archives of the book arts movement
The
archives of
Richard Minsky are now safely in the Yale University Library. While Richard has written the history, engendered the community and produced the defining works of book arts in the U.S., these archives will now also reveal why he did it. Or, did he do it because the book is the most potent medium for a wonderful artist and quick thinker.
select librarian/library blogs
Susan Herzog,
Information Literacy Librarian, at
Blog Bib has kindly linked to FotB.com.
“Criteria for selection included currency, focus (blogs that were more personal than professional were excluded), pioneers and experts, and representative blogs from various types of libraries and from various countries.”
from book history to book studies
“I propose that we bring together, under one interdisciplinary umbrella, specialists in book history, printing history, the book arts, publishing education, textual studies, reading instruction, librarianship, journalism, and the Internet, and teach all these subjects as an integrated whole. In short, Book Studies would create a critical mass of everyone concerned with the exploration of script and print. And it would have the vocational component that Book History programs lack, preparing students for careers in new media, publishing, journalism, information science, and the book arts “ Jonathan Rose
(whole text)
(example of a book studies course)
book craft kits for the journal maker
Iowa Book Works has gone into production to assit the journal maker and self publisher. The IBW kits will introduce real book making to the scrapbook community, awakening millions to the future of the book.