[PW] Re: Yale Book of Quotations Published

[Andersen, Patricia M. (SDSM&T)]

Congratulations - I've not contributed to this long and hard work but
I've watched everyone on the list who did and it was an amazing group
effort.

Patty

Patty Andersen, Director
Devereaux Library, SDSM&T
501 E. Saint Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD  57701-3995
(605) 394-1255 - voice
(605) 394-1256 - fax
Patricia.Andersen at sdsmt.edu


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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Fred Shapiro
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:10 PM
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Subject: [PW] Yale Book of Quotations Published



I am pleased to announce that The Yale Book of Quotations has finally
been 
published by Yale University Press.  A good discussion of the book can
be 
found here:

http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/current/quotations.html

My initial conception of this book was to create a quotation dictionary 
better than Bartlett's or the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.  As I 
worked on it, I realized, to my great surprise, that it was possible to 
create a quotation dictionary much more comprehensive and accurate than 
those two standard volumes, and that became my aspiration.  I leave it
to 
others to judge whether I succeeded in that aspiration.

If I did succeed, a lot of credit goes to the participants in Stumpers, 
now Project Wombat.  I posted hundreds and hundreds of queries and 
received excellent help with the great majority of them.  Thanks to all 
the wombats for their patience with a type of posting that could have
been 
considered inappropriate for the list.  Wikipedia is often held up as
the 
outstanding example of an Internet-based collaborative research project.

Wrong.  Stumpers and its role in this book was the outstanding example
of 
an Internet-based collaborative research project.

In particular, I have to thank the magnificent team of Senior Research 
Editors (Reed Bowman, Tom Fuller, Jane Garry, John Henderson, Denise 
Montgomery, Ted Nesbitt, Suzanne Watkins) and Research Editors (Daphne 
Drewello, Jeffrey Graf, the late David Kresh, Dennis Lien, Barry Popik) 
for splendid verification, research, and advice.  They saved me from
many 
errors, large and small.

More information about the book can be found at 
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp or www.amazon.com or
www.barnesandnoble.com.

Fred Shapiro


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Fred R. Shapiro                             Editor
Associate Librarian for Collections and     YALE BOOK OF QUOTATIONS
   Access and Lecturer in Legal Research     Yale University Press
Yale Law School                             ISBN 0300107986
e-mail: fred.shapiro at yale.edu
http://quotationdictionary.com
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