{"id":4160,"date":"2013-03-08T16:39:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/?p=4160"},"modified":"2013-03-08T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T21:39:31","slug":"on-their-way-to-the-stacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/","title":{"rendered":"On Their Way to the Stacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am responsible for getting books onto the shelves in Special Collections. While student employees shelve most of our books, for a variety of reasons many books end up on my desk. This last week there seemed to be such a varied assortment that I thought these books might make an interesting blog post.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest book that I handled was <em>Subnotata hic continentur Magni Athanasij in psalmos opusculum. Enchiridion Epicteti stoici. Basilij oratio de invidia. Plutarchus de differe[n]tia inter odiu[m] &amp; invidia[m]. Tabula Cebetis Thebani<\/em> . This book was published in 1508, the same year that Michelangelo began to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling and five years before Juan Ponce de Leon set foot in what was to become Florida. This book, written in Latin, is concerned with Christianity, doctrinal theology and early Church history. There is a special feeling that comes from holding a book produced over five hundred years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/attachment\/1508\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4154\" alt=\"1508\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1508-1024x718.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1508-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1508-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1508.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/snowwhite\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4158\" alt=\"Snowwhite\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Snowwhite-251x300.jpg\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Snowwhite-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Snowwhite.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next book that caught my eye was <em>Walt Disney\u2019s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/em>. Our copy was printed in 1948. I had this Little Golden Book when I was a child. This classic was a favorite of mine, and modern\u00a0retellings\u00a0of this story still entertain me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/boyscout\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4155\" alt=\"boyscout\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boyscout-209x300.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boyscout-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/boyscout.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Boy Scouts of America; a handbook of woodcraft, scouting, and life-craft,<\/em> published in 1910 triggered some very fond memories of &#8220;my year as a Boy Scout.&#8221; Since it was on my desk, I spent several moments looking at how to tie bowline and slip knots (one I remembered, one I had forgotten.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/wild\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4159\" alt=\"wild\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wild-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Til huttetuenes land<\/em> is our Norwegian translation of <em>Where the Wild Things Are<\/em> by Maurice Sendak. I love the familiar cover with the unfamiliar Norwegian words. This book was used in a class on children&#8217;s literature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/on-their-way-to-the-stacks\/hardyboys\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4156\" alt=\"hardyboys\" src=\"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hardyboys-196x300.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hardyboys-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/hardyboys.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last book I want to mention is <em>The Great Airport Mystery<\/em> by Franklin W. Dixon. This is a Hardy Boys adventure. I remember watching the Hardy Boys on the Mickey Mouse Club on our first TV, and reading several of the books in this series. This is one that I haven\u2019t read.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps someday.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Bricker<br \/>\nSenior Library Technician<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am responsible for getting books onto the shelves in Special Collections. While student employees shelve most of our books, for a variety of reasons many books end up on my desk. 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