tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45862347786295213802023-11-16T00:00:20.944-08:00Exploring Information, Cultural Institutions, and Historical SitesAs a Librarian and Researcher at Large, there's lots to learn out there. I'm exploring my Current Academic Research Interests and looking in at the world of information in all its forms and aspects.Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-3209048473901556222013-01-22T09:21:00.002-08:002013-01-22T09:21:17.037-08:00Libraries and ReadersThe New York Times just posted a report from the Pew Charitable Foundation and Research Center's Internet and American Life project. It indicates the Libraries are on the rise again. The public is using libraries, their books and digital resources. That's fantastic news. "Survey Finds Rising Reliance on Libraries as a Gateway to the Web" New York Times (01/22/2013)on page B3 Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-57238418346053825352013-01-16T07:27:00.004-08:002013-01-16T07:27:37.438-08:00a virtual exhibit of King James BibleYou know I've been studying bibles for a few years now. Most of the examples I've looked at are Vulgate Bibles, Septuagints or Tanakh (Jewish Bibles containing the Pentateuch, Writings and Prophets). In 1611, The King James Bible was printed and disseminated throughout England and from there the rest of the world. It is this English translation from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin that is the most Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-29951650487327433152012-12-13T19:39:00.002-08:002012-12-13T19:39:35.923-08:00the ultimate ivory towerToday, while in Boston, I walked around Harvard and Harvard Yard. What a beautiful, peaceful place. While wandering around campus, I crossed the Charles river, empty of sculls and other boats. Harvard yard reminded me of Oxford, with brick buildings, courtyards and quiet walks. So what did I do there? I did research of course while looking at the R.G. Dun credit records of a variety of printing Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-33490172979305255442012-12-11T07:43:00.002-08:002012-12-11T07:43:31.687-08:00A brain teaserOne of the book collectors / rare book dealers posted Rhymed Rebuses today http://www.simonbeattie.kattare.com/blog/archives/595
You might enjoy trying your hand at these pictorial letters and codes. They remind me of the picture letters I saw at the Morgan Library http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp exhibit of Beatrix Potter Letters http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=67 .Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-22339622567880971162012-11-28T16:57:00.002-08:002012-11-28T17:10:12.616-08:00a different museum experienceAs I start to see the end of my visit here, I thought I'd do some different things with my time, or more accurately, I am trying to see all the museums and collections I haven't gotten to yet. So yesterday, Tuesday, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a special tour. I know, I know, I've been there three other times since May, but I wanted to experience the museum differently.
Before I Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-70361200253633618642012-11-25T15:06:00.003-08:002012-11-25T15:06:35.301-08:00Museum musingsI just realized it's been over a month since I posted anything about my cultural adventures and explorations. There's no way to catch up or itemize the exhibits I've viewed. I'll have to go back and write about earlier visits another day. Today I want to write about the Brooklyn Museum http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ It's the first time I've ever been there as far as I know and what a Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-66761492635160350192012-10-16T14:12:00.004-07:002012-10-16T14:12:54.938-07:00Digital CollectionsI was going to write about my experience today at the Center for Jewish History in NYC. I just wrote about the talk and experience to my Rare Book Librarianship students. Rather than repeat myself, I'll just give you the link. http://mkahn1.blogspot.com/2012/10/digital-collections.html
Tomorrow I'm off to Columbia University. I'll take some pictures of the Hebrew Bibles with commentary to share.Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-83563399501722183682012-09-14T15:45:00.005-07:002012-09-14T15:45:58.279-07:00The High LineAfter a month in NYC, I finally took the time to be a tourist. I walked the entire length of the High Line, an interesting, trend-setting, innovative park on the elevated 10th Avenue train line. http://www.thehighline.org/ OMG it's amazing. The trail / park is the width of the rail lines and three stories above the surface streets. It runs from Gansvoort Street at 10th Avenue in the Meat Packing Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-58463617438943277482012-09-06T17:01:00.003-07:002012-09-06T17:01:58.471-07:00Brooklyn Mysteries
Over the past two days, I've wandered about Brooklyn looking at older buildings and wondering about their history. These particular buildings reveal their pasts through painted facades. Here's one near the Brooklyn Bridge. The name of the business is affixed to the upper level. it reads "The Eagle Warehouse & Storage Company. Today the building is probably lofts and condos, but once it was Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-3594681656018305462012-09-04T15:16:00.000-07:002012-09-04T15:16:08.183-07:00Buildings Are Eye-Candy
As I walk in the city, I cannot help but admire the buildings. There are so many amazing examples of architecture intermingled on blocks and slathered onto facades. Since I'm spending so much time at NYPL, I thought I should take my own pictures. Here is a close up of the lions:
The facade of NYPL is just gorgeous. Here are my own photos
Looking up at the Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-43458687711481220192012-08-28T15:58:00.000-07:002012-09-02T10:19:11.558-07:00Fixated on Bibles
You'll think I'm crazy to keep looking at Bibles, but they are magnificent. I'm really getting into looking at these incunabula. Today, August 28th, I went to the American Bible Society http://www.americanbible.org/, just off Columbus Circle. They have more than 40,000 bibles in their library in 2400 different languages. 42 of the bibles are incunabula. Here's the link to their Rare Book Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-35145128366869454222012-08-23T06:37:00.002-07:002012-08-23T06:37:19.464-07:00Illustrated incunabula
Tuesday I had the pleasure of paging through two different copies of Schonsperger's 1487 Bible, printed in German and illustrated with woodcuts by HB (maybe Hans Bamler according to the cataloging record), who copied the famous Quentell woodcuts. These woodcuts are the ones you see in most bibles of the time period illustrating famous scenes in the five books of Moses, the books of Daniel Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-41599334697102715482012-08-16T03:59:00.002-07:002012-08-23T06:38:18.338-07:00Incunabula are amazing
I spent Wednesday looking at incunabula at NYPL. They have over 900 of the precious works and a huge collection of bibles. As you know I've been working on a study involving incunable Bibles and decided that I would continue to work on it as an entry into a variety of rare book rooms across NYC and other cities.
