1. Select one of the following (10%):
A. A display/exhibit (and class tour) of books and/or book related materials with appropriate and effective signage;
                              or
B. A biblio-related t-shirt with a 2-4 page paper detailing your conception, execution and critical estimation of your shirt.

2. Production of a scroll to protect you from one thing--inspired by Ethiopian protective scrolls, and a 2-4 page paper detailing your conception, execution, and critical estimation of your scroll. Oral presentation of scroll to class. (15%)

3. Production of a "Classroom Edition": 1 copy for each class member, 2 copies for the instructor. A book with text and/or image by you bound in an appropriate format. Oral presentation of book to class. (25%):

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
See BSU Undergraduate Catalog course description and materials on file at the BSU English Office (LA 228).

SYLLABUS E-309

 

23/4 August:	Student Profile. Introduction. Equipment and supplies. Field trip: Ethiopia (handout, measurements, photographs) Assign: Protective Scroll, due 1/2 November Exhibition, "Best of the Western Presses," Rounce & Coffin Club (Los Angeles) traveling exhibition, Special Collections, Albertsons Library, 2nd floor.  Assign: A 2-4 page review of one book from this exhibit. Due 13/14 Sept.
30/31 August:	Lecture/display: pre-book structures (stone, metal, wood, cloth, papyrus). Assign: Golden, pp. 14-20 (esp. 19-20); 21-3, 156-7 "Best of the Western Presses" Book Review (due 13/14 Sept.)
6/7 September:	NO CLASS--Pick up take-home quiz from outside my office in the Hemingway Center (due 27/28 September). Assign: "Best of the Western Presses" Book Review (due next class)
13/14 September:	"Best of the Western Presses" Book Review due Field trip: To the Banks of the Nile... Lecture/display: pre-book structures (papyrus, vellum/parchment) Videos: The Ethiopian Scroll and Japanese Paper  Assign: Real or "Welsh" Papyrus" (due 20/21 September)
20/21 September:	CLASS MEETS IN MOUNTAIN HOME (wear old or new & hated clothes)  Workshop: Tom Bennick, "Handmade Papers" [218 Sunrise Dr.; tel. 587-4169] Bring Welsh papyrus. Assign: Golden "Hidden Book" p. 24 Idaho Biblio History: Idaho by the Book ("Wilderness") The Nez-Perces First Book Take-home mid-term due next class
27/28 September:	Take-Home Quiz due Single sheet/"Hidden Room"+ practicum  Video: The Lapwai Mission Press, Wilfred Schoenberg Assign: Golden, pp. 25-29 "The Crystal Goblet, or Printing Should Be Invisible," Beatrice Warde Hidden Room book (due 18/19 Oct.)
4/5 October:	Accordion/Concertina format Assign: Web research on Girdle Books and Horn Books  Golden, pp. 32-35
11/12 October:	Field Trip: BSU Printing & Graphics [round Vo-Tech bldg] Modern offset and laser printing processes and other services available (binding, etc)  Assign: Hidden Room book due next class
18/19 October:	Hidden Room Book due Lecture/Display (loose leaf, sewn, saddle stitch, rivet, screw and post, and spiral) Ethiopian scroll conferences Video: The History of Print  Assign: Golden, pp. 40-50
25/26 October:	In-class quiz "Bindings, Part 2" (rivet, screw and post, spiral, sewing) In-class Ethiopian scroll conferences Assign: Golden, pp. 55-62 Ethiopian scrolls and papers due next class
1/2 November:	Ethiopian scrolls presented, paper due Dreamhouse: The Art & Life of James Castle  Assign: Golden, pp. 67-71 Bring valuable and/or damaged books to next class
8/9 November:	CLASS MEETS IN BOISE, OFF-CAMPUS  Workshop: Kim Hoppie, "Book Binding, Care & Repair," K& H Bindery, 1509 Tyrell Lane (right off Park Center as you head towards the dead K-Mart, Hastings, etc.)
15/16 November:	Field trip: To the Oldest Book in Idaho Assign: T-shirt papers and presentations due next class
22/23 November:	T-shirt papers and presentations due  Mystery event Slide/lecture: "Provenance in the Wild West: James Castle & the Icehouse Books"
29/30 November:	In- class quiz Assign: Classroom editions due next class
6/7 December:	Classroom editions presentations