Stephen Greenberg
iSchool at Maryland
Summer 2014
No description.
Benson, R. 2008. The Printed Picture.
Gaskell, P. 2012. A New Introduction to Bibliography, 2nd ed.
Pearson, D. 2013. Books as History, 2nd ed.
Spiekermann, E. 2014. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, 3rd ed.
http://ischool.umd.edu/sites/default/files/syllabi/2014_umd_combined.docx
Stephen Greenberg
iSchool at Maryland
Summer 2009
No description provided.
Carter, J., Barker, N. 2002. ABC for Book Collectors, 7th ed.
Gascoigne, B. 2004. How to Identify Prints, 2nd ed.
Pearson, D. 2008. Books as History.
Steinberg, S. H. 1996. Five Hundred Years of Printing.
http://ischool.umd.edu/sites/default/files/syllabi/LBSC%20708B%20Greenberg%202009.pdf
Rebecca Knuth
University of Hawaii
Spring 2014
The history of print communication: the recording, preservation, and transmission of knowledge and the development of libraries from earliest times through the 20th century. Studies developments in both Eastern and western cultures with emphasis on printing as a major instrument of communication and cultural transmission, and libraries as political and cultural institutions and ideological targets.
Knuth, R. 2003. Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the 20th Century.
Lerner, F. A. 2009. The Story of Libraries, 2nd ed.
Richard Virr
McGill
Winter 2014
A practical course on the history, description and care of rare books and antiquarian material. The principles of descriptive bibliography will be presented in the context of book culture. The place of rare book collections in research libraries and the practical administration of a rare book department will be examined.
Bland, M. 2010. A guide to early printed books and manuscripts.
Gaskell, P. 1972. A New Introduction to Bibliography.
Bowers, F. 1994. Principles of Bibliographic Description.
Carter, J. 2004. An ABC for Book Collectors, 8th ed.
http://www.mcgill.ca/sis/files/sis/glis644_2014winter_virr.pdf
Mary E. Brown
Southern Connecticut
Fall 2011
A study of the history of books and printing, including papermaking, printing, binding, and book illustration.
Eliot, S., Rose, J. 2009. Companion to the History of the Book.
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