From jwald at hampshire.edu Fri Feb 7 21:58:32 2003 From: jwald at hampshire.edu (der Geist, der stets verneint) Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:58:32 -0500 Subject: [Libri] event Monday Message-ID: Greetings and welcome back! The Hampshire College Center for the Book is still developing its schedule, though we hope to have some important announcements soon. In the meantime, we would like to call your attention to an event at one of the other colleges: Title: Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life Date: Monday, February 10, 2003 Time: 4:30 p.m. ? Public Lecture by Elizabeth Long Associate Professor of Sociology, Rice University Warbeke Room Pratt Memorial Music Building Mount Holyoke College sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and the Sociology and Anthropology Department Best regards, Jim Wald ____________________________________________________________________________ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- From BBLUMENT at email.smith.edu Fri Feb 21 15:35:50 2003 From: BBLUMENT at email.smith.edu (Barbara Blumenthal) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:35:50 -0500 Subject: [Libri] Book Arts events at Smith College Message-ID: ANNOUNCING TWO BOOK ARTS EVENTS AT SMITH COLLEGE: A Celebration of Robert Burns: Manuscripts, Poetry, and Song. From the McCurdy Collection Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 4 pm Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College with: Martin Antonetti, curator of Rare Books Ann E. Boutelle, senior lecturer, English Department Jane Bryden, Iva Dee Hiatt Professor of Music Clifton J. Noble, accompanist Program followed by reception and viewing of manuscripts at the Mortimer Rare Book Room (Neilson Library, 3rd floor) The manuscripts will be on exhibition from Feb. 25 through March 31. Lecture by British printing historian RODERICK CAVE "Darwin & the Duodecimo: Natural Selection & Books" Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 4 pm Mortimer Rare Book Room Neilson Library Smith College Both events are open to the public free of charge. BARBARA B. BLUMENTHAL, MRBR Assistant Mortimer Rare Book Room Neilson Library Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 Tel.: 413-585-2906 Fax: 413-585-4486 e-mail: bblument at smith.edu From jwald at hampshire.edu Tue Feb 25 20:42:35 2003 From: jwald at hampshire.edu (der Geist, der stets verneint) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:42:35 -0500 Subject: [Libri] new home(s) for Massachusetts Center for the Book Message-ID: Hampshire College FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2003 Contact: Elaine Thomas, Director of Communications, 413-559-5482, ethomas at hampshire.edu At Simmons College, Diane Millikan, 617-521-2364 For Hampshire College Center for the Book, Associate Professor of History Jim Wald, 413-559-5592 HAMPSHIRE, SIMMONS COLLEGES HOST MASS. CENTER FOR THE BOOK Colleges Join Forces to Help Promote Books and Reading Across the Commonwealth AMHERST, MASS.?Hampshire College in Amherst and Simmons College in Boston have joined forces to host the Massachusetts Center for the Book, to help promote and celebrate books, reading and libraries across the Commonwealth. The new institutional hosts for the state Center for the Book will work with Center affiliates across the state to plan and execute a number of creative programs aimed at promoting books and book arts that hold a special place in Massachusetts literary culture and history. Affiliate members of the state Center, in addition to Hampshire and Simmons colleges, are Five Colleges Inc., the American Antiquarian Society, the Boston Public Library, the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners and the Mass. Foundation for the Humanities. The Center will base its Massachusetts Book Awards program and related reading promotion activities at Hampshire College, which is also home to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the National Yiddish Book Center. There is also a Hampshire College Center for the Book at the college, a faculty-run program that crosses disciplinary boundaries, focuses on technology and text, and celebrates books as art. The state Center will house its literary and library programming in the offices of the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences in Boston?the largest library school in New England. "We expect the resources of these two campuses to help tremendously in our efforts to expand the circle of committed readers in the Commonwealth and to foster an appreciation for the past, present and future of the book and book arts in Massachusetts," said Sharon Shaloo, the state Center?s executive director. "I can?t think of two better institutions to help us in our next stage of development." The Center for the Book is a program begun by the