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Reference & Bibliographies
Bibliographies:
- Book_Arts-L FAQ and Archive
- Bibliographies: Includes bookbinding manuals (with tables of contents), conservation & preservation articles, marbling, typography, paper arts.
- Tutorials: Instructions for a wide range of book art related structures and glossaries.
- Conservation & Preservation Links: resources on book repair, collections conservation, preservation administration, digitization, and conservation vendors.
- Conservation OnLine (CoOL): The mother of all conservation and preservation sites. Archived copy of site at Archive.org.
- ABC for Book Collectors by John Carter & Nicolas Barker, 8th ed. (At ILAB)
- Guild of Book Workers Study Opportunities List: A great starting point to find instruction in the book arts. Organized geographically. See also Book Arts Centers, Eduction, & Programs.
- Definition of the Artist's Book: Transcript of a discussion held on Book_Arts-L in 1998. Topics included: Definition of the Artist's Book; What is a Book; BSO's (Book Shaped Objects); Art vs. Craft.
- The Future of Hand Bookbinding: By Sam Ellenport.
Der Pressbengel
/ The Bone Folder: Dialog between a bibliophile and bookbinder
written in 1922 by Ernst Collin. Currently only the full-text of the
German original and the English introduction are available online. A
translation into English will be appearing in the Journal of
the Guild of Book Workers soon. - The Philobiblon of Richard De Bury: The first book about the meaning, care, and handling of books.
- The Virtual Codex from Page Space to E-space: A lecture by Johanna Drucker to the Syracuse University History of the Book Seminar.
- Why Book Art Matters: An article by Kathy Walkup, Director of the Book Arts Program at Mills College.
- The Whatness of Bookness: Letter by Philip Smith on definition of the book.
- Is It A Book?: A page on nonlinearity in literature and the book arts by Karen Drayne (a.k.a. Powell), Barbara Davison, and Emily-Jane Dawson.
- Getting us out / Bringing us together: How listservs and the Web have changed the way in which book artists work and communicate. Presented at "Hot Type in a Cold World," a symposium celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Silver Buckle Press at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. November 20, 1998.
- Development of the Artist's Book.
- Catalogue of Artist's Books: List of small press and artist's books for sale. No longer maintained.
