It’s a privilege and thrill to be returning this week to teach for a second time
at the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School. My course, which I’m
co-teaching with Naomi Nelson (Director of Special Collections at
Duke) is on Born-Digital Materials. That may sound strange, but RBS
has had the vision to recognize that the same intimate knowledge of
the materiality of books and printed matter we associate with the
School’s mission is also essential to the digital artifacts of the
computer age. My teaching at RBS is a fantastic opportunity to
influence the cultural heritage professionals who are charged with
preserving this material for future generations, and builds naturally
on our work at MITH on the Deena Larsen Collection and the Preserving
Virtual Worlds project, among others.
