Now in preparation, later this semester a new Alcohol Studies Exhibit will be added to Digital Exhibits maintained by Rutgers University Libraries (RUL). Complementing our Alcohol Studies page listed under … Read More
Have you ever heard of the Alcoholism Treatment Digest? An innovative publication for its time, the Alcoholism Treatment Digest (ATD) was a periodical founded by Mark Keller and published by … Read More
Following up on the previous post about Humor in Alcohol Studies, let’s take a closer look at a few more language-related examples left behind by the two major figures, who … Read More
Storytelling in scholarly communication is an art itself. Reading one overly technical text after the other calls for something else if one wants to keep sane: playing with the language … Read More
New content alert! We are delighted to share the great news: the digitization of the Alcoholism Treatment Digest (ISSN: 0002-5046) is now complete. All issues owned by Rutgers University Libraries are … Read More
No longer is fashion, a bookplate, or Ex Libris, used to function as proof of ownership, whether private or institutional. The phrase “Ex Libris” comes from Latin, meaning “from the … Read More
If E. M. Jellinek was the most influential scholar to define the science of addiction studies, Mark Keller was probably the most influential defining its language. Additionally, he can be … Read More
An incredibly productive writer, Mark Keller read and reviewed an enormous amount of books, from short summaries for the Classified Abstracts of Alcohol Literature (CAAAL) to book reviews published in … Read More
It all started with Playing Detective in the Library: How to Find Information on Your Long Lost Love, presented at the annual NJLA Conference in Atlantic City, NJ in June 2012. … Read More
An extraordinary collection documenting the many facets of alcohol studies since around 1940, the Mark Keller Papers have been hiding their secrets, first in the metal file cabinets in the … Read More