Emblemata: The emblem books of Andrea Alciato

A study of the life and works of the legal scholar and humanist, Andrea Alciato (1492-1550), the originator of the emblem book. The nature of the emblem is elucidated and placed in its historical, intellectual and artistic contexts, with special attention paid to the many and varied published manifestations of Alciato???s emblems from 1531 to 1621.published or submitted for publicationnot peer reviewe

Security and the international traffic of rare books and archival documents

Discussion of cases and the issues surrounding the theft and international traffic of rare books and documents.unpublishednot peer reviewe

Milton and the book arts : an exhibition of rare and fine editions in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois Library, November 6-December 19, 2008.

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Early Birds: A Selection of Bird Books from Belon to Audubon: An Exhibition at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 30 January--2 March, 2009

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One in a Million: an Exhibition of Eleven Landmark Acquisitions of the University of Illinois

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Radicals of Presentation in Persistent Conversation

Going forward from Northrop Frye, we derive from genre literature the idea that radicals, i.e., root characteristics, of persistent conversation exist and can help define important aspects of such conversations. We identify from longitudinal interviews with members of a distributed, computer-supported learning environment three dimensions of interactivity that revolve around speaker-audience relations. We propose three "radicals of presentation" in persistent conversation: Visibility, the means, methods, and opportunities for presentation, addressing primarily speakers' concerns with the presentation of self; Relation, the tie between speaker and audience, and among audience co-participants, addressing the speaker's concerns with the range and identity of the audience, and audience members' concerns about relations with each other; and Co-Presence, the temporal, virtual, and/or physical co-presence of speaking and listening participants, addressing concerns about being with others at the same time and place, and giving and receiving immediate feedback. We conclude with implications for social and technical design.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe