Margaret Bowker's Books

Diabetes in Native Chicago

An Ethnography of Identity, Community, and Care

By: Margaret Pollak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diabetes in Native Chicago

An Ethnography of Identity, Community, and Care

By: Margaret Pollak

In Diabetes in Native Chicago Margaret Pollak explores experiences, understandings, and care of diabetes in a Native American community made up of individuals representing more than one hundred tribes from across the United States and Canada. Today Indigenous Americans have some of the highest rates of diabetes worldwide. While rates of diabetes climbed in reservation areas, they also grew in cities, where the majority of Native people live today. Pollak’s central argument is that the relationship between human culture and human biology is a reciprocal one: colonial history has greatly contributed to the diabetes epidemic in Native populations, and the diabetes epidemic is being incorporated into contemporary discussions of ethnic identity in Native Chicago, where a vulnerability to the development of diabetes is described as a distinctly Native trait. This work is based upon ethnographic research in Native Chicago conducted between 2007 and 2017, with ethnographic and oral history interviews, observations, surveys, and archival research. Diabetes in Native Chicago illustrates how local understandings of diabetes are shaped by what community members observe in cases of the disease among family and friends. Pollak shows that in the face of this epidemic, care for disease is woven into the everyday lives of community members. Diabetes is not merely a physical disease but a social one, perpetuated by social policies and practices, and can only be thwarted by changing society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

246

Publisher

U of Nebraska Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496228499

ISBN 13

9781496228499

Library Programs and Services

The Fundamentals

By: G. Edward Evans,Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro,Holland Christie,Carol Sinwell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Library Programs and Services

The Fundamentals

By: G. Edward Evans,Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro,Holland Christie,Carol Sinwell

Covering every essential topic ranging from circulation and literacy instruction to reference and security, this benchmark text provides an up-to-date, broadly based view of library public service and its functions. Supplying essential, foundational reading for students of library public services as well as an up-to-date overview for practitioners who wish to refresh their knowledge or acquaint themselves with a new area of responsibility, this book's broad and solid coverage will benefit anyone concerned with developing or maintaining the public face of the library. A revision and expansion of Libraries Unlimited's Introduction to Library Public Services: Seventh Edition, this edition has new chapters covering such topics as e-resources, collections, print and other media, and facilities and funding. Additionally, every chapter has been substantially updated and reorganized to better reflect the role of technology in library services today. The book begins with background information on public services in libraries and an analysis of the library's public service philosophy. Then, the authors delve into staffing and assessment of services, moving logically to major functional areas of public services—reference, instruction, document delivery, circulation and reserves, collections, programming, safety and security issues, and facilities and funding. Real-life anecdotes from public, academic, and school libraries illustrate principles and concepts throughout the book. For each topic, the authors detail its role and philosophy, and offer key points to remember, references, and lists for further reading.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

517

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1610696387

ISBN 13

9781610696388

An Anthropology of Biomedicine

By: Margaret M. Lock,Vinh-Kim Nguyen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Anthropology of Biomedicine

By: Margaret M. Lock,Vinh-Kim Nguyen

In this fully revised and updated second edition of An Anthropology of Biomedicine, authors Lock and Nguyen introduce biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies with history, environment, culture, and politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic work, the book critiques the assumption made by the biological sciences of a universal human body that can be uniformly standardized. It focuses on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies brings about radical changes to societies at large based on socioeconomic inequalities and ethical disputes, and develops and integrates the theory that the human body in health and illness is not an ontological given but a moveable, malleable entity. This second edition includes new chapters on: microbiology and the microbiome; global health; and, the self as a socio-technical system. In addition, all chapters have been comprehensively revised to take account of developments from within this fast-paced field, in the intervening years between publications. References and figures have also been updated throughout. This highly-regarded and award-winning textbook (Winner of the 2010 Prose Award for Archaeology and Anthropology) retains the character and features of the previous edition. Its coverage remains broad, including discussion of: biomedical technologies in practice; anthropologies of medicine; biology and human experiments; infertility and assisted reproduction; genomics, epigenomics, and uncertain futures; and molecularizing racial difference, ensuring it remains the essential text for students of anthropology, medical anthropology as well as public and global health.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

