We usually think of palimpsests as old texts written on parchment over earlier erasures, but digital technology has caused the present to be the most palimpsestic of times. A survey of modern-day palimpsests leads to an ...

This article describes the academic unit for which the model IIC was developed and the information environment within which the IIC would operate.

This article discusses a paradigm shift from librarian-mediated collection development to patron-initiated selection of library materials. The authors report on two programs at The Ohio State University Libraries (OSUL): ...

The occurrence of pedestal vessels (chalices) in the Late Prehistoric Period is reviewed, with examples illustrated from the Madisonville Site, Hamilton Co., Ohio; the St. Francis Complex of the Missouri-Arkansas area; ...

What a difference a few years make! In the fall 1982 issue of Reference Services Review I described forty reference monographs and serial publications on photography. That article concluded with these words, "a careful ...

In fiscal year 2017, The Ohio State University Libraries in Columbus piloted the purchase of research data sets to explore how to integrate this format into the standard workflows of the collections strategist and ...

Plant remains were common and well preserved at the Fort Ancient Philo Phase Richards and Philo II sites, Muskingum Co., Ohio. Maize and beans were probably the most important plant food source, supplemented by the gathering ...

The remnants of the prehistoric Plum Run flint quarries in Smith Township, Stark Co., Ohio, are described, along with a series of fraudulent artifacts found at the site. The stratigraphic unit in which the flint occurs ...