RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage – Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 issue of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage is now freely available online. Visit the RBM website for complete contents of RBM and its preceeding title Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship from 1986 to the present. RBM became an open access journal in Spring 2016.

Editor’s Note

Richard Saunders. “Editor’s Note.”

Research Articles

Melanie Griffin. “The Past, Present, and Future of Special Collections Library Literature.”

Kathryn G. Matheny. “No Mere Culinary Curiosities: Using Historical Cookbooks in the Library Classroom.”

Greg Seppi and Dainan Skeem. “Picking Up the Pieces: Library Processes and the Theft of Rare Materials.

Book Reviews

Diana La Femina. Bernard Meehan. The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, fully revised and updated edition.

Joshua C. Youngblood. Kathy Peiss. Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe.

Brian Shetler. Michael Vinson. Bluffing Texas Style: The Arsons, Forgeries, and High-Stakes Poker Capers of Rare Book Dealer Johnny Jenkins.