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bibliopegia, n. - the art of bookbinding

Just a brief note to mention that I’ll be doing a workshop in conjunction with Montana Festival of the Book this coming Friday (Oct. 24th) at 2:30pm in the Missoula Public Library.  The title of the workshop is “TLC for Books; lessons in preservation and restoration,” and will be an hour-long event crammed with info [...]

philately, n. - stamp collecting.

Sorry folks: grad school = fewer posts.  I’m currently pursuing my Master’s of Information and Library Science at the University of Washington, and class resumed for me last week.  Bear with me.  It just means that you’ll likely be innundated with posts during the holidays.

During my stay in Seattle, the NYT featured an article whose [...]

durable, adj. - capable of lasting or continuing in existence

Who isn’t talking about digitization and the projected demise of the word on paper? My reading load and podcast schedule has been full of it lately, with some surprising arguments for paper as technology. On the Media recently had a whole program dedicated to the book, and one of the featured speakers was [...]

Timbuctoo - (1863) Town on the edge of the Sahara in West Africa, used as the type of the most distant place imaginable.

Looks like digitization projects in Timbuktu have made the New York Times again. Kevin over at Library Preservation had a post last year regarding efforts by various African governments to digitize the sea of rare books floating around the once and future intellectual hub of the African continent. This article focuses on the [...]