Meaning of bookmanship | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.
   uncountable
2. Skill in using books; profiting from one's reading; erudition.
   uncountable

Examples

“As library school graduates appear⟳ only semiliterate in terms of the book as a physical, aesthetic object, such critics wonder⟳ what has happened to the role of bookmanship in library education.”

“Bookmanship is a way of life: you live⟳ to acquire⟳ books.”

“With their fine bindings, steel engravings, and handsomely printed pages, the annuals were products of good bookmanship.”

“1946 [2001] Holbrook Jackson The reading of books p.10 (University of Illinois Press⟳, 2001) →ISBN Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life.”

“The senior author of this article ... originated the concept of reference bookmanship to denote the ability to use⟳ reference books skillfully and creatively for the purpose of deriving the full information potential inherent in them.”

“Even our modern services, I fear, are at times suspect⟳ in this respect⟳, demanding degrees of literacy and bookmanship increasingly not found.”

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