Library of Congress in 1977 to promote books, reading, libraries and literacy. The Center has 51 state-affiliated centers around the country, which use themes established by the Library of Congress to develop programs and activities celebrating their states? own book cultures and literary heritage. Massachusetts programs include "Mother Goose Asks Why," for preschool children to learn about the commonality of reading and scientific investigation; "Letters about Literature," which honors school-age children who write letters to their favorite authors; and the Massachusetts Book Awards, an annual recognition of some of the most outstanding books written by Massachusetts authors or published on Massachusetts themes. The state Center?s newest endeavor, scheduled for completion in the fall of 2003, is a statewide Literary Map, a map highlighting the home sites, monuments, gravesites and historical monuments of the plethora of famous Massachusetts authors. An online version will also be developed. For further information, go to www.massbook.org, or call the Center at 413-559-5678 in Amherst or 617-521-2719 in Boston. ### ___________________________________________________________ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Bevor Dada da war, war Dada da. James Wald Hampshire College Associate Professor of History School of Social Science Director, G-15 Franklin Patterson Hall Center for the Book Amherst, MA 01002-5001 USA "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." (Marx) From zeamays at rcn.com Wed Feb 26 11:51:31 2003 From: zeamays at rcn.com (Zea Mays Printmaking) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:51:31 -0800 Subject: [Libri] listing for libri Message-ID: <004b01c2ddb7$512aac60$b12496d1@lskl> Zea Mays Printmaking is offering a workshop : "Simple Book Structures" with guest artist Sheryl Jaffe on Thursday, May 29, 6-9 PM at the studio in Florence, MA (just outside of Northampton). The workshop will cover several different book structures and bindings. Participants will make a sample of each. Cost of the workshop is $50 + materials. Summer book arts workshops include "Mixed Media Books" and "The Digital Book," For more information, call 413.584.1783 or email zeamays at rcn.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jwald at hampshire.edu Thu Feb 27 23:25:23 2003 From: jwald at hampshire.edu (der Geist, der stets verneint) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:25:23 -0500 Subject: [Libri] FW: "The Company of Books": Hampshire Bookshop lecture In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The following talk, sponsored by Smith and Hampshire Colleges, should be of great interest. It is but one of a series of events leading up to the Virginia Woolf Conference at Smith College. Jim Wald ____________________________________________________________________________ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- > Dear Friends, > > I'd like to pass along the following announcement, for those of you interested > in the Hampshire Bookshop, or in the culture of women and books in > 20th-century New England. The lecture is presented in conjunction with the > Thirteenth Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, to be held this summer at > Smith College. > > THE COMPANY OF BOOKS: > Women, Reading, and the Hampshire Bookshop of Northampton, 1916-1971 > Barbara A. Brannon, University of North Carolina-Wilmington > > From its beginnings as one of the first bookstores founded and run by women, > the Hampshire Bookshop of Northampton, Massachusetts, sought to be the kind of > "personal bookshop" that brought readers and writers together in a > stimulating, friendly environment. It also pioneered women's leadership in the > American book trade, and its dedicated clientele included the common reader as > well as the college scholar--in a venture that Virginia Woolf and her > Bloomsbury compatriots would have applauded. > Drawing its title from the 1931 book catalog to which Woolf contributed her > essay "The Love of Reading," the lecture will explore the ways in which one > independent bookstore became a model for bookwomen but left a legacy far > beyond its geographic or gender spheres. > The audience will have the opportunity to view items from Smith College's > Hampshire Bookshop Collection, in a welcoming environment surrounded by the > impressive special collections of the College's Neilson Library. > > Thursday, Mar. 13, 4:00 p.m. > Mortimer Rare Book Room > Smith College > Northampton, Massachusetts > > http://www.smith.edu/woolfconference/Woolf%20Watch.htm > http://www.smith.edu/woolfconference/ > > * * * * * * * > > Barbara A. Brannon, Ph.D. > The Publishing Laboratory > University of North Carolina-Wilmington > 601 S. College Rd. > Wilmington NC 28403 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: