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That's a great story! I took my first Rare Book School class last year and Belanger is still teaching there, although he stepped down as director a few years ag
by benbreen 11y ago
That's a great story! I took my first Rare Book School class last year and Belanger is still teaching there, although he stepped down as director a few years ago. The Washington Post was actually filming a video about RBS when I was there. Talking to the journalist about Bezos and his plans while being surrounded by people operating an 18th-century style letterpress was kind of fascinating. This is the video if anyone is interested:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/28/u-va-s-rare-book-school-a-summer-camp-for-book-nerds/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/28...
- eitally 11y agoRBS is a hidden gem. I like to think every research domain has something similar. Thanks for sharing the video -- that's cool. :) (one of the things we did in one of his classes was learn about the history of printing and then prep & print our own folios using that press. pretty awesome, and a new perspective on the rapid pace of technology.)