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Lithography in the Age of the Hand Press. This course aims to
approach the subject from several different directions and to bridge
traditional boundaries between printing history, bibliography, the
history of printmaking, design history, and ephemera studies.
Sessions will focus on the first half of the C19. They will cover: the
invention of lithography; equipment and materials; some early
treatises on the process; pictorial prints; lithographed books, music,
and ephemera; the spread of the trade in Europe; and the relationship
of lithography to color printing generally. Also included will be
discussion of: the graphic characteristics of lithography; the
development of the process; pictures and letterforms; some leading
figures; and questions associated with identifying, describing, and
studying lithographed items.
Each topic will be introduced by an illustrated lecture or less formal
talk. In all sessions, however, the aim is to be as interactive as the
situation and size of class permits. There will be plenty of time for
discussion and, wherever possible, items from the University Library
will be made available to provide an opportunity for an element of
connoisseurship. It is hoped that a practical demonstration of
lithography will be arranged.
The course makes no specific requirements of participants, although
some understanding of how lithography works and of the history of
graphic images and printing processes is desirable. In their personal
statement, applicants should give an indication of their background
and interest in the field.
Michael Twyman: 93-
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Publishers' Bookbindings, 1830-1910. The purpose of this course is
to develop skills in recognizing and understanding the technical and
stylistic components of C19 American book covers. As the microforming
and digital imaging of brittle books proceeds in research libraries,
it becomes increasingly important to appreciate the book and its cover
as they were initially manufactured. Each day, significant bookcloths
and endpapers are discarded, because their role in book history is not
understood.
The course will provide laboratory sessions in distinguishing between
graining, stamping, and embossing on leather, paper, and cloth-covered
bindings. The differences between American and English covers will be
explored. The BAP collection of clothbound books, intensively built up
over the last several years and chronologically arranged, will be used
to illustrate the evolution of cover design and its relation to
Victorian decorative art and architecture. Special emphasis will be
given to identifying "signed" bindings, the periods in which they
occur, how to look for them, and the challenges presented by new
evidence in reconstructing manufacturing procedures
Sue Allen: 84-85
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Printing Design and Publication. This course is directed toward
library and museum staff responsible for the appearance of printed
materials ranging from simple case labels to elaborately illustrated
catalogs.
The course will begin by examining expectations: what constitutes a
document of library or museum quality? what fails? The developing
doctrine of typographic organization and design calls forth an
evaluation of materials, tools, and processes. With the computer's
seemingly infinite choice of type faces and visual approaches, how can
an institution's materials appear assertive, but not commercial,
authoritative, yet not passi? How is the identity of a cultural
institution to be achieved? What software packages can be used to
produce good work on equipment commonly in place? A considerable part
of the course will consist of an evaluation of examples of museum and
library printing supplied by students, the instructor, and the BAP
collections.
In their personal statement, applicants should describe their present
design/production responsibilities, opportunities and aspirations -
and mention topics they would particularly like to see covered in the
course.
Greer Allen: 94-
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Introduction to Rare Book Librarianship. This course is aimed at
those with an interest, but little or no formal training, in rare
books and special collections librarianship. The instructor welcomes
applications both from librarians and from others with an intellectual
curiosity in the subject. Class sessions will include lectures and
discussion. Note that this is not in general a hands-on course: its
intention is to give newcomers the broadest possible general overview
of the field.
Topics include: (1) definition and purpose of rare books and rare book
collections - the determinants of rarity and of value, the
appropriateness of rare book collections in libraries, developing
criteria for identifying rarities in the general collection, the
commitment to security and quality of the collection; (2) collection
development - ascertaining areas of strength and building to them,
learning the processes of acquisition (the rare book market and its
practices), creating a new field for collecting, building a reference
collection to serve the unit, relating collections within the library
to each other; (3) technical processing: discussion of catalogs,
calendars, and shelflists; describing individual books and
collections; relating the rare book collection to the general
collection of the library; elementary repair techniques; conservation
and planning for growth; lighting; readers' and staff facilities; (4)
relating the rare book collection to its various clienteles and to the
public; special interest groups and their needs, the curator in the
classroom, preparation of exhibits, use of the media for publicity,
Friends of the Library groups, fund-raising activities, publications;
and public relations.
Because student interests will play a considerable part in the
consideration of each topic, it will be helpful if students, in their
personal statement, describe as fully as possible their present
position and state what they would like to get out of this
course. John Parker/Daniel Traister: 83-91; DT: 93-
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Advanced Seminar in Special Collections Administration. This course
is a practical seminar in the art and science of administering a
special collections unit. It is intended for working special
collections/rare book librarians with several years of professional
experience, whose present responsibilities are becoming more broadly
based. While the course is not focused exclusively on special
collections within academic libraries, there is a bias in that
direction (both instructors have spent their entire careers within
that setting). The course includes: tactics special collections
librarians may use for interpreting needs and objectives to their
library and institutional administrations; means for assuring an
active role for special collections in the research and curricular
programs of their institutions; and in ongoing reorganizational
schemes; approaches designed for maintaining an appropriate share of
institutional resources; advice on instituting and organizing special
collections-based digitization projects; techniques for fund-raising,
including the most effective use of friends' groups; and methods for
evaluating the success of the strategies selected. Other subjects of
current interest covered include: dealing with budget cuts; the
administrative issues raised by using technology in special
collections; and making decisions on security. Class participation is
actively encouraged, and students may be asked to present a case study
from their own experience.
Samuel A. Streit and
Merrily E. Taylor:
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Implementing Encoded Archival Description. This course will provide
a practical introduction to the application of the emerging standard
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) to the encoding of archive and
manuscript library finding aids.
The course is aimed primarily at archivists who process and describe
collections in finding aids, though it will also be useful to
repository administrators contemplating the implementation of EAD, and
to technologists working in repositories. The course will cover the
following areas: the history of EAD and its theoretical and
technological foundations; an introduction to Standard Generalized
Markup Language (SGML) including discussions of authoring and network
publishing tools; a detailed exploration of the structure of EAD; use
of software tools to create and publish finding aids; discussion of
conversion techniques and methodologies, and templates for creation of
new finding aids; and finally, the integration and management of EAD
in an archive or library.
The class will jointly encode and publish a finding aid that will
illustrate a wide variety of essential EAD and SGML concepts.
Applicants must have a basic knowledge of archival descriptive
practices as well as experience using word-processing software with a
graphical user interface. Some experience with the World Wide Web and
HTML will aid the learning process.
The course will be offered twice. Session I (no. 16: July 13-17) is
directed at those who have had no previous formal encounter with
EAD. Session II (no. 37: 27-31 July) is directed at those who have
already begun working with EAD. In their personal statement,
applicants should indicate their relevant archival background, the
extent of their previous experience with computers in general, and
graphical user interfaces and EAD in particular, and describe their
role (present or future) in the implementation of EAD in their home
institution.
Daniel Pitti. 97-
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History of the Printed Book in the West. This course will cover the
development of the Western printed book from the C15 to the beginning
of the C20 in chronological and thematic sessions via a combination of
lectures, workshops, slides, videotapes, and films.
This course is intended for those who seek a general overview of the
technical and cultural aspects of the history of books, printing, and
the allied arts and who would like formal classroom exposure to the
subject in a well-equipped environment. The instructor emphasizes that
this course is aimed at beginners. In their personal statement,
applicants should describe the nature of their developing interest in
the history of the book and (if relevant) explain briefly the causes
of this interest and the purposes to which they propose to put the
knowledge gained from the course. Alice Schreyer/Peter VanWingen:
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Martin Antonetti: 95-
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Book Illustration to 1890. The purpose of this course is to teach
students how to tell the difference between the various relief,
intaglio, and planographic printing methods used in printed book
illustration in the period before the domination of photographic
processes. The emphasis of the course will be on process rather than
on connoisseurship, on execution rather than design, and on the
practical rather than the theoretical.
Almost the sole medium of instruction will be actual examples of
original prints drawn from the substantial BAP collection, many of
them divided into suites or (as they are known locally) packets of
twelve prints all from the same (or a very similar) source. The twelve
students in the class study the packets under close instruction, using
8X loupes and 30X microscopes (both provided), as necessary.
During the course, students will make and print a linoleum cut, a zinc
etching, and an acrylic drypoint. These are exercises in reproductive
- not creative - work: no artistic ability of any kind whatsoever is
either necessary or expected.
In their personal statement, prospective applicants should describe
the extent of their formal and/or informal background in the
field.
