A scholar is just a library's way of making another library.
Traister begins with obituary notices for a friend and colleague in the special collections world, Peter VanWingen, whose untimely death in November of 1995 made both that and the larger world smaller and less attractive places for all who were fortunate enough to know him.
See also the guides and additional information available from Penn's Library's Rare Book and Manuscript departmental site.
A list of library staff is available.
- A useful source of information about French libraries generally is Jack Kessler's FYI France
Why does preservation matter? I owe this answer (one of many possible answers that come to mind) to Michèle Kohler, who did not claim any originality for it: "I overheard a guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art commenting on the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington: 'This may not be what George Washington looked like then, but this is what he looks like now.'"
For preservation-related matters:
Copyright matters often concern both library staff and library users. Relevant resources include, inter alia:
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