Initiative for the Book

Instructor: Javiera Barrientos In this workshop you will learn basic pamphlet stitch techniques for making zines, plaquettes, chapbooks, small journals and more. The session will include a brief introduction to the history of the tools and materials, followed by making. Javiera Barrientos, cofounder of the Center for the Studies of Pretty and Useless Things, is … Read More

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November 18, 2021 4:00pm What ways of teaching have we invented or reinvented after a year of hands-off reading (for those of us lucky enough to be working or learning remotely) and hand-to-hand transmission (for those essential workers who packed, trucked, sold or lent books)? How has the reading, making, repurposing, circulating and banning of … Read More

https://dh.rutgers.edu/event/frederick-douglass-day-transcribe-a-thon/

Friday, March 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 4th Fl. Conference Hall, Alexander Library, CAC Join us for hands on workshops, presentations and exhibits highlighting an array of exciting materials (print and digital) for research and teaching in the arts, humanities and social sciences relevant to these expansive transnational areas. The guests are prominent research librarians … Read More

This year Professor Janice Radway will deliver the 36th annual Louis Faugères Bishop Lecture online on March 10, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Janice Radway is the Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communication Studies and a professor of American studies and gender studies within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. Radway is widely … Read More