555

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119069130

ISBN 13

9781119069133

A Student's Guide to Developmental Psychology

By: Margaret Harris,Gert Westermann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Student's Guide to Developmental Psychology

By: Margaret Harris,Gert Westermann

This major new undergraduate textbook provides students with everything they need when studying developmental psychology. Guiding students through the key topics, the book provides both an overview of traditional research and theory as well as an insight into the latest research findings and techniques. Taking a chronological approach, the key milestones from birth to adolescence are highlighted and clear links between changes in behaviour and developments in brain activity are made. Each chapter also highlights both typical and atypical developments, as well as discussing and contrasting the effects of genetic and environmental factors. The book contains a wealth of pedagogical features to help students engage with the material, including: Learning objectives for every chapter Key term definitions Over 100 colour illustrations Chapter summaries Further reading Suggested essay questions. A Student’s Guide to Developmental Psychology is supported by a companion website, featuring a range of helpful supplementary resources including exclusive video clips to illustrate key developmental concepts. This book is essential reading for all undergraduate students of developmental psychology. It will also be of interest to those in education, healthcare and other subjects requiring an up-to-date and accessible overview of child development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317963032

ISBN 13

9781317963035

The Irish Bridget

Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930

By: Margaret Lynch-Brennan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Irish Bridget

Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840-1930

By: Margaret Lynch-Brennan

“Bridget” was the Irish immigrant servant girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliché: the young girl who wreaked havoc in middle-class American homes. Now, in the first book-length treatment of the topic, Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of such Irish domestic servants, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences. Drawing on personal correspondence and other primary sources, Lynch-Brennan gives voice to these young Irish women and celebrates their untold contribution to the ethnic history of the United States. In addition, recognizing the interest of scholars in contemporary domestic service, she devotes one chapter to comparing “Bridget’s” experience to that of other ethnic women over time in domestic service in America.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0815633548

ISBN 13

9780815633549

Cataloguing for School Libraries

A Guide to Simplified Form

By: Margaret B. Scott,Doris P. Fennell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cataloguing for School Libraries

A Guide to Simplified Form

By: Margaret B. Scott,Doris P. Fennell

Cataloguing for School Libraries: A Guide to Simplified Form presents the rules, based on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, for the cataloging of library materials. The book covers standard procedures and some proposed modifications in the cataloging of both print and non-print library materials. Subtle variations to standard procedures are made to ease the burden of catalogers and simplify the use of card catalogs. Details on cataloging from the preparation of the author entry; description of the work; adding of notes; tracing of catalog cards; and filing are thoroughly discussed. Practicing librarians and students of library science will find this text very useful.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

187

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483136515

ISBN 13

9781483136516

A.V. in Public and School Libraries

Selection and Policy Issues

By: Margaret J. Hughes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A.V. in Public and School Libraries

Selection and Policy Issues

By: Margaret J. Hughes

Learn the right questions to ask when considering the creation, maintenance, and policy needs of the A.V. collection! A.V. in Public and School Libraries guides librarians through the development of an A.V. policy by addressing special aspects of A.V. in the 90s such as censorship, cataloging, costs, and acquisition policy dilemmas. Audio-visual material use is soaring in the public and school library environment, yet some video collections are being developed haphazardly as libraries select new materials based on policy statements written for print materials. The staff of any library that is starting or adding to an A.V. collection will benefit from this insightful overview of the video collection that addresses future trends, patron use patterns, collection development tools, and development of written policies. Some of the special issues concerning the A.V. collection addressed in this book include: charging fees for borrowing videos censorship issues--should children have access to R and NC--17 rated videos? video collections in a small public library collections of audio books teaching youth how to judge A.V. information critically recommended videos for establishing a children's video collection how secondary school students can benefit from A.V. instructional media Video acquisitions librarians, A.V. librarians, and librarians in small- and medium-sized libraries who are responsible for policymaking regarding the video collection will benefit from this practical advice on developing basic collections, creating collection tools, copyright issues, and decisions based on quality versus popularity of materials. A.V. in Public and School Libraries helps all librarians address the audio-visual needs of younger patrons in the school library media collection and the public library environment.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

