Lesson Plan: Introduction to Bibliography

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. The materials and physical condition of text objects can be “read” to understand the production processes and historical/cultural factors that created them.
2. Understand the anatomy of a book, or text object, and the importance for material traces for understanding the significance of a book in terms of technology, culture, art, &c.
3. Habits of close looking and description are fundamental practices for learning from text objects and developing research questions.
4. Bibliography depends on the kinds of questions asked of a book, and the kinds of questions asked depend on bibliographic experience/training, professional setting, audience, and personal background.
5. There are many bibliographic practices, each situated in its own traditions and priorities
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Introduction to Bibliography: Stories that Objects Tell Us/Stories We Tell About Objects
Gina Marie Hurley, Barbara Shailor, Meredith McGill, Michael Winship, Brian Cassidy, Heather Wolfe, Bibliographical Society of America
Introduction to Bibliography: Stories that Objects Tell Us/Stories We Tell About Objects