"A Scientific Library of Some Value": An Early History of the Australian Museum Library

Autor/in	Stephens, Matthew
Titel	"A Scientific Library of Some Value": An Early History of the Australian Museum Library
Quelle	In: Australian Library Journal, 56 (2007) 3-4, S.302-311 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9670
Schlagwörter	Library Services; Anthropology; Museums; Foreign Countries; Scientific and Technical Information; Special Libraries; Cultural Maintenance; Library Materials; Library Development; Intellectual History; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bibliotheksarbeit; Anthropologie; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Ausland; Spezialbibliothek; Bibliotheksplanung; Geistesgeschichte; Australien
Abstract	The Australian Museum, Sydney, is Australia's oldest museum, internationally recognised for its longstanding scientific contributions. Less well-known is the Museum's fine collection of monographs and journals relating to natural history and anthropology, which has been used to support the work of Museum staff and external enquirers since the late 1840s. This paper discusses the library's collection up to 1883, the date of its first published catalogue. The author urges library history researchers to make those who are responsible for Australia's book heritage in similar institutions aware of the significance of their collections. (Contains 25 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10