held a number of roles during her time at the Folger, including Editor of The Collation (2011–2015). She is the author of Studying Early Printed Books 1450-1800: A Practical Guide, co-editor of PBSA (The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America) and occasionally still writes a blog and newsletter, which can be found from her website. — View all posts by Sarah Werner
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Thanks for sharing! It’s great to read student reflections on being in the reading room and on handling rare materials. It also sounds like these undergrads are developing skills while doing interesting research on a variety of topics. Please post more on this class!
Robin M. Katz — October 24, 2011
We’re glad to have you in the reading rooms! I too have been interested in the printing of marginal notes that seem to interpret the printed text: they raise the question, why don’t we have such notes now? Do we feel that we all, each of us, should have our own opinion of what’s going on in the text and so don’t kneed prompts in the margins? I hope you enjoy your time in the Library!
Michael Witmore — October 28, 2011
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Thanks for sharing! It’s great to read student reflections on being in the reading room and on handling rare materials. It also sounds like these undergrads are developing skills while doing interesting research on a variety of topics. Please post more on this class!
Robin M. Katz — October 24, 2011
We’re glad to have you in the reading rooms! I too have been interested in the printing of marginal notes that seem to interpret the printed text: they raise the question, why don’t we have such notes now? Do we feel that we all, each of us, should have our own opinion of what’s going on in the text and so don’t kneed prompts in the margins? I hope you enjoy your time in the Library!
Michael Witmore — October 28, 2011