Comments on: Online incunabula http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dfflanders http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-13264 Wed, 02 May 2007 17:46:53 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-13264 answer to footnote: “Book 2.0″ movement :D

]]> By: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Everyone needs help with the new system http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-10587 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:17:38 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-10587 [...] thought about that video as I read Jon Udell’s recent post titled Online Incunabula. I’d always thought “incunabulum” meant anything that was in embryonic form, but [...]

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-6084 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:51:26 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-6084 “Why isn’t the Internet Archive sufficient for this purpose?”

It’s possible that in hindsight, for certain people and for certain purposes, it’ll turn out to have been sufficient. But there are no assurances. Some people, for some purposes, will require — and wish to pay for — assurances.

]]> By: Ron Phillips http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5996 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:06:07 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5996 If you don’t set a cutoff date, then about one-third of the books in our public library are incunabula with cartoons, marginalia, etc.

]]> By: Steve Lawson http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5868 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:46:16 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5868 Incunabula are–by definition–printed books produced in the 15th century, the same century that saw the advent of printing with movable type in Europe. The 15th century ended on Dec. 31, 1500: there being no “year zero,” the century ends with the “00″ year, not the “99″ year. At least, it does according to this scheme!

]]> By: Luis http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5768 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:04:08 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5768 Wikipedia says 1501 is arbitrary, with extensive discussion but no linked sourcing, so take with typical grain of salt.

]]> By: Mike Olson http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5755 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:58:19 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/09/online-incunabula/#comment-5755 Why isn’t the Internet Archive sufficient for this purpose?

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