About: David Loiterstein
- David’s responsibilities include marketing strategy as well as advertising, promotion and publicity activities. In addition, he is the editor of the Readex Report, a quarterly e-newsletter featuring original articles by librarians and researchers on diverse aspects of digital historical collections and related topics.
Posts by David Loiterstein:
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Budding novelist uses online newspaper archive to recreate the Civil War-era French Quarter,
21 Feb 2012
Guest blogger: Ja-ne de Abreu, an award-winning writer in the media production industry currently embarking on her first novel The Louisiana Historical Newspaper Archive has proven to be an invaluable source for research for me. Currently, I am writing a historical novel set in New Orleans during the Civil War. Before access to this digital [...]
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Franklin scholar uses America’s Historical Newspapers to trace an ingenious hoax,
16 Feb 2012
In December 2008 an essay about one of Benjamin Franklin’s cleverest hoaxes was published in The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Written by distinguished Franklin scholar Carla Mulford, “Benjamin Franklin’s Savage Eloquence: Hoaxes from the Press at Passy, 1782” was awarded the prestigious William L. Mitchell Prize from the Bibliographical Society of America on [...]
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Just published — The Readex Report: February 2012,
14 Feb 2012
In our latest issue: The emancipation efforts of a forgotten Founding Father; a felonious figure pens a revered evangelical reference; and social media’s unprecedented impact on academic networking. The Connecticut Webster on Slavery By Joshua Kendall, author of The Forgotten Founding Father: Noah Webster’s Obsession and the Creation of an American Culture The pure-bred New [...]
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Chocolate: A Readex Sampler (by Louis E. Grivetti),
13 Feb 2012
Chocolate: A Readex Sampler By Louis E. Grivetti, Professor of Nutrition, Emeritus, University of California, Davis Between the years 1998-2008 my large research team had the good fortune to be funded by a generous grant from Mars, Incorporated, to investigate the culinary, medicinal, and social history of chocolate.1 Our initial research focused on chocolate-related information [...]
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Teaching Early American Literature at Lenoir-Rhyne University,
30 Jan 2012
Recent discussion on EARAM-L, the listserv of the Society of Early Americanists, centered on the shortcomings of anthologies for teaching early American literature to undergraduates. Julie R. Voss, assistant professor of English and coordinator of the American Studies Program at Lenoir-Rhyne University, wrote: I teach at a small school with no rare books collections; however, we [...]
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Finding Fatalism and Overconfidence in a Cruel Port (by Ian Olivo Read),
25 Jan 2012
Finding Fatalism and Overconfidence in a Cruel Port: The Bubonic Plague’s First Appearance in Brazil By Ian Olivo Read, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Soka University of America On October 18, 1899, Brazilian health officials declared that bubonic plague had arrived. Bacteriologists identified the bacteria in samples taken from sick patients in Santos, a [...]
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Press Release: Announcing Afro-Americana, 1535-1922 — the online edition of the Library Company’s unparalleled collection,
16 Jan 2012
Today we distributed this news release: Readex to Launch Digital Edition of the Library Company of Philadelphia’s Unparalleled Collection of Afro-Americana More than 12,000 searchable books, pamphlets, and broadsides will stimulate new research on centuries of African American history, literature, and life January 16, 2012 (NAPLES, FL) – A digital edition of Afro-Americana, 1535-1922: From [...]
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Explore new collections at ALA Midwinter: Visit Readex at Booth 1311 in Dallas,
11 Jan 2012
If you will be attending the ALA Midwinter Conference, please visit Readex at NewsBank booth 1311. Our newest collections available for demonstration—either in Dallas or at your desk—include: Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1994 This authoritative digital edition is an important supplement to FBIS Daily Reports, 1941-1996. With emphasis on communist and developing countries, JPRS Reports is [...]
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300 Years of News in the Library: An ALA Midwinter Breakfast Session,
29 Dec 2011
During the upcoming ALA Midwinter Conference, a special breakfast session—hosted by NewsBank and Readex—will focus on the evolution of news. This Sunday morning event will include the following presentations and a question session with the speakers: The Research Power of Digitized Historical Newspapers Michelle Harper, Senior Director, Product Management, Historical Newspapers and Periodicals, NewsBank [...]
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The Top-Ten Readex Blog Posts of 2011,
19 Dec 2011
Of the 75 or so posts published here this year, these were the ten most-read: 1. Preserving the Library in the Digital Age 2. In Praise of Librarians and Archivists 3. Researching Nat Turner’s Slave Revolt in American (and African American) Newspapers 4. 100 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1911 5. Anti-Flirtation: There Ought [...]
