History of the Book: Field Notes of a Curator

Abstract

First of all I want to establish that I am approaching the history of the book from the point of view of an academic librarian. Now this is a role in which I am constantly conscious of the larger teaching and research enterprise of which I am a part. My services are not an end in themselves but always regarded as part of the support system the university deems necessary for its central missions of graduate and undergraduate education as well as advanced research.

As we are told by the public press, almost on a daily basis, change is being . . .