132

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1560244615

ISBN 13

9781560244615

Serving Special Needs Students in the School Library Media Center

By: Margaret Keefe,Robert King

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Serving Special Needs Students in the School Library Media Center

By: Margaret Keefe,Robert King

School library media specialists are now considered part of the teaching staff and are charged with integrating their library and information skills curriculum with the more general classroom curriculum. At the same time more and more special needs students are part of every school and every classroom. Thus, the media specialist must work effectively with special needs students on a regular basis to develop their information skills, and must also serve as a resource to classroom teachers. This professional reference offers practical information to school library media specialists on how to serve special needs students and their classroom teachers effectively. The first part of the book highlights the teaching role of the media specialist and discusses how and what to teach special needs students. The second part views the media specialist as an information expert who must structure the library and its resources for students with special needs. The third section treats the media specialist's role as a professional who must collaborate with other teachers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1567509703

ISBN 13

9781567509700

Easy Pieces

Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks

By: Margaret J. Miller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Easy Pieces

Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks

By: Margaret J. Miller

The author explores how two different blocks--easily cut triangular and wedge-shaped pieces--can be used alone or in combination to create hundreds of exquisite quilts. She also shares tips for selecting fabrics, blending colors, and more. 223 color and 231 bandw illustrations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

150

Publisher

C&T Publishing Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

1571200517

ISBN 13

9781571200518

Basic Reference Sources

A Self-study Manual

By: Margaret Taylor,Ronald R. Powell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Basic Reference Sources

A Self-study Manual

By: Margaret Taylor,Ronald R. Powell

A perennial favorite. ...invaluable as a learning tool. I highly recommend it. --PREVIEW

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Scarecrow Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

081082244X

ISBN 13

9780810822443

Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds

By: Nicholas J. Karolides,Margaret Bald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds

By: Nicholas J. Karolides,Margaret Bald

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition profiles the censorship of many such essential works of literature. The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, The Witches by Roald Dahl, Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran, and more. Also included are updates to such entries as The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

639

Publisher

Infobase Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816071519

ISBN 13

9780816071517

Listening

Processes, Functions and Competency

By: Debra Worthington,Margaret Fitch-Hauser

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Listening

Processes, Functions and Competency

By: Debra Worthington,Margaret Fitch-Hauser

Listening explores the process and role of listening in human communication as a cognitive process, as a social function, and as a critical professional competency. While introducing students the theory and research of listening scholarship, Worthington and Fitch-Hauser also help students to build practical skills and achieve the desired outcomes of effective listening.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317346769

ISBN 13

9781317346760

Essential Fish Biology

Diversity, Structure and Function

By: Derek Burton,Margaret Burton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Essential Fish Biology

Diversity, Structure and Function

By: Derek Burton,Margaret Burton

Essential Fish Biology provides an introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how this may be affected by the widely contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment. It describes the recent advances in comparative animal physiology which have greatly influenced our understanding of fish function as well as generating questions that have yet to be resolved. Fish taxa represent the largest number of vertebrates,with over 25,000 extant species. However, much of our knowledge, apart from taxonomy and habitat descriptions, has been based on relatively few of them, usually those which live in fresh water and/or are ofcommercial interest. Unfortunately there has also been a tendency to base our interpretation of fish physiology on that of mammalian systems, as well as to rely on a few type species of fish. This accessible textbook will redress the balance by using examples of fish from a wide range of species and habitats, emphasizing diversity as well as recognizing shared attributes with other vertebrates.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

457

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198785550

ISBN 13

9780198785552

The Henrician Reformation

The Diocese of Lincoln Under John Longland 1521-1547

By: Margaret Bowker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Henrician Reformation

The Diocese of Lincoln Under John Longland 1521-1547

By: Margaret Bowker

The book will be invaluable reading for students of the social, ecclesiastical and political history of early modern England.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521236398

