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The Aldus Society Columbus, Ohio
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The Aldus Society Columbus, Ohio
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Regular Programs in 2008-2009
Sunday, June 28 -- What: Aldus Annual Picnic
Saturday, July 18 -- Field trip to Malabar Farm! Lunch, gift shop, wagon ride, and tour of the big house included. Please see the following documents for schedule, menu, fees, and registration information. Please contact Lois Smith at lsmith@earthlink.net if you have any questions.
Watch for specific dates for these exciting programs planned for
the 2009-2010 year! September, 2009 -- A tour of the newly renovated Thompson Library on the Ohio State University
campus. The tour will be led by Wes Boomgaarden, who was the project manager for
this project. Wes will share the many new areas of the library, the beautifully
updated spaces, and take us to areas which are closed to the general public.
THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS and THEIR GUESTS ONLY October, 2009 -- Professor Lewis Ullman, Director of Digital Media Studies at The Ohio State
University, will talk to us as part of our series on the History of Text.
Program is free and open to the public. November, 2009: Dr. Robert Karrow,
curator of Maps and Special Collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago, will
share the library’s many maps and collections and their fascinating stories.
Program is free and open to the public. December, 2009 -- Our Annual Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction is held at LaScala. We’ve
usually had around 75 members and their guests attend this dinner…and the silent
auction (with many donated books and literary stuff) helps underwrite our
programming, including the Ravneberg Memorial Lecture. THIS PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS
and THEIR GUESTS ONLY January, 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. Program is free and open to the public. February, 2010 -- In recognition of Black History Month, Dr. Rudine Bishop will give a program
on African-American Children’s Literature. Dr. Bishop has contributed
significantly to the scholarship dealing with African-American children’s
literature. Her seminal work is Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience
in Contemporary Children’s Literature. Program is free and open to the public.
March, 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. April, 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 May, 2010 (pending) -- 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 Saturdays are held at 10:00 AM in the Reading Room for University Archives, 2700 Kenny Road. Please see the University Archives web site for directions.
All Aldus members and guests are welcome to attend any and all sessions.
Please tell other Aldus members, who are not on the listserv, about these
events.
Watch for First Saturday plans for Fall 2009!
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The Aldus
Society
P.O. Box 1150
Worthington, Ohio 43085-1150
For more information, e-mail us at
AldusSociety@gmail.com
Aldus members: to subscribe to our
listserv, The Aldus Society Forum,
please send an email to Emerson Gilbert at
emerson@hannah.com
