Book Studies Course
Enhance your library science expertise through the Book Studies Course. Delve into book history, print culture, access issues, and censorship. Gain practical skills in collection development, cataloging, preservation, and exhibit design to connect historical print materials with modern communities. This course provides a focused overview of print history from key concepts and revolutions to materiality, circulation, and reception.

4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This course delivers a practical introduction to print history, covering core concepts, major developments, materiality, circulation, and reception. Participants will study mass-market books, small presses, censorship, and reform efforts, while developing hands-on abilities in research, collection building, cataloging, preservation, exhibit creation, and community outreach with historical print items.
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Develop skills
- Design book history workshops: create focused, engaging sessions fast.
- Catalog rare books: apply MARC, RDA, and subject vocabularies with confidence.
- Plan print culture exhibits: select, label, and display items for the public.
- Use archives and digital databases: locate, assess, and cite primary sources.
- Analyze print, power, and access: map how books shape publics and communities.
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