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Book SynopsisSince the 1960s, Charles Chadwyck-Healey has been at the forefront of library publishing and the company he founded in 1973 remains a familiar brand name to academic libraries around the world. In this wide ranging book, Chadwyck-Healey charts his personal history of this constantly changing field, from the earliest days of reprint publishing, through microfilm, microfiche and CD-ROM publishing to the current digital age. He describes the early years of using computers in publishing and the introduction of the CD-ROM which was soon supplanted by online. Chadwyck-Healey was one of the first publishers to use both these new media. Focusing upon leading publishing endeavours around the world in the USA, UK, Europe and post-Soviet Russia this book includes vivid and informative first-hand accounts of such landmark publishing projects as the US National Security Archive, the catalogue of the British Library on CD-ROM, and Literature Online (LION).
Trade ReviewInteresting, readable and well-indexed. * Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association *
Fascinating ... should be of interest beyond the usual audience for a book of library and publishing history. * Library & Information History *
Table of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword by Peter Fox Preface List of acronyms 1.Beginning 2.Johnson Reprint Corporation 3.Chadwyck-Healey 4.Cambridge and our own production 5.Official publications 6.Visual images on microfilm 7.Carving up the centuries 8.The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps 9.Finding the archives 10.The New York Times 11.France and Spain 12.Black Studies 13.The National Security Archive 14.The last years of microform 15.The silver catalyst 16.Other digital ventures 17.English Poetry 18.Patrologia Latina 19.Periodicals Contents Index 20.Publishing online 21.German literature 22.Red Archives 23.Towards the end 24.The end Appendix 1: History of microform publishing Appendix 2: Microform technology Notes Index
