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GSLIS 731: The Development of and Graduate School of and Information Science Queens College, The City University of New York Spring 2013, Wed., 6:40-9:15 p.m. Rosenthal, Room 257

Professor: Dr. David J. Gary E-mail: [email protected]. I respond to e-mail with in 24 hours on weekdays and 48 hours over the weekend. Office Hours: By Appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This three-credit course will introduce students to the primary themes, problems, and interpretations of the history of the and print culture in the West from the late medieval era to the digital transformations of today using intellectual, aesthetic, and economic perspectives. Special attention will be paid to the material aspects of books and print in the hand press, machine press, and digital eras. In addition, considerable class time will be spent evaluating how books and print create, act on, and operate in culture. We will also trace how publishers, printers, authors, readers, and librarians/curators create, distribute, use, and preserve texts. While this course will take a transnational approach to the history of the book and print, it will focus on the United States.

COURSE LEARNING GOALS & GSLIS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Student Assignments A B C D E F G H Learning Outcomes Understand -Class X X X how books and printed -Blog materials are entries produced over time Demonstrate -Class X X X X X familiarity discussions with themes, -Research problems, and paper interpretations -Midterm of book -Book history and review print culture presenation Perform -Book X X X X X independent review research and -Research synthesize paper

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Legend GSLIS Program Objectives A. Facilitate access to information and knowledge, including its creation, acquisition, organization and management, storage and retrieval, evaluation, interpretation, dissemination, synthesis, preservation and use B. Demonstrate the importance of the philosophy, principles, values, and ethics of the library and information professions, including the value of teaching, research and service to the advancement of the field C. Apply the appropriate practices and policies of established Library and Information Science professional standards in various specializations D. Communicate the importance of research to the field’s knowledge base, as well as the importance of contributions of Library and Information Science to other disciplines, and of other disciplines to librarianship and information studies E. Contribute to a diverse, global society—including the role of addressing the needs of underserved groups-- through exemplary Library and Information Science practice and research F. Nurture, promote, and teach the many literacies (print, computer, visual, information) needed for participating in a rapidly changing society G. Engage library and information services stakeholders in program development and innovation H. Articulate and promote the importance of lifelong learning and professional development in enabling growth, leadership, and innovation in the LIS field

REQUIRED

Students can use older editions of books, if available. E-book downloads are also acceptable. Students should consider purchasing books used through bookfinder.com or addall.com. CUNY+ inter-campus loan and ILL are also options. Make requests far enough in advance if using CUNY+ or ILL.

• Andrew Pettegree, The Book in the Renaissance (Yale University Press, 2011). : 978-0300178210 • Joseph A. Dane, What is a Book: The Study of Early Printed Books (Notre Dame University Press, 2012). Paperback: 978-0268026097 • Kenneth C. Davis, Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of America (Mariner Books, 1984). Paperback: 978-0395355350 • Siva Vaidhyanathan, Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity (NYU Press, 2003). Paperback: 978-0814788073 • David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (University of Massachusetts Press, 1996). Paperback: 978-1558490499 • Steven K. Galbraith, Geoffrey D. Smith, Joel B. Silver, Rare Book Librarianship: An Introduction and Guide ( Unlimited, 2012). Paperback: 978-1591588818 • Janice A. Radway, the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature (University of North Carolina Press, 1991). Paperback: 978-0807843499

ASSIGNMENTS

• Participation in class discussions and class blog (20 points) • Take Home Midterm (20 points) • 10 Hour Practicum in QC Rare Book (15 points)

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• Fifteen-page research paper (30 points) • Fifteen minute presentation based on research paper (15 points) • Extra Credit: Review of Linotype: The Film. (possible 7 points)

Late assignments will be penalized five percent of the total grade for the assignment for each day they are late, except in cases of emergency or if arrangements were made with the professor ahead of time. For example, if a student turned in their research paper two days late they would be docked ten percent of the possible points, meaning the highest grade the student could receive is 31.5 points. No late assignments will be accepted after one week, at which point the student will receive no credit. No e-mailed assignments will be accepted. Students must turn in hard copies.

Extra credit will only be accepted if a student completes all the regularly assigned aspects of the course. For example, if a student skips the final presentation, that student will not receive extra credit, even if they wrote and turned in a review.

