DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 4

Websites of Antiquarian Books

  • Author:
  • Rajendra Kumbhar
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 58 to 64

Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pune, Pune-411 016 E-mail: rajendra_kumbhar@unipune.ernet.in.

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Abstract

The article is based on a survey of websites of antiquarian books. Contents of 14 websites of antiquarian books were analysed. The aspects analysed and interpreted were search facilities, singed editions, reviews, dust jackets, antiquarian books for sale, maintaining ‘wants lists’, etc. The article concludes that the websites of antiquarian books are helping a long way in bibliographic control of antiquarian books by providing needed information easily.

Keywords

Antiquarian books, websites of antiquarian books