Terry Belanger/Joan Friedman:
83-85 87; TB: 88 90-93; 94
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Collecting the History of Anglo-American Law. The objective of the
course is to acquaint collectors and librarians with the tools and
techniques needed to form focused collections of historical materials
in Anglo-American law, and to equip historians and legal scholars in
the use of such collections Particular attention will be paid to
planning collections in light of intended use and availability of
materials and funds. Through lecture, discussion, and analysis of
examples, the course will examine the nature and bibliography of rare
printed and manuscript materials in Anglo-American law. Following
introductory lectures on the role of legal materials in the
development of the common law and on the terminology, physical
make-up, and determinants of rarity of legal books and manuscripts,
the instructors will devote a substantial portion of the course to the
bibliography of the field. This analysis will include discussion of
the history of the production and distribution of law books, a
thorough introduction and evaluation of the principal bibliographies
and reference books, and demonstrations of how these tools are
used. Emphasis will also be given to the sources of acquisitions (used
and antiquarian booksellers, book fairs, auctions, gifts). After a
survey of the history and present state of the collection of rare
legal materials by individuals and institutions, the course will
conclude with discussion of strategies and techniques in collection
development. The laboratory sessions will give students hands-on
experience in using some of the basic bibliographical tools and
antiquarian book price guides.
Students will be expected to have a general knowledge of the history
of Anglo-American law. In their personal statement, prospective
students should describe briefly their knowledge of legal history and
bibliography and their (or their institution's) collecting and/or
research interests.
Morris L. Cohen/David Warrington: 89-90 93 95 98
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Rare Book Cataloging. This course is intended for those with a
working knowledge of AACR2r, MARC, and general cataloging principles
and practices. Lectures, discussion, and exercises will center around
the following topics: DCRB and the differences between rare book and
general cataloging; basic concepts of edition, issue, and state; the
organization of the cataloging record, including levels of detail and
variety of access points; problems in transcription, format and
collation, and physical description; recent developments in codes and
standards; the uses and requirements of special files; and setting
rare book and/or special collections cataloging policy within an
institutional context. The goal of this course is to provide an
introduction to each of the primary elements of the rare book catalog
record, so that students will be equipped to begin cataloging their
institution's rare book and special collections materials.
In their personal statement, applicants should give a brief
description of the types of materials they expect to catalog. They are
also encouraged to mention specific problems they have encountered (or
anticipate encountering) in their work, whether of a concrete nature
or concerning broader issues in cataloging policy. John Lancaster/Earl
Taylor: 83-84; ET: 85;
Suzy Taraba/Stephen Young: 86-91;
ST: 93-94;
Eric Holzenberg: 95-97;
Deborah J. Leslie: 98
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Visual Materials Cataloging. This course is intended for catalogers
and curators of visual materials who have a working knowledge of
AACR2rev. and/or APPM; MARC formats; and of general cataloging
principles and practices. The emphasis will be on C19 and C20 prints
and photographs being cataloged either as single items or as part of
archival collections. Descriptive cataloging will focus on use of
Graphic Materials, with comparison to AACR2rev. and APPM. For subject
cataloging, we will compare LCSH, AAT, and LC's Thesaurus for Graphic
Materials. For access to form and genre, we will compare Descriptive
Terms for Graphic Materials with LCSH and AAT. Other topics will
include differences between cataloging visual and textual materials,
level of detail in the catalog record, the relationship between
physical processing and cataloging, and establishing cataloging policy
within an institutional environment. The class will make a field trip
to LC to visit the Prints and Photographs Division, where
presentations will include an overview of cataloging techniques in the
digital environment. Applicants should give a brief description of
their experience cataloging rare and archival materials, their current
duties with regard to visual materials, and the types of materials
they expect to catalog. They are also encouraged to mention specific
problems they have encountered, as well as any particular expectations
they have for the course. Jackie Dooley: 95-96;
Helena Zinkham: 98
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Rare Book Cataloging for Curators.
This course is intended for curators and other special collections
librarians with a strong background in traditional bibliographical
techniques such as format and collation, but little or no library
cataloging experience. Lectures, discussion, and exercises will
center around the following topics: differences and congruencies
between library rare book cataloging and traditional techniques of
bibliographical description; basic principles of description
and access for rare books according to AACR2r and DCRB; the
organization of the catalog record, including levels of detail and
variety of access points; MARC coding of bibliographic records;
name and subject authority work for rare books; rare book cataloging
in an online environment. The goal of this course is to provide an
introduction to the descriptive principles, specific cataloging
rules and computer coding techniques which govern library cataloging
of rare books, so that participants will be equipped to begin
cataloging their institution's rare book and special collections
materials, or to supervise those responsible for doing so. Before
enrolling, applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss cataloging
policies with the catalogers at their institution, and to agree
upon plans for follow up after the completion of the class.
