Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
collaboration:internship:2017celanikolumbanoshea [2017/07/19 15:11] – [CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 – The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1-31 May 2017] hart | collaboration:internship:2017celanikolumbanoshea [2017/07/19 16:21] – [CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 – The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1-31 May 2017] lefferts | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
The CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 allowed us to work at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek from 1 May to 31 May 2017, as Marieke van Delft, Curator of the Early Printed Books Department, decided to start a project for the cataloguing of incunables in the database Material Evidence of Incunabula. | The CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 allowed us to work at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek from 1 May to 31 May 2017, as Marieke van Delft, Curator of the Early Printed Books Department, decided to start a project for the cataloguing of incunables in the database Material Evidence of Incunabula. | ||
- | The work, which involved (and involves) Dr van Delft, the three of us and three Dutch university interns, did not start from scratch: former Curator Gerard van Thienen already made many researches on the incunabula kept by the KB, focusing above all on watermarks (which for Dutch books are all inserted in [[www.kb.nl/watermark|WILC]], book collation and provenance evidences. | + | The work, which involved (and involves) Dr van Delft, the three of us and three Dutch university interns, did not start from scratch: former Curator Gerard van Thienen already made many researches on the incunabula kept by the KB, focusing above all on watermarks (which for Dutch books are all inserted in [[http:// |
Van Thienen’s researches merged in file cards, where the main copy features related to different provenances (inscriptions, | Van Thienen’s researches merged in file cards, where the main copy features related to different provenances (inscriptions, | ||
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
For this, Dr van Delft introduced us to the specific resources that we could use: the card catalogues of Van Thienen, the bibliographies of incunabula printed in the Low Countries (Campbell and Incunabula printed in the Low Countries), auction catalogues of former owners, the accessions registers of the KB, the incunabula dossiers, copies of former owners from various other catalogues with provenance records. | For this, Dr van Delft introduced us to the specific resources that we could use: the card catalogues of Van Thienen, the bibliographies of incunabula printed in the Low Countries (Campbell and Incunabula printed in the Low Countries), auction catalogues of former owners, the accessions registers of the KB, the incunabula dossiers, copies of former owners from various other catalogues with provenance records. | ||
- | Before starting the research for MEI, it was necessary to insert all the main former owners in the external database Owners of Incunabula: some of them had already been identified and inserted by other libraries involved in MEI, but for some others (especially those known only for a brief inscription in the book) it was necessary to spend some time looking for further information. | + | Before starting the research for MEI, it was necessary to insert all the main former owners in the external database Owners of Incunabula: some of them had already been identified and inserted by other libraries involved in MEI, but for some others (especially those known only for a brief inscription in the book) it was necessary to spend some time looking for further information.\\ |
+ | {{: | ||
It took a while to become acquainted with the database (our thanks go to Geri de la Rocca for his training) and to insert the authority records in OoI; furthermore, | It took a while to become acquainted with the database (our thanks go to Geri de la Rocca for his training) and to insert the authority records in OoI; furthermore, | ||
Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
Even though most of the job has still to be done, the main features of the collection are already emerging, such as the importance of former owners as [[http:// | Even though most of the job has still to be done, the main features of the collection are already emerging, such as the importance of former owners as [[http:// | ||
- | About the organisation of this internship the following. Besides the three of us, two interns from Dutch universities worked for MEI, so we had a pleasant group of people with various expertise that could help each other. Dr van Delft guided | + | About the organisation of this internship the following. Besides the three of us, two interns from Dutch universities worked for MEI, so we had a pleasant group of people with various expertise that could help each other. Dr van Delft guided |
Through this internship we became acquainted with MEI. Furthermore we expanded our knowledge on incunabula and their provenances and which sources can be used for provenance research. More specific we learned about Dutch incunabula and their collectors, and about libraries and Special Collections in the Netherlands. And of course we experienced working in a National Library in a foreign country. | Through this internship we became acquainted with MEI. Furthermore we expanded our knowledge on incunabula and their provenances and which sources can be used for provenance research. More specific we learned about Dutch incunabula and their collectors, and about libraries and Special Collections in the Netherlands. And of course we experienced working in a National Library in a foreign country. |
collaboration/internship/2017celanikolumbanoshea.txt · Last modified: 2017/07/19 16:23 by lefferts