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ILS 518: History of Books and Printing
The goal of this course is to give the student a general background for understanding the history of the book. Students will learn through reading, writing, and discussion. This should not be a discrete course in terms of your MLS studies. We should always be asking ourselves: How will this knowledge inform/empower my work as an information professional? For each of you this may have a different answer. Seeking that answer will be at the core of your assignments in the course. To that end, you may need to do a bit of soul searching as to what values drive your ambition as an information professional. You may need to take a few chances in the connections you make between the history of books and printing and your current or anticipated work in a library or information agency. We are about to enter a discovery journey back to the roots of the library. What we should be considering on that journey is not just the objects and processes themselves, but the rationale for their being and what this understanding brings to information service today.
If you are ready, let's look at the syllabus.
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