page in serving the academic community. I will conceive of historia literaria in terms of a nonsubtractable, more or less open access ‘knowledge common’ . I hope to show that library history should be firmly integrated into the history of ideas, and that this type of intellectual history can in __Abstract__.– In the beginning of the 18th century a new historical consciousness of the value of recent traditions of learning, the spectacular growth in book production, and new ideals of learned sociability converged in stimulating the rise of a new historiographical genre: the history of learning or historia literaria. A host of encyclopedic books aimed at giving an overview of relevant literature to students who felt overwhelmed by the overload of information. Most of these handbooks provided a combination of knowledge classification, biography, bibliography and anecdotes about the Republic of Letters. Such books were also used by librarians searching for knowledge systems which would fit the expectations of scholars. This is a story about how librarians and historians strove to be on one page in serving the academic community. I will conceive of historia literaria in terms of a nonsubtractable, more or less open access ‘knowledge common’ . I hope to show that library history should be firmly integrated into the history of ideas, and that this type of intellectual history can in
 turn benefit from the study of institutions.\\ turn benefit from the study of institutions.\\
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 **Bettina Wagner**\\ **Bettina Wagner**\\
 //Opening doors into the past. The library of the Nuremberg humanist Hartmann Schedel 1440-1514) and the modern world//\\ //Opening doors into the past. The library of the Nuremberg humanist Hartmann Schedel 1440-1514) and the modern world//\\
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 __Abstract__.– The library of the Nuremberg humanist Hartmann Schedel, well-known for his role in the production of the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' of 1493, is one of the very few private book collections of the 15th century to survive in unusual completeness. His manuscripts and the largest part of his printed books are preserved in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at Munich today, and two early inventories make it possible to analyze the composition of the library and to trace scattered items. The paper will discuss the steps required to enhance the visibility of Schedel’s collection across the traditional division by media type and period, and to stimulate scholarly research in a variety of disciplines (e.g. history of medicine, reception of humanism) through digitization and in-depth cataloguing. Recent __Abstract__.– The library of the Nuremberg humanist Hartmann Schedel, well-known for his role in the production of the 'Nuremberg Chronicle' of 1493, is one of the very few private book collections of the 15th century to survive in unusual completeness. His manuscripts and the largest part of his printed books are preserved in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at Munich today, and two early inventories make it possible to analyze the composition of the library and to trace scattered items. The paper will discuss the steps required to enhance the visibility of Schedel’s collection across the traditional division by media type and period, and to stimulate scholarly research in a variety of disciplines (e.g. history of medicine, reception of humanism) through digitization and in-depth cataloguing. Recent
 outreach activities will also be outlined, which were undertaken on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Schedel’s death in order to enable a modern non-specialist audience to gain insights into the education and career of a late mediaeval German doctor, set against the backdrop of 15thcentury book production and distribution.\\ outreach activities will also be outlined, which were undertaken on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Schedel’s death in order to enable a modern non-specialist audience to gain insights into the education and career of a late mediaeval German doctor, set against the backdrop of 15thcentury book production and distribution.\\
 __The author__.– Bettina Wagner is currently head of the section Handschriftenerschließungszentrum and curator of incunabula in the Department for Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the Bayerische __The author__.– Bettina Wagner is currently head of the section Handschriftenerschließungszentrum and curator of incunabula in the Department for Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the Bayerische
 Staatsbibliothek München. In recent years, she has been responsible for a range of externally-funded cataloguing and digitization projects. She has also been involved in the organization of exhibitions and conferences on the history of the book and libraries, particularly in the 15th century. Staatsbibliothek München. In recent years, she has been responsible for a range of externally-funded cataloguing and digitization projects. She has also been involved in the organization of exhibitions and conferences on the history of the book and libraries, particularly in the 15th century.
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