This is the Autumn 1993 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose. CONTENTS: THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE (RED); THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; SHARP 1994 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; NEW BOOK STUDIES JOURNAL LAUNCHED; FELLOWSHIPS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE (RED), by Simon Eliot (pp. 1-3); THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, by Gordon B. Neavill (pp. 3-5).

Postmodern theorist Jean-François Lyotard expresses concern over a particular â slackeningâ or an implicit liberalization that is slowly pervading across disciplines as diverse as art history, philosophy, and politics. Thinkers, he believes, are witnessing the invasion of the postmodern and are accordingly battening down the hatches of the â uncompleted project of modernism.' By extension, one can easily assume that this is occurring across disciplines beyond those that Lyotard mentions explicitly. Accordingly, one may begin to see such ripples within the pond of archives that many of us dip our feet, wade, or completely submerge ourselves in. In this paper, I will primarily discuss Verne Harrisâ conceptions of the postmodern and their implications for the archival profession. I feel that a postmodern analysis of the archival is important, but we must still go further to create a radical conception of it. There is a large divide between theory and praxis in the archival world; while theory is definitely important, we must often step outside it to solve our problems. Rather than relying on it as a normative basis for archival practice we should continue to reevaluate and reconstruct our theories and practices into an â anarchivist program.â

null / This is the Spring 1998 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: David Finkelstein; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: QUEBEC COLLOQUIUM SET FOR 2000; SECOND EDINBURGH CENTRE LAUNCHED; BOOKS GO DUTCH; BOOKTRADE IN AUSTRIA AS A FIELD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND A TEXTBOOK FOR BOOK HISTORY; CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALL FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE; COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; WEB WATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; SHARP CORRESPONDENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOKS GO DUTCH, by Adrian van der Weel (pp. 1-2); BOOKTRADE IN AUSTRIA AS A FIELD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, by Peter R. Frank (pp. 2-3); TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND A TEXTBOOK FOR BOOK HISTORY, by Richard W. Clement (pp. 3-4); Eighteenth-Century Novel; Reading Experience Database; English Studies in Canada (CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS) (pp. 4-5); History of the Book in Australia (CALL FOR PAPERS) (p. 5); Library History Round Table (CONFERENCE) (p. 5); History of the Book MA (COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT) (pp. 5-6); American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies; Aberystwyth Centre for the Book (SCHOLARLY LIAISONS) (p. 6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Richard B. Sher, John C. Crawford, Robert A. Shaddy, Eric H. Reiter (pp. 6-10).

null / This is the Summer 2002 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona Black; Associate Editor & Bibliographer: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK HISTORY SOCIETIES; OBITUARY: PETER ISAAC; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP END; CORRECTIONS. This issue includes the following contributions: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: The Global Trade in Books, Periodicals and Other Forms of Print in the Long Eighteenth Century, University of California, Los Angeles, 3-8 August 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 1); 17th Annual DeBartolo Conference on Eighteenth-Century Studies: The History of Manners, Tampa, Florida, 20-22 February 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 1-2); The History of Medicine, University College, London, 20-21 June 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 2); Literary London: 1660 to 1830, Mayfair, London, 13 September 2002 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 2-3); History of the Maritime Book, Princeton University, NJ, 4-5 October 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 3); The Future History of the Book, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Netherlands, 7-8, (9) November 2002 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 3-4); Cambridge University Library Munby Fellowship in Bibliography, 2003-2004 (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 4); William L. Mitchell Prize for Research on Early British Serials (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 4); The History of Libraries in the United States: Hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia, 11-13 April 2002, by Michael A. Baenen (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 4-5); American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, by Eleanor Shevlin (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 5); The Ticknor Society (BOOK HISTORY SOCIETIES) (pp. 5-6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Margaret Beetham, Caroline Davis, Anne MacKinnon, Anne Marie Lane, George L. Parker, Alexis Weedon (pp. 6-10); Editorial News (SHARP END) (p. 12).

Masthead reads: Winter 2001-02 / This is the Winter 2001-02 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona A. Black; Associate Editor & Bibliographer: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES AND COURSES; EXHIBITIONS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: English Studies and the Trouble with History, by Bill Bell (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-3); American Historical Association, Chicago, 2-5 January 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); New Frontiers in Early American Literature, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 8-10 August 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Modern Language Association, Irish Women Writers before the Great Hunger c. 1700-1845: Purpose and Politics, New York City, December 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Books and Empire: Textual Production, Distribution and Consumption in Colonial and Postcolonial Countries (SHARP Regional Conference), University of Sydney, 30 January-1 February 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 4-5); Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); Sue Allen Lecture: Publishers' Bookbindings 1830-1910, Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 23 March 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 5); The Harvard Theatre Collection, Grolier Club, NYC, 27 February-27 April 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 6); "Darkness Echoing": An Exhibition of Irish Literature, 1950-2000, Grolier Club, New York, 15 May-27 July 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 6); History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada: Open Conference for Volume III/Colloque préparatoire au volume III (1918-2000), Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, 15-17 November 2001, by Carl Spadoni (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-7); HoBo Website Moves, New URL: http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/hobo (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES) (p. 7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Lane Stiles, Julia M. Williams, Margaret Nichols, Jane Millgate, Melissa McFarland Pennell, William E. Lenz, Philip Round, Stephen R. Reimer, Pavlí¬na Vimrová, Peter R. Frank, Marcy Wheeler, Alexandra Franklin, David Stoker (pp. 7-15).

null / This is the Spring 1993 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose. CONTENTS: THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES; NEW DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND AUTHORSHIP; 1993 CUNY CONFERENCE UPDATE; APHA RECEPTION, LECTURE AND AUCTION; RARE BOOK SCHOOL 1993; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES, by John R. Turner (pp. 1-3).

