1Glacierman
I am posting this on behalf of the The Books About Books Bibliography Project, to which I am a contributor.
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We are collective of bibliophiles and book professionals from diverse book related fields with the goal of developing a free downloadable curated database of books about books written in the English language amongst other projects. Amongst the books listed in the databases, are books on small, private, and fine presses, books on bindings, paper, typography, and more.
In developing the database, we're aiming to provide resources to assist collectors, librarians, bookbinders, conservators, booksellers, researchers, students, and anyone else who works with and manages collections of books in their research and work.
This database and our other initiatives can be found on our project page:
https://www.babbibliography.com/
We also have a Facebook page where we post updates, resources, and interesting academic news from the world of books.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090171823208
We're also looking for new contributors to help out on the project. As we're currently working with Google Sheets to build the initial datasets, the technological learning curve is not too steep. We can also provide Google Sheet training for anyone interested in joining the project.
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Feel free to drop by the website and see what we have so far. It will always be a work-in-progress, so the contents will change constantly as more titles are added.
Thanks.
Richard/Glacierman
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We are collective of bibliophiles and book professionals from diverse book related fields with the goal of developing a free downloadable curated database of books about books written in the English language amongst other projects. Amongst the books listed in the databases, are books on small, private, and fine presses, books on bindings, paper, typography, and more.
In developing the database, we're aiming to provide resources to assist collectors, librarians, bookbinders, conservators, booksellers, researchers, students, and anyone else who works with and manages collections of books in their research and work.
This database and our other initiatives can be found on our project page:
https://www.babbibliography.com/
We also have a Facebook page where we post updates, resources, and interesting academic news from the world of books.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090171823208
We're also looking for new contributors to help out on the project. As we're currently working with Google Sheets to build the initial datasets, the technological learning curve is not too steep. We can also provide Google Sheet training for anyone interested in joining the project.
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Feel free to drop by the website and see what we have so far. It will always be a work-in-progress, so the contents will change constantly as more titles are added.
Thanks.
Richard/Glacierman
2booksforreading
>1 Glacierman:
Thank you very much for doing this! What an important project! I am looking forward to studying the database and the project page soon!
Thank you very much for doing this! What an important project! I am looking forward to studying the database and the project page soon!
3gilroy
Eh, you're partners who posted this got flagged as spam, just fair warning.
Also, there are currently three lists for books about books on Librarything:
https://www.librarything.com/list/868/all/Books-about-Books
https://www.librarything.com/list/48/Best-books-about-books
https://www.librarything.com/list/464/all/Books-about-books
Also, there are currently three lists for books about books on Librarything:
https://www.librarything.com/list/868/all/Books-about-Books
https://www.librarything.com/list/48/Best-books-about-books
https://www.librarything.com/list/464/all/Books-about-books
5Glacierman
>3 gilroy: Yes, he got flagged as spam because he posted the same message to several forums all on the same day. His mistake.
I have previously posted this or something similar without being flagged as I posted only once several months ago. We're not selling anything, just offering a tool for the use of collectors and other bibliophiles.
Call it a Public Service Announcement, if you will.
And none of those LT lists are anything like what we are putting together. For one thing, we don't include fiction. Period. Just serious book about books plus related bibliographies and periodicals. Good for research as well as casual reading, but as I said, no fiction is included. That is whole other ball of wax.
I have previously posted this or something similar without being flagged as I posted only once several months ago. We're not selling anything, just offering a tool for the use of collectors and other bibliophiles.
Call it a Public Service Announcement, if you will.
And none of those LT lists are anything like what we are putting together. For one thing, we don't include fiction. Period. Just serious book about books plus related bibliographies and periodicals. Good for research as well as casual reading, but as I said, no fiction is included. That is whole other ball of wax.
