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LIBRARIAN, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Specialty Definition: LIBRARIAN, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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Occupations

Collects and organizes books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and other materials on select subjects to be used for research: Organizes collections according to field of interest. Examines reference works and consults specialists preparatory to selecting materials for collections. Compiles bibliographies. Appraises books, using references, such as bibliographies, book auction records, and special catalogs on incunabula (printing prior to 1500). Publishes papers and bibliographies on special collections to notify scholars of available materials. Lectures on booklore, such as history of printing, bindings, and illuminations. May plan and arrange displays for library exhibits. May index and reproduce materials for sale to other libraries. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LIBRARIAN, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 49 42 52 41 52 49 41 4E 2C      53 50 45 43 49 41 4C      43 4F 4C 4C 45 43 54 49 4F 4E 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01001001 01000010 01010010 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000001 01001110 00101100 00100000 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01001001 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#73 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#65 &#78 &#44 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#67 &#73 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#76 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0049 0042 0052 0041 0052 0049 0041 004E 002C      0053 0050 0045 0043 0049 0041 004C      0043 004F 004C 004C 0045 0043 0054 0049 004F 004E 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4643365235524335481425350393743354623749464639375443494853

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INDEX

1. Orthography
2. Bibliography


  

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