Against the Grain
Volume 19 | Issue 6 Article 40
December 2007 Wandering the Web -- Pop-up and Movable Books Deana Groves Western Kentucky University
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Recommended Citation Groves, Deana (2007) "Wandering the Web -- Pop-up and Movable Books," Against the Grain: Vol. 19: Iss. 6, Article 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.5353
This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Wandering the Web — Pop-up and Moveable Books by Deana Groves (Education Catalog Librarian, Western Kentucky University)
Column Editor: Jack G. Montgomery (Western Kentucky University)
Column Editor’s Note: Although the by one or more photos, a short synopsis, and his books to pop on the concept of a book with movable parts dates basic bibliographic information. screen therefore giving a to the 1600s, the true flowering of this book full impression of a pop- format was the nineteenth century. Today, Groups up book. An overview in addition to being widely popular and col- The Movable Book Society — http://www.rci. of how a pop-up book lectable, the pop-up book is now regarded as rutgers.edu/~montanar/mbs.html is made from concept art. Professor Groves has researched this According to the Website, this group was to completion is given genre and has chosen several sites to help organized in 1993 and is dedicated to collec- including explanation of us learn amore about this fascinating type of tors, creators, book sellers, and general pop-up some of the more technical terms associated book. — JM and moveable book enthusiasts. A member- with moveable publications. ship form and sample of the paper published Mathew Reinhart — http://www.matthewre- When one thinks of pop-up and moveable newsletter are available on this site. Also listed inhart.com/ books, images of pull tabs and turn wheels im- is information on the biennial conference as- Colorful and easy to navigate, Reinhart mediately come to mind. While these elements sociated with this group; membership is not gives a short synopsis of each of his17 books are still prevalent, a new era of complex paper required to attend. complete with color images. A short biography engineering has emerged. These books are Paper Engineers tells of his life and how his decision to make his career as a book maker/paper engineer. often beautifully produced and hand-crafted Colette Fu — http://www.fusansan.com/ sometimes resulting in the form of the book Reinhart was first inspired byRobert Sabuda overshadowing the text, thus appealing to Photographer by trade, Colette Fu embarks who convinced Reinhart to partner with him more of an adult audience. Traditional pop-up on an artistic journey creating elaborate single and enter the world of paper engineering. page pop-ups. Her subjects deal with interpre- and moveable books geared toward a juvenile Robert Sabuda — http://robertsabuda.com/ tations of actual buildings and structures. A audience are still widely available; however, The pop-up connoisseur will be educated the movements are usually less complicated gallery of her works can be explored by using the mouse-over navigation system on the bot- and entertained at Robert Sabuda’s Website. and the books are often mass produced which An interview styled FAQ gives the visitor an lessens the quality. The following Websites tom of the main Webpage. All works can be enlarged for a clearer view of the mechanisms inside look into Sabuda’s career. A bibliogra- give a nice introduction into the world of pop- phy lists major publications and most are also up and moveable books; they will educate, as Fu uses to create the movement component of her pieces. Adding more depth to her works, available for purchase, some with autographs. well as fascinate, librarians, book collectors, The most intriguing section of this site is listed and art lovers alike. Fu also offers two viewing angles for the ma- jority of the illustrations. under Explore Pop-up Books! where a listing of international artists can be found along with Catalogs Mark Hiner — http://www.markhiner.co.uk/ simple step-by-step instructions for making — http://popupbooks. Book Exhibits Gallery This Website is the creation of paper en- several single page pop-ups. A sneak peak net/Book-Index.html gineer Mark Hiner. An attractive site that section is given for those interested in finding Searchable by title or artist/paper engineer, cleverly uses pull tab images as the navigation, out about Sabuda’s upcoming projects. this Website is a great place for the pop-up Hiner gives examples of his works along with novice to discover old and new publications. a brief but thorough account of the history of Virtual Exhibits The compiled list is from the Website creator’s pop-up books. He utilizes the mouse-over Great Menagerie — http://www.library.unt. personal collection. Each title is accompanied effect to allow some of the moveable parts of edu/rarebooks/exhibits/popup/main.htm This Website is a sampling of an exhibit presented at the Willis Library of the Uni- versity of North Texas, The Great Menagerie: The Wonderful World of Pop-up and Move- I Hear the Train A Comin’ scientists’ understanding of research.” able Books, 1811-1996. A brief introduction from page 81 In one word, how would you describe the to the history of the development of pop-up future of scholarly communication? and moveable books accompanies the books. prestigious university presses and other top- A quick summary of the replies: Strife-Rid- Appropriate to this topic, movement of these tier publishing imprints. As one respondent den, Bright, Uncertain, Inevitable, Exciting, books can be seen directly from the Webpage, noted, “Although there are many interesting Chaosbreedslife (I think that’s cheating, but via links to short movies, and by moving the experiments out there on how to evolve the we’ll allow it), Evolving, Turbulent, and, of- computer mouse over images. For those inter- publication model, at the moment it is still the fered by three respondents, Dynamic. I realize, ested in learning more about this era of pop- paper in Nature that makes CNN and gets ref- of course, that the answer to this question is a up and moveable books, a complete exhibit erenced, not the blog entry on the same topic.” sort of Rorschach Test that reveals something catalog is also provided. Having said this, many on the panel indicated about the true nature of the respondent. Nev- This Magical Book — http://www.tpl.toronto. that traditional scholarly publishing, what they ertheless, it is interesting that several experts on.ca/pro_2002_magical_book.jsp perceived as an economy with the journal and hit upon the word “dynamic”. Scholarly Part of the Osborne Collection, This the book and the monograph as units of cur- communication, it seems to me, is and will Magical Book: Movable Books for Children, rency, is by no means static. It has evolved remain dynamic, a term defined as vigorously 1771-2001 was on exhibit at the Canada Trust dramatically from a generation ago, with the active, forceful, and energetic. Whether this is Gallery, Toronto Public Library from April dawn of the electronic delivery, Web 1.0, and, exciting, turbulent, chaotic, or something else 13 - June 9, 2002. The visitor to this site will now, Web 2.0. This evolution is ongoing. As is really in the eye of the beholder. My friend be impressed by the quality of the moving parts one respondent notes in looking ahead, “Today, Roy Tennant perhaps sums it up best in saying, illustrated in each of the nine books included in journals are a record of research, but perhaps “The future of scholarly communication in one this virtual exhibit. Briefly discussed is gen- in the near future they will be vehicles for word? Uncertain. Troubled. Bright. It will be continued on page 83 real-time, iterative, collaborative refinement of all those and more. Take your pick.”
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Case Studies in Collection and Technical Services Case Study Seven: A New Employee — What Do I Do?
Column Editor: Anne Langley (Coordinator for Public Services Assessment and Chemistry Librarian, Duke University; Phone: 919-660-1578)
Edward was fascinated by all The Experts Speak: (yours and others), institutional (especially the the many facets of his new job as What a new employee experiences on her human resources site), and then receive and a supervisor in the library digital first day/week/month/year on the job can have send some emails. Best case is if you receive production center. Being a begin- a profound effect on how well she will func- an email sent to the rest of the library staff by ning manager was lots of fun and tion at work. As with many situations, one of your supervisor welcoming you and introduc- super challenging. He had learned the best, most thorough and service oriented ing you to them and inviting them to send you so much in such a short time, ways to approach solving any problem, is to an email at