LIS425-2007-Fall-01

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LIS425-2007-Fall-01

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title: LIS425 - History of the Book and Its Impact on Western Culture

creator: Berger, Sidney.

subject: Library Science--Outlines, syllabi, etc.

subject: Library education.

description: The course will cover a wide variety of topics concerned with the history and development of the book, both as a physical object and as the bearer of intellectual content. Therefore, the lectures/discussions will look at two different kinds of phenomena: the physical properties of the objects that carried written and pictorial texts and the intellectual use to which books have been put. A third area that the course will address picks up the miscellaneous but important issues of the world of libraries; the antiquarian and out-of-print book trade; remainders; handling, storing, caring for, repairing, and conserving books; legal considerations of book/text ownership and use; and other areas of book history. Students will be introduced to the extensive vocabulary of the book world. With a mastery of this new vocabulary, the students will have a grasp of a subject of extraordinary breadth, boundless fascination, and endless debate. As Milton said, "A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit." This course will explain why.

publisher: Simmons College (Boston, Mass.)

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date: 2007

type: Text

format: 1 PDF (6 pages)

identifier: LIS425.2007.fall.01

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language: English

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rights: Material from the Simmons University Archives collections are made available for study purposes only. For more information, or to request rights to reproduce or reuse any material, contact the University Archives at archives@simmons.edu.

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