In their personal statement, applicants should describe their current
position, with emphasis on the current or anticipated cataloging
component, and give a brief description of the types of materials they
expect to catalog. They are also encouraged to mention specific
problems they have encountered (or anticipate encountering) in their
work, whether of a concrete nature or concerning broader issues in
cataloging policy
Eric Holzenberg &
Suzy Taraba: new course Eric
Holzenberg & Suzy Taraba 98
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Introduction to Electronic Texts and Images. This course will
provide a wide-ranging and practical exploration of electronic texts
and related technologies. It is aimed primarily (although not
exclusively) at scholars keen to develop, use, and publish electronic
texts as part of their own textual, research, and pedagogical work,
and at librarians planning to develop an etext operation. Drawing on
the experience and resources available at UVa's Electronic Text
Center, the course will cover the following areas: how to find
existing etexts; how to create archival-quality etexts, including
digital image facsimiles; the necessity of Standard Generalized Markup
Language (SGML) for etext development and use; the implications of
XML; text analysis software; and the management and use of Web-based
SGML text databases.
As a focus for our study of etexts, the class will create an
electronic version of a printed text, mark its structure with
SGML("TEI") tagging, create digital images of sample pages and
illustrations, produce a hypertext version, and make it all available
on the Internet.
Applicants need to have some experience with the tagging of HTML
documents. In their personal statement, applicants should assess the
extent of their present knowledge of the electronic environment, and
outline a project of their own to which they hope to apply the skills
learned in this course.
The course will be offered twice (in Weeks 2 and 4) in anticipation of
its usual large number of applications. In your personal statement,
please indicate if you can take the course in either of the two time
slots in which it is offered (by doing so, you will materially
increase your chances of being admitted to the course).
David Seaman:
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Introduction to Codicology. Traditional research on manuscripts of
the Middle Ages and Renaissance is based principally on the study of
script and illumination. Without neglecting these important aspects,
this course will show that there are other - and sometimes more
conclusive - means to approach the codex and to uncover the
information it conveys. The course will deal with MS materials,
structure, layout, script and decoration, showing how to investigate
and describe these features.
It will consist of (1) general and diachronic sessions and (2) work
sessions. The first will cover the principles, bibliography, and
methodology of codicology, i.e. the broad analysis and description of
Western medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as general
information on materials, structures, script and decoration. The
second will comprise a broad survey of the physical features of
manuscript books in late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages,
Carolingian and post-Carolingian times, the Late Middle Ages and the
Renaissance. In the work sessions, students will perform tasks based
e.g. on printed catalogs of manuscripts. The course will be based on a
discussion of slides; manuscripts, manuscript fragments, and
photocopies; and the specialized literature.
This is an introductory course addressed to non-specialists having
considerable background in the historical humanities. In their
personal statement, applicants should describe their education -
especially whether they have had some introduction to Latin and to
paleography (a recommendation, but not a requirement, for admittance)
- and their current professional status.
Albert Derolez. 97-
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Type, Lettering, and Calligraphy, 1450-1830. This course will
attempt to bring together coherently a number of points about the
history of letterforms during its period, to survey current
scholarship in the field, and to point directions for study. Its
presupposition is that applicants will have a considerable but general
interest in the history of the book, and that they may not have had
much previous formal exposure to typographic history. In their
personal statement, prospective students should describe their
background in the field (if any), and mention what aspects of
letterform (if any) are of particular interest to them.
James Mosley:
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Japanese Printmaking, 1615-1868.
This course will cover the development of the art of the Japanese
woodblock print, via lectures and through the study of the prints
themselves. Lectures will introduce the major genre of Ukiyo-e,
including images of women, actors, and landscapes. The resources of
UVa's Bayly Museum provide an opportunity to examine works of Ukiyo-e
at first hand and to apply the techniques of connoisseurship by which
dating and authenticity can be determined. Topics include: the world
of courtly arts in Kyoto, Osaka, and Sakai out of which the commoner
aesthetic of Edo developed; the emergence of the tradition of
printmaking and painting in Edo that we call Ukiyo-e; the development
of Ukiyo-e itself.
The course is aimed at relative beginners. It seeks to provide both
independent collectors and dealers, and professional rare book
librarians and print curators, with a basic knowledge of the
development of the art of the Japanese woodblock print and exposure to
the main types of Ukiyo-e that they are likely to encounter in their
collecting or work.
No knowledge of the Japanese language is required or expected of those
attending the course. In their personal statement, prospective
stu-dents should describe the nature of their interest in Japanese
woodblock prints.
