Exhibit | Exposition: An Intellectual Heritage: Rediscovering McGill鈥檚 Early Printed Works | Un h茅ritage intellectuel : 脿 la d茅couverte des imprim茅s anciens de McGill
Curators: Ann-Marie Hansen & Kristin Neel, Inventaires des imprim茅s anciens au Qu茅bec, 香蕉视频
With the collaboration of Ann Marie Holland & Dr. Richard Virr, Rare Books & Special Collections, McGill Library & Professor Fr茅d茅ric Charbonneau, D茅partement de langue litt茅rature fran莽aises, 香蕉视频
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An Intellectual Heritage: Rediscovering McGill鈥檚 Early Printed Works
This exhibition represents a sample of the printed works that have been analyzed, catalogued and made available for public consultation by the Inventaire des imprim茅s anciens au Qu茅bec (IMAQ) group at 香蕉视频, since 2010.
The aim of the IMAQ project at McGill has been to emphasize the value of that portion of the rare book collections whose retro conversion from the card catalogue into digital records has become necessary so as to make those items available to a greater number of researchers. It underscores the significance of these volumes and hopes to encourage their use. Detailed bibliographic records have been created for each title and are now available through McGill Library鈥檚 electronic catalogue.
The European imprints thus studied date from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and exemplify part of the cultural and intellectual heritage preserved for posterity by the 香蕉视频 Library.
These publications are concrete evidence of the transfer of knowledge through the centuries, acting as a medium by which the communication of ideas was ensured. Selected from among those catalogued, the volumes shown here come from such diverse collections as those of 16th-century French imprints, neo-Latin humanist writings, liturgical texts and still others. The titles chosen for display have been grouped into three disciplinary categories representing some of the particular strengths of the collection: Ancient and Modern History, the Natural Sciences, and Literature.
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Un h茅ritage intellectuel : 脿 la d茅couverte des imprim茅s anciens de McGill
Cette exposition pr茅sente un 茅chantillon des ouvrages analys茅s, catalogu茅s et mis 脿 la disposition du public par le projet d鈥橧nventaire des imprim茅s anciens au Qu茅bec (IMAQ) depuis 2010.
脌 McGill, ce projet vise mettre en valeur la partie des collections de livres rares dont la r茅troconversion depuis le catalogue sur fiches (num茅risation des notices) 茅tait devenue n茅cessaire afin de les rendre accessibles 脿 un plus grand nombre de chercheurs. Afin de souligner la valeur de ces ouvrages et d鈥檈ncourager leur exploitation, un examen bibliographique d茅taill茅 a 茅t茅 effectu茅 pour chacun d鈥檈ntre eux, dont les r茅sultats figurent dor茅navant dans le catalogue num茅rique des biblioth猫ques de McGill.
Les imprim茅s europ茅ens ainsi d茅crits datent des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe si猫cles et repr茅sentent par leur inclusion dans les fonds des biblioth猫ques de McGill une partie de l鈥檋茅ritage culturel l茅gu茅 脿 la post茅rit茅 par cette institution.
Signes concrets de la transmission des savoirs, les ouvrages ici pr茅sent茅s ont 茅t茅 choisis parmi la totalit茅 des volumes 茅tudi茅s, relevant de collections vari茅es :impressions fran莽aises du XVIe si猫cle, 茅crits humanistes n茅o-latins, textes liturgiques etc. Les titres retenus pour l鈥檈xposition ont 茅t茅 regroup茅s selon trois axes disciplinaires donnant 脿 voir quelques forces particuli猫res des collections : l鈥檋istoire ancienne et moderne, les sciences naturelles et les belles-lettres.
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