bibliographer
Scholarly source compiler
A bibliographer compiles organized lists of books and publications, typically on a particular subject or by a particular author.
The work involves researching, describing, and cataloging written works: The bibliographer spent years documenting every edition of Shakespeare's folios.
In academic publishing, a bibliographer may also study the physical characteristics and history of books as objects.
Handwritten or typed originals
- volumesAmounts or books
- editionsVersions of publications
- tomesLarge academic books
- foliosNumbered manuscript pages
incunabula · quartos · octavos · codices · first editions · rare books · monographs · pamphlets
Systematic grouping by traits
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- accessionAttainment of high office
- collationSystematic arrangement by rules
enumeration · description · attribution · dating · provenance · annotation · cross-referencing · systematization
Stored historical documents
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
- sourcesPoints of origin
- referencesSources cited for verification
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
endnotes · attribution · verification · authentication · transmission · filiation · scholarly apparatus · critical edition
Mark from applied pressure
- colophonBook's production statement
- typographyArranging letters for display
- typesettingArranging text for print
- printingReproducing text mechanically
presswork · compositor · typeface · letterpress · pagination · signature · gathering · quire
manuscripts
Handwritten or typed originals
folios · incunabula · quartos · octavos · codices · first editions · rare books · monographs · pamphlets · periodicals
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- accessionAttainment of high office
collation · enumeration · description · attribution · dating · provenance · annotation · cross-referencing · systematization · arrangement
archives
Stored historical documents
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
- sourcesPoints of origin
- referencesSources cited for verification
footnotes · endnotes · attribution · verification · authentication · transmission · filiation · scholarly apparatus · critical edition · apparatus criticus
imprint
Mark from applied pressure
- colophonBook's production statement
- typographyArranging letters for display
- typesettingArranging text for print
printing · presswork · compositor · typeface · letterpress · pagination · signature · gathering · quire · binding
- book professionalsbook dealer, bookseller, rare book dealer, librarian, book binder
- library careerslibrarian, archivist, cataloger, reference librarian, public librarian
- book scholarscataloger
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- scholarsscholar, professors, professor, researcher, researchers
- intellectualsscholar, intellectual, academic, thinker, philosopher
bibliographerauthor
Creator of written works
writer · censor · creator · novelist · iconoclast
bibliographercritic
One who judges merit
reviewer · literary critic · commentator · polemicist · editorialist
- research bibliographyList of consulted sources
- annotated bibliographyWorks cited with descriptions
bibliography, bibliographic, bibliographies, bibliographical, bibliographers