Sandy Kita: new course
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The American Book in the Industrial Era, 1820-1940. This course is
aimed at scholars, catalogers, collectors, and others whose interest
or research is concerned with the history of the book in the United
States during the industrial era. The course will focus on the
production, distribution, and reception of American books, although
British practices will also be discussed as appropriate. No prior
knowledge of descriptive bibliography is required, though the course
will introduce students to bibliographies and to bibliographical
practice and convention useful to the study of books published during
this period.
In their personal statement, applicants should briefly summarize their
background in the field, current research projects, and topics or
issues that they would particularly like the course to cover.
Michael Winship: 94-
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Book Collecting. This course is intended for serious but isolated
book collectors who would like to learn more about the current
American rare book scene: about the interlocking professional and
social worlds of antiquarian book collecting, the rare book trade, and
research librarianship. It is aimed at persons who collect
energetically but who currently are not active members of bibliophilic
social clubs and who do not participate to any great extent in library
friends' organizations. The course will have at least something of a
proselytizing bent (the instructors admit to being members of various
social and scholarly bibliophilic and bibliographical organizations,
as well as a good many library friends' groups; and they are well
acquainted with a fair number of book dealers).
Among the questions the course will address: Why do we collect? How
can I most effectively use the services provided by dealers, auction
houses and other agents? How do I know that a price is 'right,' and
what should I do if it isn't? How can I best use bibliographies and
other lists in my collecting? What kind of records should I keep? What
can I do to preserve books on my own? When professional conservation
is required, how do I find it? What should I do about insurance? What
are the benefits of professional and bibliophilic organizations and
cooperation with libraries and scholars? How should I dispose of my
books? What are the tax and collecting implications of sale, gift, and
bequest? How can I establish my own program for learning more about
books and collecting?
In their personal statement, applicants should describe their book
collections and their most active current collecting interests, and
state what they would particularly like to see the course
cover.
William P. Barlow, Jr/Terry Belanger: 95-
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How to Research a Rare Book. The determination of the character and
importance of a rare book usually begins with a search for relevant
bibliographical citations. This course will introduce (or
re-introduce) students to some of the most important and useful
reference sources for the study of pre-1900 printed books. Non-English
materials will be emphasized, although no special linguistic facility
is required of students, and the course will have no particular
historical or subject emphasis.
Group problem sets will be assigned for class discussion, so as to
introduce search strategy in general along with specific
bibliographical verification techniques. Out of this practical
experience, students will (it is hoped) develop insights into the
present state and potential nature of our bibliographical record in
covering particular historical periods and languages, regional and
national literatures, format genres, and subject areas.
The course is aimed at bibliographers, reference and collection
management librarians, and catalogers working with rare books in
institutions or in the antiquarian book trade. In their personal
statement, applicants are encouraged to advise the instructor about
the subjects or languages their work involves.
D. W. Krummel: 90-93
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Implementing Encoded Archival Description. See the ECD for
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European Decorative Bookbinding. There are two ways in which to
approach the history of European decorative bookbindings:
chronologically and thematically. This course combines both, in that
it will treat decorative bookbinding in a series of themes and
episodes. The themes (the relation between form and use; the influence
of the spread of learning and the increase in readership on binding
structure and design; styles and designs; patronage and collecting;
the economics of the binding trade; preservation vs. access) may cover
considerable chronological periods. They will be illustrated by
episodes: in-depth treatment of specific manifestations or specific
periods (eg C12 Paris; monastic reform; turbulence in the c19). The
course will be extensively illustrated with slides, and there will be
a field trip to inspect actual examples.
The course is aimed at librarians, antiquarian book dealers,
collectors, and conservators with an interest in history. Students
should have a basic knowledge of European history and of the history
of book production, as well as an understanding of book structures and
a familiarity with bibliographical description and bookbinding
terms. Please indicate any relevant previous training and/or
experience you have had in this field, and state your own area of
special interest. NB: students will in general not be able to touch or
handle personally the books shown to them in class, because of the
fragility and/or value of the material being used. Students who
suspect that they will find this restriction overly frustrating are
discouraged from applying for admission to the course. Applicants are
reminded that this course is open only to those who have already taken
Nicholas Pickwoad's RBS course (see no. 43, below); no exceptions have
ever been made to this requirement.
Mirjam Foot: 93-95
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The Use of Physical Evidence in Early Printed Books. This course is
intended to serve as a general introduction to bibliographical
analysis. Its examples and methods are primarily derived from
15th-century printing, as this is a period commonly overlooked or only
summarily treated by the standard guides. Copy-specific features of
books will also be examined, for the same reason that the standard
guides generally neglect them.