The 1501 bible printed by Koberger was a delight. Purchased for the Lenox Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-51619472067735440832012-08-12T16:42:00.000-07:002012-08-12T16:42:00.223-07:00Promenading along the tree lined shore
This morning I headed out to explore the Promenade and take photos of the shore. I couldn't resist and neither could all the tourists vying for space at the railings to take photos. Imagine living two blocks from NYC Bay. It's absolutely beautiful.
As I walk down Clark Street, I encounter interesting facades. Today I decide to just take one photo. The bas relief is really beautiful.
Then I Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-42551027912186959722012-08-10T02:00:00.000-07:002012-08-10T03:21:48.638-07:00Day 3 - what's better than books?
On Day 3, that was yesterday, I headed into Manhattan to the New York Public Library Astor Tilden and Lenox Foundation. The main Research libraries are now called the
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Patience and Fortitude still gaze out from their majestic height over the city.
But yesterday, I entered through the Bryant Park doors along 42nd Street. First stop was the main readingMiriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-31998410599181775282012-08-09T15:59:00.001-07:002012-08-10T03:20:47.196-07:00Day 4 - I'm already behind
I cannot believe I've been here four days already. They have been full days of walking, working on my class, and more walking.
Tuesday I decided to check out my local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ in Brooklyn Heights. http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/brooklyn-heights There was a reference department on the ground floor Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-34850812290423899412012-08-07T09:00:00.000-07:002012-08-07T09:00:03.743-07:00First Impressions
I arrived in Brooklyn on
Sunday and immediately set off to explore this historic neighborhood. Settled
in the 1600s, this area was British when New Amsterdam
became New-York in 1664. There is an amazing mix of colonial buildings,
eighteenth and nineteenth century dwellings and brownstones, and some modern
twentieth century structures, block square apartment buildings and even a few
skyscrapers.Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com1Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA40.6960105 -73.993287240.6839715 -74.0130282 40.7080495 -73.9735462tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-89968113579412413322012-08-02T04:48:00.001-07:002012-08-02T04:48:06.181-07:00Packing & Re-Packing
It's Thursday already and I have to decide how little to bring with me. How many electronic gadgets, plugs, cords and cables do I need to capture the sights and sounds of cultural institutions on the East Coast. Will I have enough books to read and things to do? Can I live without a car for so many months? Oh yes! I cannot believe that I'll be in a new city on Sunday ready to start an adventure Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-12227374198456758142012-07-13T10:22:00.004-07:002012-08-02T05:07:23.243-07:00Half way through the summer
It's mid July and I'm half way through the summer. It's been a crazy summer semester also where I taught three courses and commuted between Kent & Columbus every single week. The two sections of online Foundations is over. There's nothing like being on call 24/7 for 5 straight weeks. Oh my aching fingers. With two weeks left to go in my Preservation Management course, I finally have Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-67563632972592606422012-01-15T14:11:00.000-08:002012-08-02T05:05:57.100-07:00On to the next adventure
It appears I haven't written in this blog for months. It's January 2012 now and I've finished my dissertation, successfully defended it, and graduated. I'm now looking for full-time employment teaching, particularly face to face and not online. This semester at SLIS I ended up with 3 classes, the most I've ever taught at one time. I'm teaching Genealogy point to point; Foundations for the Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-89364664204291185672011-02-18T06:14:00.000-08:002011-02-18T06:16:24.217-08:00Feb 18, 2011IT's been forever since I've written to this blog. I've made so much progress, yet it's all still in my head. I am putting the pieces together about PEW and WC. it seems to be a start and stop process, where I find, then I think and put together, then find again. I'm in the finding stage.Am working on getting the loose ends tied up as quickly as possible so I can write in ernest.Back to thinking Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-55882809111359159362010-10-18T14:23:00.000-07:002010-10-18T14:25:11.760-07:00busy and too busyI'm busy teaching both World Civ I and Rare Books this fall. On top of that, I'm working on finishing (actually revising and re-writing) my first book on Disaster Response. AND working on putting pieces together for my Dissertation. Boy is my plate full. So no news is good news...Until next time,Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-33853377022120158342010-05-23T09:08:00.000-07:002010-05-23T09:10:57.502-07:00the beginningThey say that all stories, all writing has to begin somewhere. Since my dissertation proposal was accepted, I haven't done much to add to the text of the dissertation.. As Jeanne says, i have to start somewhere, so I'll start with a timeline, and start to flesh out the text from there. Chronological order seems to be the best approach.Next will be a list or notation of where to do the researchMiriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-46908328198728142842010-04-04T09:31:00.000-07:002010-04-04T09:34:49.174-07:00dissertation researchThursday April 1st, I had a successful day at OHS. I found the references for Werner Printing's award of Ohio Public Printing contract, and each of the dates he was paid / contract. Alas, the company only bid once. So now I need to hunt down the act that gives him income for the Official Roster vol IX.Also have figures for costs to compose & print pages in 1889. OHS also has a sample book ofMiriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4586234778629521380.post-6450808795499618662010-03-14T07:22:00.003-07:002010-03-14T07:22:45.339-07:00Teaching Spring coursesTeaching goes well. This semester the course is Genealogy & Local History. My 12 enthusiastic students are learning all about how to research the past and present using primary sources. It's one of my favorite courses to teach. In between, I get to teach some short courses. This past weekend I taught students how to search for government documents and information about the workings of Miriam Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474740710681108352noreply@blogger.com0