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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "This article investigates library-related documents written by Gerard van Swieten
    (1700–72) during his tenure as Library Prefect in the Imperial Library of Vienna
    (1745–72). Van Swieten’s time as Library Prefect is considered through a textual
    analysis. Handwritten letters were deconstructed in terms of their appearance,
    layout, and tone in order to mine them for meaning. Furthermore, the contents
    were examined for library matters such as censorship, catalogues, and collection
    development. The Imperial Court Library held a prominent role as a repository
    for rare and valuable works, later becoming the National Library of Austria.\r\nGerard
    van Swieten’s work as a librarian tends to be overlooked, perhaps because he is
    better known as the private physician of Maria Theresia, as well as a medical
    reformer. Nevertheless, he was a hard-working chief librarian deeply involved
    in all aspects of librarianship. Van Swieten endorsed modern scientific works,
    which were otherwise banned officially by the censorship commission, for the use
    of scholars in the library, expanded the collection by acquiring books through
    his network of scholars and publishers, and reissued library catalogues. He also
    provided for the comfort of users in the library reading room, at a time when
    such considerations were unusual. In conclusion, a proposal is made that van Swieten
    viewed his role as librarian with some importance and pride.@eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Clara A
      foaf_name: Chlebak, Clara A
      foaf_surname: Chlebak
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9
    orcid: 0000-0002-3385-3865
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Peter H.
      foaf_name: Reid, Peter H.
      foaf_surname: Reid
  bibo_doi: 10.3366/lih.2022.0097
  bibo_issue: '1'
  bibo_volume: 38
  dct_date: 2022^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1758-3489
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1758-3497
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Edinburgh University Press@
  dct_title: 'From the prefect’s desk: Gerard van Swieten’s library correspondence@'
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