IS 583

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Advanced Topics in Book History

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Credit: 2 OR 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and advanced topics courses within the field of Book History, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula.

Additional fees may apply. See Class Schedule. May be repeated in the same or separate semesters to a maximum of 16 hours, if topics vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 583 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	73029	Lecture-Discussion	BL	1:00PM -2:20PM	MF	FAB LAB Art-East Annex, Studio 2	Cordell, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 4 hours Section Title: BookLab: Print to Programming Section Info: This course is held at the FabLab, 1301 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana. "BookLab: Print to Programming" bridges book history, information sciences, and digital humanities to offer an applied history of new media from the hand-press period to the present. BookLab examines how practices of reading, writing, and publishing have interacted—thematically and materially—with contemporaneous technological innovations over the past 250 years. Booklab complements readings with hands-on critical making experiments using textual technologies from letterpress to computer programming. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	72621	Online	PBO	6:00PM -7:50PM	M	n.a.	Vincler, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/16/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Print Culture & Material Book Section Info: This course will explore the approximate 500 year history of the printed book in the West from Gutenberg to our digital contemporary with the aim of better understanding the shifting power and purpose of the printing press historically. We will read the work of book historians and bibliographers, examine the role of the printed book in specific epochs such as the Reformation and Scientific Revolution, and examine how print has been used for censorship and propaganda, as well as for the production of knowledge. Particular attention will be paid to the types of material books found in research libraries and university special collections. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.