UCLA's Rare Book School
I’m delighted to hear that UCLA’s Department of Information Studies is launching a new California Rare Book School, in association with the original RBS at the University of Virginia.
I attended UC Berkeley’s School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS); like many information science programs, SIMS grew out of the library school, but lost the strong library and book orientation during the shuffle. UC Berkeley’s not unique; tension between the book and the bit is often present in information science programs, as they grow and develop.
Our work at BookFinder.com draws upon our academic backgrounds in library science, computer science, and information science. When it comes to books and bits, we obviously see more harmony than tension, which is why it’s so exciting to see UCLA’s information program continue to move ahead with the California Rare Book School, on top of existing affiliated projects like the California Center for the Book.
[Now Reading: Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger]