by Melissa Moreton
PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Iowa
By Julia Leonard and Sara Langworthy
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We wanted to show the depth and range of Gary’s contributions to the field as well as impart at least a bit of the affection and respect those of us who have had the opportunity to work with him have.
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by Craig Fansler
Preservation Librarian
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
What an odd-duck community we are: students and practitioners of the book crafts, devoted to a centuries-old technology and the arts that adorn and grow out of it, even as the twenty-first century’s information crackles through the very ether.
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The Guild has been busy over the past few years bringing our organization up to date with new technologies, not in how we make books and the allied arts but how we reach out to our members and the book arts community. Members will recognize an updated website, online registration for our annual conference, and a presence on Facebook and Twitter with announcements about our activities and opportunities.
Now we’re rounding out our embrace of technology with this blog by members and for everyone interested in thinking about and making books.