ISBN 13

9780521236393

Children, Spirituality, Religion and Social Work

By: Margaret Crompton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Children, Spirituality, Religion and Social Work

By: Margaret Crompton

Attention to children’s spiritual and religious well-being is required by legislation, Government guidelines and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Margaret Crompton has worked with and on behalf of children as a social worker, lecturer and writer. Her recent publications include Children and Counselling and a training pack, Children, Spirituality and Religion. This jargon-free book develops and adds to those ideas and materials, focusing on everyday practice in social work, education and health care. Reference is made to several religions and to ideas about spirituality, which is not necessarily associated with religious belief and observance. Practitioners’ experience is also cited. Topics include, spiritual and religious rights, spiritual development, needs and well-being, implications of religious beliefs and observances for daily life and care, abuse and neglect, death, including suicide and abortion and communication, including stories and play.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351952307

ISBN 13

9781351952309

Babel unravelled

An annotated world bibliography of dictionary bibliographies, 1658–1988

By: Margaret Cop

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Babel unravelled

An annotated world bibliography of dictionary bibliographies, 1658–1988

By: Margaret Cop

Lexicographica. Series Maior features monographs and edited volumes on the topics of lexicography and meta-lexicography. Works from the broader domain of lexicology are also included, provided they strengthen the theoretical, methodological and empirical basis of lexicography and meta-lexicography. The almost 150 books published in the series since its founding in 1984 clearly reflect the main themes and developments of the field. The publications focus on aspects of lexicography such as micro- and macrostructure, typology, history of the discipline, and application-oriented lexicographical documentation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3111340600

ISBN 13

9783111340609

The Forgotten Men

Serving a Life without Parole Sentence

By: Margaret E. Leigey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Forgotten Men

Serving a Life without Parole Sentence

By: Margaret E. Leigey

Today there are approximately fifty thousand prisoners in American prisons serving life without parole, having been found guilty of crimes ranging from murder and rape to burglary, carjacking, and drug offences. In The Forgotten Men, criminologist Margaret E. Leigey provides an insightful account of a group of aging inmates imprisoned for at least twenty years, with virtually no chance of release. These men make up one of the most marginalized segments of the contemporary U.S. prison population. Considered too dangerous for rehabilitation, ignored by prison administrators, and overlooked by courts disinclined to review such sentences, these prisoners grow increasingly cut off from family and the outside world. Drawing on in-depth interviews with twenty-five such prisoners, Leigey gives voice to these extremely marginalized inmates and offers a look at how they struggle to cope. She reveals, for instance, that the men believe that permanent incarceration is as inhumane as capital punishment, calling life without parole “the hard death penalty.” Indeed, after serving two decades in prison, some wished that they had received the death penalty instead. Leigey also recounts the ways in which the prisoners attempt to construct meaningful lives inside the bleak environment where they will almost certainly live out their lives. Every state in the union (except Alaska) has the life-without-parole sentencing option, despite its controversial nature and its staggering cost to the taxpayer. The Forgotten Men provides a much-needed analysis of the policies behind life-without-parole sentencing, arguing that such sentences are overused and lead to serious financial and ethical dilemmas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813573653

ISBN 13

9780813573656

Gatekeepers of Knowledge

A Consideration of the Library, the Book and the Scholar in the Western World

By: Margaret Zeegers,Deirdre Barron

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gatekeepers of Knowledge

A Consideration of the Library, the Book and the Scholar in the Western World

By: Margaret Zeegers,Deirdre Barron

Throughout its history, the Western library has played a significant role in bringing the book to the hands of Western scholars. This book analyses that history, examining constructs of librarianship, publishing and scholarship within that history as gate keeping access to knowledge. Exploring significant events in the field from the time of the Lyceum to the present day in the development of repositories of books and their access by scholars. Gatekeepers of Knowledge engages in an analysis of those events from a perspective that makes visible the ways in which the production, storage and access of books, have been privileged, while others have been marginalised. - Examines its material as analyses of significant events in the development of libraries, books, and scholarship in the western world - Embeds those developments in significant political, economic, social and cultural fields of particular eras - Ties scholarship to class structures and associated protocols in its treatment of scholarship as the generation of knowledge

