Digitizing large-scale photos: SSAS Group pictures
I still regret that we never had a chance to fully implement the social tagging project that we planned in 2014 as part of crowdsourcing (see poster from 2014 at … Read More
Blog: Secrets from the Past
Digital Projects at New Brunswick Libraries: The Alcohol Studies Archive
As the first of a series of presentations on recent digital projects at New Brunswick Libraries (NBL), today I had a chance to present the digital alcohol studies archives to … Read More
Mark Keller about the move to Rutgers
The move from Yale to Rutgers in 1962 didn’t happen without controversies and disappointment for the Center and its staff either. The political decision made at Yale to no longer … Read More
Making the Alcohol Studies Instructional Video
The Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies Digital Collection contains hundreds of images and documents drawn from the Center’s vast collections. Last semester, I uploaded a selection of digitized materials from … Read More
A group photo of dignitaries: SSAS reunion in 1961
Launched in 1943 at Yale, the Summer School of Alcohol Studies (SSAS) undoubtedly fostered a community with special bonds among its students and graduates. Gathering diverse groups of people interested … Read More
From Mark Keller on publishing Jellinek’s “The Disease Concept of Alcoholism”
Following up on a post about The disease concept of alcoholism, the most widely cited (and least read) literary artifact of the modern alcoholism movement, according to alcohol historian William … Read More
The Master Author Catalog of the Alcohol Literature
An unparalleled resource for alcohol historians, the Master Author Catalog used to be housed in the card catalog files near the reference desk in the Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS) … Read More
Jellinek Memorial Award to Bill W. – Mark Keller’s Speech
After Jellinek’s death in 1963, representatives of various national groups came together, including Alcoholics Anonymous, and established the Jellinek Memorial Fund to honor E. M. Jellinek, one of the greatest … Read More
Author bibliographies, part 3: Organizing information
In the previous posts, we covered the process and some sources related to compiling critical bibliographies. For the reader, it must be obvious by now that instead of linear development, … Read More
Author bibliographies, part 2: Sources
Picking up where our previous post, Author bibliographies: The process left off, i.e., the first source special to alcohol studies, let’s round up some more general source ideas. Help from the … Read More