The Reading, Archiving and Publishing Machine in 1927 & 2017
A BookNotes Talk
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
Date & Time
February 28, 2017, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Description
The Friends of the Library & Gallery spring BookNotes talk will be delivered by Professor Craig J. Saper of the Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program who will speak on "The Reading, Archiving and Publishing Machine in 1927 & 2017." The talk will take place in the Library Gallery at 4:00 p.m. on 28 February 2017.
Around 1927, an avant-garde publisher proposed a machine that librarians could use to televistically send out books to readers; it resembled a microfilm or microfiche machine. By 2017, UMBC’s Craig Saper has highlighted that provocative experiment as a model for publishing and archiving in the 21st century.
Professor Saper is the author of more than 18 books and numerous articles and chapters on a wide range of topics including electracy, cultural theory, film and media, digital publishing, visual culture, and mail art. Among his publications are Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown (2016), Intimate Bureaucracies (2012), Networked Art (2001), and Artificial Mythologies (1997).
Around 1927, an avant-garde publisher proposed a machine that librarians could use to televistically send out books to readers; it resembled a microfilm or microfiche machine. By 2017, UMBC’s Craig Saper has highlighted that provocative experiment as a model for publishing and archiving in the 21st century.
Professor Saper is the author of more than 18 books and numerous articles and chapters on a wide range of topics including electracy, cultural theory, film and media, digital publishing, visual culture, and mail art. Among his publications are Amazing Adventures of Bob Brown (2016), Intimate Bureaucracies (2012), Networked Art (2001), and Artificial Mythologies (1997).
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