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

147

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

178063207X

ISBN 13

9781780632070

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Fourth Edition

By: Margaret Bald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Fourth Edition

By: Margaret Bald

Censorship of religious and philosophical speculation is as old as history and as current as today's headlines. Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature that touch upon religious beliefs or reflect dissenting views have also been suppressed. Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Fourth Edition profiles the censorship of many of these works. These include the frequently challenged Harry Potter series, which critics accuse of promoting witchcraft and anti-family themes, as well as Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Entries include: The Age of Reason (Thomas Paine) The Analects (Confucius) The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong) The Bible Children of the Alley (Naguib Mahfouz) Critique of Pure Reason (Immanuel Kant) The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo Galilei) Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes) Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) The Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling) His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman) The Jewel of Medina (Sherry Jones) The Koran The Last Temptation of Christ (Nikos Kazantzakis) On the Origin of Species (Charles Darwin) The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) The Talmud Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher) and more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

936

Publisher

Infobase Holdings, Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

1438149905

ISBN 13

9781438149905

Tales for Trainers

By: Margaret Parkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tales for Trainers

By: Margaret Parkin

Shows how stories and metaphors can be used by facilitators and managers in training and developing people.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

Kogan Page Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

0749425105

ISBN 13

9780749425104

Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

By: Margaret Jane Kidnie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shakespeare and the Problem of Adaptation

By: Margaret Jane Kidnie

Kidnie brings current debates in performance criticism in contact with recent developments in textual studies to explore what it is that distinguishes Shakespearean work from its apparent other, the adaptation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415308674

ISBN 13

9780415308670

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

By: Margaret Bald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

By: Margaret Bald

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

465

Publisher

Infobase Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0816071489

ISBN 13

9780816071487

From Catholic To Protestant

Religion and the People in Tudor and Stuart England

By: Doreen Margaret Rosman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From Catholic To Protestant

Religion and the People in Tudor and Stuart England

By: Doreen Margaret Rosman

This work, aimed at students unfamiliar with religious ideas and terminology, attempts to convey the centrality of religion to people's lives in early modern England, and to understand why people were prepared to die and kill for their faith.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

118

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135365415

ISBN 13

9781135365417

The Care of Prints and Drawings

By: Margaret Holben Ellis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Care of Prints and Drawings

By: Margaret Holben Ellis

The 2nd edition of The Care of Prints and Drawings provides practical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the preservation of works on paper, ranging from curators, facility managers, conservators, registrars, collection care specialists, private collectors, artists, or students of museum studies, visual arts, art history, or conservation. A greater emphasis is placed on preventive conservation, a trend among collecting institutions, which reflects the growing recognition that scarce resources are best expended on preventing deterioration, rather than on less effective measures of reversing it. Expanded and richly illustrated chapters include: Supports for Prints and Drawings discusses the properties of parchment and paper and introduces the general preservation needs and conservation problems of all works on paper, regardless of their media. Conservation Problems Related to the Paper Support of Prints and Drawings presents a guide to recognizing the symptoms and diagnosing the causes of damage specific to paper. Conservation Problems Related to the Materials and Techniques of Prints describes the conservation problems that affect certain printmaking materials and arise from specific processes. Conservation Problems Related to the Materials and Techniques of Drawings focuses on the various materials used to create marks on paper. Item-Level Collection Protection: Envelopes, Sleeves, Folders, Enclosures, Mats, Boxes, Frames, and Furniture, discusses measures taken for prints and drawings so that they can better withstand the rigors of handling, examination, exhibition, travel, and adverse environmental conditions. Preventive Conservation for Prints and Drawings describes how the integration of a comprehensive Collections Care Program into a Collections Management Policy can reduce the need for item-level conservation treatments. Basic Paper Conservation Procedures provides instructions on how to stabilize damaged works. How to Make Starch Paste and Methyl Cellulose Adhesive and Suppliers of Paper Conservation Materials and Equipment are appended as well as a Glossary.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

315

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442239727

ISBN 13

9781442239722

Book's by Margaret Bowker

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email