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The first review of Center for the History of Print & Digital Culture’s latest book, edited by Mark Vareschi & Heather Wacha is in PBSA, Papers of The Bibliographical Society of America!
Our latest U of Wisconsin Press boom, Intermediate Horizons: Book History and Digital Humanities, is reviewed in the latest issue of Papers of the The Bibliographical Society of America!
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(Especially you, junior types: entirely too long ago now I was a The Bibliographical Society of America New Scholar—it's fun.)
My latest book review is now live! It's for a book I've already used heavily in my teaching: _Intermediate Horizons: Book History and Digital Humanities_, edited by Mark Vareschi and Heather Wacha. Thanks for the opportunity to review, The Bibliographical Society of America.
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In 2021, a virtual roundtable brought together experts on the preservation of colonial Latin American books and manuscripts. Read the transcript in this article from The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America: ow.ly/WaQR50OQSEO; The Bibliographical Society of America
#ALAAC23 attendees: the Library History Round Table (LHRT) invites you to hear the fabulous @RebeccaRomney on 'Cultural Memory, Community Work: Why Every Librarian Should Care About Rare Books.' Share widely, and see you there! #libraries #librarians #librarytwitter #rarebooks #libraryhistory
Some takeaways from that panel, hosted by The Bibliographical Society of America earlier this year:
Obstacles and dead ends are opportunities to get creative!
Collecting is about discovery, and part of the fun is finding new and creative angles of approach to your subject.
Received my copy of the slick, newly redesigned The Bibliographical Society of America Papers, here shown in front of a facsimile of the 1748 Nolli map of Rome — nicely done, editors Jesse Erickson Sarah Werner
Only two sleeps until the first of Prof Ann Blair's 2023 Lyell Lectures Bodleian Libraries: 'In the scholar’s workshop: amanuenses in early modern Europe', 5pm 23, 25, 30 May and 1 and 6 June 2023 at Weston Library. Book early to avoid disappointment! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-lyel…
Who are all these strange little folks on the endpapers of schoolbooks, and what can they tell us about the emotions of past readers? You’ll find them and more at my ABAA Rare Books New York Antiquarian Book Fair talk on Saturday at 11am! Deets: nyantiquarianbookfair.com/nyiabf-present…