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Descriptive Bibliography: A Course on Describing Books in the Hand Press Era

Project tags:

archives & special collections

Project poster

For my project I have designed a ten week, graduate level course in descriptive bibliography. Descriptive bibliography is the art of describing books in the hand press period of printing. The course will provide exposure and hands-on experience to the basics of bibliographic description. The course focuses on the five main components in descriptive bibliography; format, collation formula, statement of signing, number of leaves, and pagination statement. The goal of this project is to showcase bibliographic description and the need for courses in the field.

Project participants:

Jessica Lahd

MLIS