Course Length: 22 hours Schedule: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. ET (including breaks), 9–13 January 2023 Format: Online Course fee: $1,000 This course offers an introduction to the technologies historically and currently used …
Length: 10 hours Format: Online This 10-hour online course is intended for persons who desire a better understanding of the physical examination and description of printed books, especially of the …
Gain a toolkit to identify and date English bindings on historic books, distinguishing the contemporary from the later and the repaired, covering the progression of decorative styles.
“Knowledge from this class will help me to more effectively identify materials and structures.” — 2015 student This course is aimed at librarians, (rare book) catalogers, curators, conservators, collectors, and …
“Anyone who works with or is interested in working with nineteenth-century cultural heritage would gain a tremendous amount from this class.” — 2017 student Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: …
Students will investigate the diversities of European bookbinding structures, up to and including the early period of more generalized practice and division of labor. Topics of the course include identification …
“I came, I saw, I feel empowered with bookbinding knowledge!” — 2018 student Throughout history, books have been bound and decorated in a number of different ways, using different materialsand …
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