Among other topics, the course will cover safe handling of photographic materials, determining appropriate housing and storage conditions, and developing exhibition guidelines. The instructors will share examples from the Center …
The course will address a broad range of subjects, providing a historical perspective on the literary manuscript and turning to the status and uses of literary archives today. The course …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 1–6 June 2025 Format: in person, University of Pennsylvania Libraries in Philadelphia, PA Fee: $1,495 This course explores the interplay between books as physical …
Topics will include collection development and selection, organization, description, and the development of access policies and procedures. Emphasis will be placed on how book art objects can be evaluated as …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 20–25 July 2025 Format: in person, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Fee: $1,495 The study of medieval manuscript fragments has developed into its …
While rare book and special collections libraries are associated with antiquarian, hand-press books, these collections increasingly include twentieth- and twenty-first-century materials that are not “rare” in the traditional sense of …
Course Length: 6 hours Schedule: 7–9 p.m. ET on 13 January, 15 January & 17 January Format: Online Course fee: $500 This short course will explore practical approaches and strategies …
Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: 31 July–4 August 2023 Format: online only Fee: $800 Good practice for digital sustainability involves the application and adaptation of an array of skills …
Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: 24–25 June 2023 Format: in person, Indiana University in Bloomington, IN Fee: $800 The American West has long been a popular field for book …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 4–9 June 2023 Format: in person, Yale University in New Haven, CT Fee: $1,395 There have been tremendous advances in science as it relates …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 20–25 July 2025 Format: in person, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fee: $1,495 Media archives present a unique and invaluable world of …
Jazz saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings on Afrofuturism: “I’ve always been fascinated with the word. I think I first heard about it from John Akomfrah’s documentary “The Last Angel of History.” I …
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