is Senior Cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library with primary responsibility for early printed books. She is active in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association, and teaches introductory and advanced rare book cataloging at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and sometimes in the Antipodes. Deborah was chief editor of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) and generally can’t keep away from rule-writing projects. She is passionate about the letter W. — View all posts by Deborah J. Leslie
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Lest some find it confusing, let me clarify that the two screenshots are from Hamnet rather than WorldCat. The content is the same, but Hamnet provides a richer and clearer display.
A tangential comment– those verbose early modern title pages make more sense to me since someone pointed out that books were sold unbound, so the title page served the same marketing function that the blurb-filled dust cover does today.
[…] Books Online and the English Short Title Catalogue with Ian Gadd (of Bath Spa University) and Deborah Leslie (Folger Shakespeare Library). Although our discussion began with the English Short Title Catalogue […]
Dispatches from Capitol Hill: #2, or EEBO and the Infinite Weirdness « Daniel Powell — July 10, 2013
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Lest some find it confusing, let me clarify that the two screenshots are from Hamnet rather than WorldCat. The content is the same, but Hamnet provides a richer and clearer display.
Deborah J. Leslie — November 26, 2012
A tangential comment– those verbose early modern title pages make more sense to me since someone pointed out that books were sold unbound, so the title page served the same marketing function that the blurb-filled dust cover does today.
Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. — November 26, 2012
Love your writing about cataloging and the value it adds to the Folger collection, not withstanding the rest of the Library world via OCLC.
Susan Fifer Canby — December 7, 2012
[…] Books Online and the English Short Title Catalogue with Ian Gadd (of Bath Spa University) and Deborah Leslie (Folger Shakespeare Library). Although our discussion began with the English Short Title Catalogue […]
Dispatches from Capitol Hill: #2, or EEBO and the Infinite Weirdness « Daniel Powell — July 10, 2013