January 31, 2019, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the StaffMeet the Staff: Pforzheimer project digitization specialist Cassandra Chen Cassandra Chen was recently appointed the Pforzheimer project digitization specialist. Four years ago, she came to the University of Texas at Austin via Taiwan.
January 31, 2019, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Research + TeachingCollated & perfect The publication and series of programs Collated & Perfect tracks the changing standards that collectors, institutions, and scholars have used to describe and evaluate early printed books. Doing so reveals why the books take the often surprising forms they do today.
November 14, 2018, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingCentral Texas to west Texas and beyond “What do the books smell like?” asked one of my students. In my Shakespeare class at West Texas A&M University, we must use the internet as our rare book room. Our institution could never afford the kinds of specialized resources we use every week online: my students can easily flip… read more
