From Morse code to metadata : bringing scholarship to the world / by Dean J. Smith, director of Cornell University Press -- A virtuous circle of scholarship / by Gerald Beasley, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian -- A history of Cornell University Press (on the occasion of its sesquicentennial celebration) -- First edition : America's first university press -- Revisions : Comstock Publishing and the long campaign to reestablish the press -- Second edition : University press redivivus? -- Digital edition : preparing for the next 150 years -- A tradition of excellence in 150 notable books.
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"This book is a history of Cornell University Press since its establishment in 1869 and a list of 150 notable books the press has published. It is being issued to mark the 150th anniversary of the press in 2019"-- Provided by publisher.
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