Participation and Blog (20 points) Students will be graded on their class attendance, preparedness for class, and contributions to discussions. Class attendance is mandatory. In addition, each week students must respond to some aspect of the assigned readings. Posts must be on the blog no later than four hours before class. Missing a blog post for a week will lead to the lose of one point.

Take Home Midterm: 20 percent Students will answer questions based on the first half of the class and turn in roughly five typed pages. This exam is open closed book and closed notebook.

10 Hour Practicum in QC Rare Book Collection (15 points) Each student will work ten hours over the course of the semester with QC librarians on the digitization of rare books for the Queens College Print History Collection Omeka-based Web site. Details will be forthcoming during the second week of class. Please visit http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/books/

Fifteen Page Research Paper (30 points) Students will undertake a semester-long research project on a single from a rare book library of their choosing. Students must select a text by the fourth week of class. The paper will include a bibliographic assessment of the volume and a scholarly analysis of the volume’s significance. A sheet of expectations and instructions will be forthcoming. An example will also be posted on the class blog.

Fifteen Minute Presentation (15 points) Students will present the findings from their research papers by using Prezi software. Presentations must include images and text. As a general rule, one double-spaced page takes about two minutes to read, so this will assignment require enough material to fill a seven-and-a- half page paper.

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE AND READINGS

Jan. 30 – Introduction, Expectations, Vocabulary • Discuss syllabus and important terms in the world of books and print culture • Discussion of Library Resources and Print Culture Web Sites

Feb. 6 – Overview of the Field • Robert Darnton, “What is the ?” Daedalus 111 (1982): 65-83 • Robert Darnton, “What is the History of Books?’ Revisited,” Modern Intellectual History 4 (2007): 495-508 • Thomas R. Adams and Nicolas Barker, “A New Model for the Study of the Book,” in Nicolas Barker, ed., A Potencie of Life: Books in Society; The Clark Lectures, 1986–1987 (1993), 5-43. • Joan Shelley Rubin, “What is the History of the History of the Books,” Journal of American History (September 2003), 555-575 • Adrian Johns, “The Book In, and As, American History,” Review of The History of the Book in America, 5 vols., The New England Quarterly 84.3 (September 2011): 496-511.

Feb. 13 – Hand-Press • Joseph A. Dane, What is a Book: The Study of Early Printed Books (2012) • Review the Impositor Web site: http://titania.folger.edu/impositor/index.php

Feb. 20 – NO CLASS

Feb. 27 – Early Modern European Book and Print History Students must tell professor the volume they will use for final research paper • Andrew Pettegree, The Book in the Renaissance (2011) • Examine The Atlas of Early Printing at http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/index.html. Be sure to watch the short animation of the printing press in action at http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/press-animation.html. • RECOMMENDED: Peter Stallybrass, “‘Little Jobs’: Broadsides and the Printing Revolution,” in Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Eric N. Lindquist, and Elanor F. Shevlin, eds., Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies After Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (2007), 315-341.

Mar. 6 – Rare Book Librarianship and Preservation of Books Possible Guest Lectures or Class Trip • Steven K. Galbraith, Geoffrey D. Smith, Joel B. Silver, Rare Book Librarianship: An Introduction and Guide (2012)

Mar. 13 – Colonial and Early American Book History • David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (1996) • RECOMMENDED: Antonio Rodríguez-Buckingham, “Monastic Libraries and Early Printing in Sixteenth-Century Spanish America,” Libraries & Culture, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter 1989), 33-56

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Mar. 20 – Antebellum and Postbellum American Book History Midterm to be handed out • James N. Green, “The Rise of Book ,” in Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley, eds, A History of the Book in America, Vol. 2 (2010), 75-127. • Elizabeth McHenry, “Forgotten Readers: Recovering the Lost History of African American Literary Societies,” in The Book History Reader, 459-468. • Various Authors, “The National Book Trade System,” in A History of the Book in America, Vol. 3, 117-157.

Mar. 27 – No class, Spring Break

Apr. 3 – Reading History Midterm due • Janice A. Radway, Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature (1991)

Apr. 10 – • Kenneth C. Davis, Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of America (1984)

Apr. 17 – The Late Age of Print • Ted Striphas, The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control (Columbia University Press, 2009; paper 2011). Can be downloaded for free at http://www.thelateageofprint.org/download/

Apr. 24 – Copyright • Siva Vaidhyanathan, Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity (2003)

May 1 – E-books and Digital Humanities Research paper due • Robert Darnton, “Google and the Future of Books,” New York Review of Books, February 12, 2009. • Robert Darnton, “Can We Create a National Digital Library,” New York Review of Books, October 28, 2010. • Anthony Grafton, “The Codex in Crisis: The Book Dematerializes,” in Grafton, Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West (2009), 288-324. • Matthew Kirschenbaum, “What Is Digital Humanities and What’s It Doing in English Departments?” ADE Bulletin 150 (2010): 1-7.

May 8 – Presentations/Last Day of Class • Selections from Matthew K. Gold, ed., Debates in the Digital Humanities (2012). Available for free download at: http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/

5 ePortfolio/Learning Matrix Requirement

All GSLIS students must construct an Epsilen ePortfolio with a Learning Matrix in the first core course taken. You will continue to update your ePortfolio/Learning Matrix in every course you take until you graduate. The ePortfolio/Learning Matrix course requirement is part of your Participation grade in each course and failure to maintain your ePortfolio/Learning Matrix in every course will result in a lower grade in the course in question.

Go to www.Epsilen.com and register for an online portfolio. You will be permitted to keep your portfolio after graduation. Portfolio contents will be available to GSLIS and Queens College to support institutional evaluation.

Please review the following directions and set up your ePortfolio o ePortfolio page posted by the QC Center for Teaching and Learning http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SupportPrograms/CTL/ePortfolios/Pages/default.asp x (note the tutorials that show you how to construct your ePortfolio) o http://www.youtube.com/QPortfolio (additional tutorials to support your ePortfolio construction)

Your ePortfolio must include at least the following components: o Contact info o Welcome/Introduction/Personal Background o Learning Matrix with all GSLIS assignments deposited You can add additional components to your ePortfolio if you wish.

Your Learning Matrix will demonstrate which of your assignments in each course support particular GSLIS program objectives. Please deposit your assignments in this manner:

o Find the course you are presently taking along one axis o Look along the other axis at the GSLIS Program Objectives listed o Think about the components of assignment you are placing in the matrix o Place your assignment in the cell or cells across from the GSLIS Program Objectives that you feel are supported by your assignment. If your assignment is not in a format that can be placed in a cell (i.e. an oral presentation), write a brief paragraph describing the assignment and why you feel it belongs in the cell where you are placing it.

You will continue to build this ePortfolio Learning Matrix in each of your courses throughout your time at GSLIS so that upon graduation you will have a record of your best achievements in an electronic portfolio format that you can share with perspective employers.

CUNY POLICY ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The Policy on Academic Integrity, as adopted by the Board, is available to all candidates. Academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion. This policy and others related to candidates’ issues are available to you at: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/provost/Policies/index.html.

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USE OF CANDIDATE WORK All programs in New York State undergo periodic reviews by accreditation agencies. For these purposes, samples of candidates’ work are made available to those professionals conducting the review. Candidate anonymity is assured under these circumstances. If you do not wish to have your work made available for these purposes, please let the professor know before the start of the second class. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR CANDIDATES WITH DISABILITIES Candidates with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: 1) register with and provide documentation to the Special Services Office, Kiely 171; 2) bring a letter to me indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class. For more information about services available to Queens College candidates, contact: Special Service Office; 171 Kiely Hall; 718-997-5870 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).

RESOURCES: This list is by no means complete

Essential References: • Michael Suarez and H. R. Woudhuysen (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to the Book, 2 vol. (2010) • Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, eds., A Companion to the History of the Book (2009) • David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleary, Introduction to Book History (2005) • David Pearson, Provenance Research in Book History: A Handbook (1994) • , ABC for Book Collectors. 8th edn revised by Nicolas Barker (2008) o Freely available at http://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/29- abc_for_book_collectors.html • Geoffrey Ashall Glaister, Encyclopedia of the Book, 2nd edn (2001) • The Universal Short Title Catalog o http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bookproj/ • The English Short Title Catalog o http://estc.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek early books (large digitized collection) o http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Early-and-Rare-Printed- Books.101+M57d0acf4f16.0.html

Important Library History/Book History Scholarly Journals:

Publishing History American Periodicals Journal of Library History [ends 1987] Library Quarterly Library History Librarian The Library Book History Libraries & Culture Information & Culture, formerly Libraries & the Cultural Record

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The Library Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America The American Archivist Museum News History News Cultural Resources Management Curator The Public Historian Studies in Bibliography (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/bsuva/sb/) Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society (discontinued 2008) Printing History RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, formerly Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship (RBML) Journal of the Early Book Society Manuscripta: A Journal Devoted to Manuscript Studies Scriptorium: Revue Internationale des Etudes Relatives aux Manuscrits / International Review of Manuscript Studies

University Presses with a Book History Series:

University of Iowa Press: Impressions: Studies in the Art, Culture, and Future of Books • http://www.uiowapress.org/search/browse-series/index.html University of Pennsylvania Press: Material Texts Series • http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/MT.html University of Massachusetts Press: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book • http://www.umass.edu/umpress/series/studies-print-culture-and-history-book University of Toronto Press: Studies in Book and Print Culture • http://www.utppublishing.com/search.php?mode=search&sby_series=Studies%20in%20 Book%20and%20Print%20Culture Pennsylvania State University Press: Penn State Series in the History of the Book • http://www.psupress.org/books/series/book_SeriesHistoryBook.html

Institutions for the Study of Book History & Print Culture: Rare Books and Manuscript Section of the ACRL of the American Library Association • http://www.rbms.info/ The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress • http://read.gov/cfb/ University of Iowa Center for the Book • http://book.grad.uiowa.edu/ Florida State University History of Text Technologies • http://hott.fsu.edu/ Penn State Center for the History of the Book • http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/histofbook/ American Printing History Association • http://www.printinghistory.org

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The Bibliographic Society of America • http://www.bibsocamer.org/ The Center for Book Arts [this is NYC-based] • http://centerforbookarts.org/ Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) • http://www.sharpweb.org/ American Antiquarian Society • http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ Antiquarian Booksellers Association [this is UK-based] • http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America • http://www.abaa.org/ International League of Antiquarian Booksellers • http://www.ilab.org/ University of Wisconsin –LIS Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture • http://www.slis.wisc.edu/chpchome.htm • http://www.rarebookschool.org/ Gallica - Bibliothèque nationale de France • http://gallica.bnf.fr/ International Association of Paper Historians • http://www.paperhistory.org/ Grolier Club • http://www.grolierclub.org/ Folger Shakespeare Library • http://folger.edu/ Huntington Library • http://www.huntington.org/ Morgan Library • http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp The Hispanic Society of America • http://www.hispanicsociety.org/ William Andrews Clark Library at UCLA • http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/ The Library Company of Philadelphia • http://www.librarycompany.org/ The Newberry Library • http://www.newberry.org/ The Centre for the History of the Book, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh • http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/

General Web Resources: What Middletown Read • http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/wmr/ Thomas Jefferson’s Libraries

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• http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/ Library Thing – contains the catalogs of many famous people • http://www.librarything.com/ • Libraries of Early America: http://www.librarything.com/groups/PLEA • Legacy Libraries: http://www.librarything.com/groups/iseedeadpeoplesbooks Early Printing in Europe: Examples and Evidence in Bodleian (Oxford) collections • http://www.odl.ox.ac.uk/digitalimagelibrary/early_print_home.html Books Arts Web • http://www.philobiblon.com/ St. John’s College of Cambridge University Library Site – Reference for Bindings • http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/provenance/bindings/ British Library Database of • http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/bookbindings/Default.aspx? Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography • http://digipal.eu/ The Memory of Paper • http://www.memoryofpaper.eu:8080/BernsteinPortal/appl_start.disp Watermark Database • http://www.wm-portal.net/niki/index.php The Thomas L. Gravell Watermark Archive • http://www.gravell.org/ Reading Experience Database • http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/ The • http://www.archive.org/ Hathi Trust Digital Library • http://www.hathitrust.org/

Blogs: Collation – Folger Shakespeare Library • http://collation.folger.edu/ Echoes from the Vault – Special Collections of the University of St. Andrews – (especially good on bindings) • http://standrewsrarebooks.wordpress.com/ Houghton Library – Modern Books and Manuscripts • http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/houghtonmodern/ Notablia – Princeton University Rare Books Collections • http://blogs.princeton.edu/notabilia/ PhiloBiblos (see extensive list of links to other blogs here) • http://philobiblos.blogspot.com/ Dan Cohen’s Digital Humanities Blog • http://www.dancohen.org/

Listservs:

Ex-Libris

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• http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=EXLIBRIS- L&H=LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU SHARP • http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=SHARP-L&H=LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU RBMS • http://lists.ala.org/wws

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