This is the Autumn 2003 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Set in Adobe Garamond with Wingdings. Editor: Sydney Shep; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Chuck Johanningsmeier; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: SHARP CLAREMONT 2003; FELLOWSHIPS; STOP PRESS; THE SHARP EDGE; BOOK HISTORY PRIZE; SHARP LYONS 2004; LOCAL INITIATIVES; CONFERENCE REPORT; NEW PUBLICATIONS; BOOK REVIEWS; REVIEW ROUNDTABLE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARP END. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP CLAREMONT 2003, by Marija Dalbello, Lydia Wevers, Megan Benton, and Stephen Colclough (pp. 1, 4-6); Library & Archives Visiting Fellowships, 2004-2005, King's College London (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); APHA 2004 Fellowship in Printing History (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); Book History in Calcutta: A Few New Developments (THE SHARP EDGE), by Rimi B. Chatterjee (pp. 3-4); Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies (LOCAL INITIATIVES) (p. 7); SHARP at ISECS (CONFERENCE REPORT), by Eleanor Shevlin (pp. 7-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Susan Waterman, Ian Gadd, Joad Raymond, Lorah D. Vole [i.e., Harold Love], Ann Veenhoff, A.S.G. Edwards, Karen Schiff, Jason Peacey, Margaret Nichols (pp. 8-14); REVIEW ROUNDTABLE, by James Raven (p. 14); Printing and the Worlds of Learning, Downing College, Cambridge, 5-6 January 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 14); Serious Pleasures, University of Iowa, 1-4 April 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 14-15); From the Outside In: The Library in the Life of Its Historical Users, Orlando, Florida, 23-30 June 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 15).

null / This is the Autumn 1995 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: SHARP BEGINS SEARCH FOR BOOK HISTORY YEARBOOK EDITORS; 1996 WORCESTER CONFERENCE UPDATE: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN BOOK HISTORY DISCUSSED AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; COURSE SYLLABUS: A GRADUATE SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK; SHARP ORGANIZES ASECS SECTION, SEEKS INFORMATION ON RESEARCH PROJECTS; BOOK REVIEWS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: COURSE SYLLABUS: A GRADUATE SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK, by James L.W. West III and Michael Anesko (pp. 2-3); BOOK REVIEWS, by Roberta L. Dougherty, Philip A. Metzger, W.A. Kelly (PP. 3-5); ON THE INTERNET, by Patrick Leary (p. 7).

null / This is the Summer 2000 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona Black; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: The Critical Importance of Slovenian Book History: A Journey to the Heart of a Nation, by Miha Kovaè (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-3); Shakespeare Association of America Convention, Miami, Florida, 12-14 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); The Production of Culture: The Scottish Press in a National and International Context 1800-1880, University of Stirling, Scotland, 28-29 July 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); History of the Book: The Next Generation, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 16 September 2000 (CONFERENCES) (p. 4); Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century, Birkbeck College and Waterstone's Piccadilly, London, 25-26 November 2000 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 4-5); Bibliographical Society (UK) Grants and Fellowships 2000-2001 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); SHARP2000 Celebrates Gutenberg's Birthday, by Linda Connors (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 5-6); SHARP Membership Report, 1 July 1999-30 June 2000, by Barbara A. Brannon (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); SHARP 2000 Preconference Session on Global Bibliography, by Jonathan Rose (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); Les mutations du livre et de l'édition dans le monde du XVIIIe siècle a l'an 2000/Worldwide Changes in Book Publishing from the 18th Century to the Year 2000: Colloque international/International Colloquium, Sherbrooke, May 2000, by Peter F. McNally (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Scott E. Casper, Susanna Ashton, Warwick Gould, Alison M. Scott (pp. 8-10); SHARP Book History Prize (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 12).

This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping managers of community radio stations, FM radio stations, public service broadcasting agencies and any other organisations that deal with audio files in creating prototype archives of digital audio documents. In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in creating their proper archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also mentions the URLs from where these software can be downloaded from. While free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens in developing countries by bringing within easy reach the socially useful applications, UNESCO's information processing tools help many grassroots institutions in disseminating information to local communities. Digital archive of a community radio station will be a kind of knowledge repository that contains collective wisdom of indigenous people, communities and institutions in the region. The South Asia sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community radio development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, Nepal and other countries. Community radio has a great development potential across the sub-region with ever increasing number of community radio stations. To maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a legal obligation as a self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations are not equipped for doing this. Also community radio stations need to reuse and re-broadcast many of their archived contents. This publication has its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of the UNESCO-supported two national events entitled respectively 'National Consultation on Community Radio for Practising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India' and 'National Consultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal', where community radio station managers felt the importance of archiving digital audio contents. This document can be considered as an authoritative self-instructional manual for digital archiving of multimedia contents and more specifically for community radio contents. The manual users may find it helpful in their daily work.