Note that this course is not a general historical introduction to
incunabula; the primary purpose of the course is to encourage a way of
bibliographical thinking that should prove useful in the analysis of
all books, early or modern.
Students should have already taken the RBS Descriptive Bibliography
course or its equivalent. Since so many of the books studied will be
in Latin, some familiarity of that language will be an advantage; and
in their personal statement, students should indicate the extent of
their proficiency with this language.
Paul Needham: 88-91 93 96-
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European Bookbinding, 1500-1800. The history of bookbinding is not
simply the history of a decorative art, but also that of a craft
answering a commercial need. This course will follow European
bookbinding from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution, using the bindings to illustrate the aims and
intentions of the binding trade. A large part of the course will be
devoted to the identification of both broad and detailed distinctions
within the larger groups of plain commercial bindings and the
possibilities of identifying the work of different countries, cities,
and even workshops without reference to finishing tools. The
identification and significance of the different materials used in
bookbinding will be examined, as well as the classification of
bookbindings by structural type, and how these types developed through
the three centuries covered by the course. The development of binding
decoration will be touched on, but will not form a major part of the
discussion.
There will be slide lectures each day. Actual examples from the BAP
collections will be used to supplement the slides in three afternoon
sessions, and another afternoon will be spent examining finely bound
books in UVa's Special Collections. NB: students will in general not
be able to touch or handle personally the books shown to them in
class, because of the fragility and/or value of the material being
used - an understandably irritating but nevertheless very necessary
policy instituted in order to protect the RBS and UVa collections from
collective overuse.
Students are expected to have a sound knowledge of bookbinding terms
and a basic knowledge of the history of book production in the period
under consideration. The purpose of the course is to encourage an
awareness of the possibilities latent in the detailed study of
bookbindings and is thus aimed at all those handling books bound in
this period, but it has particular relevance for those involved in the
repair and conservation of such materials.
In their personal statement, applicants should describe the nature and
extent of their bench training (if any) in bookbinding and/or related
disciplines, and they should also describe any previous formal or
informal historical study in the field.
Nicholas Pickwoad: 87 [three
times]; 88-93 95 [twice each year]; 94 96-97 W98
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Introduction to Descriptive Bibliography. This course is intended
for those who want to develop an understanding of the physical
description of books, particularly those books produced before about
1850.
Each class day is divided into four parts: lecture, homework, lab, and
museum. Daily lectures concentrate on methods of determining format
and collation, and of describing type, paper, illustrations, binding,
and the circumstances of publication. Students prepare for daily
laboratory sessions in which they work, under close supervision, with
progressively more difficult examples of various formats and
collations. During the daily museum periods, students have extensive
hands-on access to the celebrated BAP realia collections: tools and
equipment, samples and examples, self-teaching packages, and the
like.
Terry Belanger/Donald Farren: 85-87;
TB/DF/David Ferris: 88;
TB/David Ferris: 90-96; TB/Richard Noble: 97-
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Non-Book Media in Special Collections.
This course is aimed at rare book, preservation, and manuscript and
archives generalists, as well as at other professionals who are
currently (or shortly will be) responsible for the physical care
and perpetuation of a broad range of non-print formats in special
collections environments and related institutions. While all
objects found in libraries, archives, and historical societies -
books and manuscripts most certainly not excepted - deteriorate over
time and with use, what might be called non-traditional media,
including works of art and artifacts and especially newer media, are
particularly vulnerable. The useful life expectancies of most newer
media are dramatically shorter than that of paper-based objects, and
when failure occurs it is likely to be sudden and unrecoverable. In
addition, most newer media depend on increasingly sophisticated
systems for their use, and systems become obsolete at a rapidly
growing rate. Audio and video recordings, computer and instrument
data, and many photographic materials must be dealt with extensively
- and expensively - every decade instead of every century.
This course will deal with the specific vulnerabilities of these
media, and with methods for managing their preservation. Topics
include: environmental, storage, and handling strategies for
extending physical life; the necessity for migration and refreshment
of electronic and magnetic media; the use of visual indexes and
surrogates to reduce handling of originals; museum practices for
handling and storing works of art and artifacts; and sources of
information on specialized media. Lectures will be heavily illustrated
with slides.
In their personal statement, prospective students should briefly
describe their experience with newer media and say what they would
particularly like the course to cover.
Paul N. Banks: new course
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Introduction to Electronic Texts and Images. See the ECD for
course no. 27.
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