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The Aldus Society Columbus, Ohio
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Regular Programs in 2009-2010
See First Saturday Programs Thursday, January 14, 2010 -- Patrick Losinski, Director of the Columbus Metropolitan Library will share
the interesting history of the library in Columbus and talk about running the #1
library in America. Mr. Losinski’s lecture is entitled “The Columbus
Metropolitan Library: Not Your Father’s Library!” Among the points Mr. Losinski
will make in his presentation is the fact that the Columbus Metropolitan Library
has been ranked the number one urban library system in the United States three
times in the past decade. Other accolades heaped on the library include being
named the top “five star” urban library by the Library Journal, a professional
journal. In addition, he will discuss the changes and challenges that are
occurring in libraries. These include major funding reductions, the advent of
the Kindle and other electronic reading devices, the Google books project and
similar events that are resulting in a steady evolution of library services and
programs. Mr. Losinski will share the library’s story and reveal why the
Columbus Metropolitan Library continues to thrive in an age of unprecedented
change. Program is free and open to the public. Thursday, February 11, 2010 -- To commemorate Black History Month, The Aldus Society will hear a
presentation by Professor Rudine Sims Bishop. Dr. Bishop is Professor Emerita of
Education at The Ohio State University, where she specialized in children's
literature. A familiar name in the realms of children's literature,
multicultural education, and literacy education as an educator, mentor, and
researcher, Dr. Bishop has also been an essayist ("Stories Matter: The
Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature") an editor (Kaleidoscope:
A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8) and an author (Shadow and
Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children's Fiction;
Presenting Walter Dean Myers; Bishop Daniel A. Payne: Great Black Leader).
She has received many awards and honors, including the 2007 Outstanding
Elementary Language Arts Educator Award from the National Council of Teachers of
English. In addition, she has been on the selection committees for both the
Caldecott and Newbery Medals, prestigious awards that are made annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association. Dr. Bishop's presentation to The Aldus Society is entitled “African American
Children's Literature: Surveying the Hopescape”. Among the points she will make
is that African American children's literature has functioned, in part, as
witness to Black Americans' progress across what writer Virginia Hamilton called
"the American hopescape." This talk will provide an overview of the development
of that literature, a look at some of its prevailing thematic concerns, and a
sense of its current status. Dr. Bishop uses the allegory of "window and
mirrors" in relation to multicultural children's literature. She insists that
children need to be involved with literature which not only allows them to see
through the window to the world around them, but also to see themselves mirrored
in the texts with which they come into contact. This program is free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 11, 2010 -- David Lilburne of Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints in New York state, will be
the Ron Ravneberg Memorial Lecture speaker. He has been a full-time antiquarian
bookseller since 1976, and is immediate past president of the Antiquarian
Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA). Program is free and open to the
public. Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- We will be visiting the Ohioana Library and enjoy a tour led by director
Linda Hengst. The library’s collection has more than 45,000 books, 10,000 pieces
of sheet music, and approximately 20,000 biographical files on Ohio writers,
musicians, artists, and others of note. THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS and THEIR
GUESTS ONLY. Thursday, May 13, 2010 -- Miniature books, those tiny books that have fascinated book collectors for
years (actually centuries!) will be the featured subject for this meeting.
You’ll get to learn more about how and why these teeny tomes were first produced
and hear more about the newly minted books which are being produced today. We’ll
have many examples on hand for you to see, handle and enjoy. Program is free and
open to the public. First Saturday Programs
First Saturdays are
held at 10:00 AM in Room 105 (Rare Books and Manuscripts Department) at the Thompson
Library at Ohio State University. Our First Saturday programs will begin a bit late this year because of several home football games and Geoff Smith's excused absence due to his trip to China to present several papers. Smith, who heads Rare Books and Manuscripts at OSU, has been holding these programs in the Rare Books room (and then in their temporary headquarters on Kenny Road) for a number of years. This is much to the delight of Aldus members who are able to experience once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to see, touch, and discuss the many interesting holdings in OSU's collections.
With the re-opening of the newly-renovated library, these programs will again be
held in the Thompson Library on campus, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Special
Collections Reading Room (room 105) on the first floor.
Watch for details on First Saturdays in 2010!
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The Aldus
Society
P.O. Box 1150
Worthington, Ohio 43085-1150
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