This week, I visited Elizabeth Quarmby-Lawrence at Edinburgh University Library, where we had a very useful discussion about library history, legal deposit, and the fate of the University’s legal deposit music. Some great ideas arose out of our chat, of which more anon! I now have more to read, more people to make contact with, and a brand-new copy of the University’s recent publication, Directory of Collections, edited by Head of Special Collections Joseph Marshall, and published by Third Millenium Publishing in 2016 (ISBN: 9781908990891).
This morning, I have made a start on the bibliography that will be one of the outcomes of the Claimed From Stationers’ Hall music research network project. The coverage is already looking good, but bibliographical pride prevents me from putting it online quite yet!
And if all that isn’t breathless enough, then the press release about a new Adam Matthew Digital online resource, Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, is enough to make any bibliographer’s heartbeat race. There’s a video about the database, here.
- More about Literary Print Culture: http://www.literaryprintculture.amdigital.co.uk/
- Adam Matthew Digital is a Sage Publishing company, so here is a press release about Literary Print Culture, by Sage Publishing (and how to request a free 30-day trial): https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/press/adam-matthew-digital-publishes-the-stationers%E2%80%99-company-archive-1554-2007
- Adam Matthew Digital Homepage: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/ (again, follow the tab, Trials, to investigate a free trial)
Karen McAulay, Musicologist 