The books are alive with biological data: an introduction to the field of biocodicology and its implications for historical health sciences collections.
Recent global events have underscored the need for broad access to digitized library special collections. At the same time, a burgeoning field of scientific and historical inquiry is finding a goldmine of data in the physical old books and manuscripts stored for centuries on library shelves. This ar...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 109; no. 2; pp. 336 - 339 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Apr2021
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