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Carolyn F. Ulrich
Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich (August 16, 1880 – November 22, 1969) was an American librarian. She created the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory in 1932. Early life and education Ulrich was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1880 to parents Lina Linck (Hartman) and Rudolph Ulrich. Her family later moved to New York and she enrolled in the Pratt Institute for one year. Career Ulrich began working as assistant in the Brooklyn Public Library in 1906, with no formal library training. As a result, she attended the Albany Summer Library School during the summer of 1907 and remained an assistant at the Brooklyn library until 1912. In 1913 she became "first assistant," a position she held until 1917. In 1914, Marian Cutter and Ulrich travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador to help with the Grenfell Mission. They helped catalogue books and establish travelling libraries. Ulrich returned to the Pratt Institute to earn her certification in library studies. After graduating in 1918, she join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
