[Sca-cooks] moveable type

[Johnna Holloway]

Back in 2000-2001, there were articles in the Times and other places about
researchers at Princeton regarding Gutenberg and the invention of
movable type. There's a lot more to it than the original articles suggested.
See the open2.net section for part of the more recent material.

See--
http://www.ala.org/al_onlineTemplate.cfm?Section=february2001&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5294
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/History/gutenberg1.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/01/0212/
There was a BBC program on it but I don't recall it ever having aired in 
the US--
What did Gutenberg Invent?
http://www.open2.net/renaissance2/doing/gutenberg.html
http://www.open2.net/renaissance2/email/messages/s.nelson_25_11.html

The history of printing, typography, and early printed books (as well as 
the bibliography of same)
have lost  their appeal over the years as librarians and archivists have 
moved more
into the  information sciences. Most new librarians these days never 
take a course in the
history of the book; they take courses in the history of the internet...

Johnnae