future of the book vs. book of the future
The
future of the book regards the prospects for the print book while the
book of the future regards electronic reading devices capable of simulating print. One looks forward to advancing print technologies and a continuing role in transmission of digital cultures, the other backward to a regressive role for screen display.
book studies rubric
The book transends its disciplines. This circumstance is celebrated in fall semester offerings at the
University of Iowa Center for the Book (visit the new website!). The “Book Studies Workshop” will cross studio arts and book history (Instructor, Julia Leonard), “Introduction to Book Studies” will cross time and cultures (Instructor, Matt Brown) and Structures for Book Conservation will cross book art, book studies and book conservation (Instructor, Gary Frost). Add to this our ultimate UICB transdisciplinary experience; “Linotype Tutorial” (Instructor, Larry Raid).
a real exemplar for journaling
The British Library has suggested the Lindisfarne Gospel as an
exemplar for the contemporary journaler.
Definitely not the usual promo to sell packaged stickers and worthless decorated papers to the unsuspecting, here is an awsome challenge to project yourself in a book.
DigiNews survey
Looking through this, the
top story on institutional commitment to digital preservation skirts an issue that differentiates between maintenance and preservation. Are these digital resources being maintained on a collection development model typical of public libraries or on a model of permanent acquisition typical of research libraries?
I imagine the former, with resources deleted, revised, modified and reorganized. Will collection development policies override the collection preservation policies?