He works on the history of books, publishing and reading.

One can nonetheless study History of books, athletics, music, visual arts, theatre, and film.

Ms. Mortimer also lectured in the art department and taught a course on the history of books until a few weeks ago.

His research interests lie, in large part, in the history of books and reading, ancient Greece and biography.

Roadside markers are anecdotes to the epic history of books, trivia to round out the treatises.

It publishes scholarly articles dealing with codicology, palaeography and various aspects of the history of books from around 1500 until the present.

UVA also hosts the Rare Book School, a non-profit organization that studies the history of books and printing.

But his wide range of knowledge also covered the history of books and bookmaking, bibliography, architecture and the history of photography.

"You had the whole history of books in these places," says Ray Bradbury, who himself does not own a computer and still likes to do things the old way.

Chronological Publishing History of Books Authored/Illustrated by Blanche McManus and Francis Miltoun:

"The Plant" may not make history with literary critics, but Mr. King, who is fast becoming the public face of electronic publishing, feels he stands at a crossroads in the history of books.

He holds the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books (1994) and is director of the Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization.

History of books and libraries in the Philippines 1521-1900: A study of the sources and chronology of events pertaining to Philippine library history from the sixteenth to the end of the nineteenth century.

Terry Belanger is the founding director of Rare Book School (RBS), an institute concerned with education for the history of books and printing, and with rare books and special collections librarianship.

For more than four decades, it was essential reading not only for used and rare booksellers, but also for acquisitions and rare book librarians, book collectors, as well as those interested in the history of books and printing.

Her book joins "The Footnote" by Anthony Grafton and other recent works on the cultural history of books, all of which seem to suggest that books have recently come to a turning point; what once seemed natural can no longer be taken for granted.

Those undertaking research at the doctoral level can pursue a very wide range of interests including information technology, government information policy, social research into information use among particular segments of society, information in organizations and corporate settings, and the history of books and printing.

"The Book Is Art," which fills the Renee Fotouhi Gallery to overflowing, is a jovial, uneven free-for-all of a group show that roams erratically through the history of books designed or illustrated by artists, as well as booklike sculptures, prints and multiples.

Likewise, Robert Darnton, a professor of history at Princeton who is writing a book about the history of books, noted that by looking at a book's binding and paper quality, a researcher can discern much about the period in which it was published, the publisher and the intended audience.

Its collections range from ancient Egyptian papyri to incunabula and libretti; the subjects of focus include British, European and Canadian literature, Aristotle, Darwin, the Spanish Civil War, the history of science and medicine, Canadiana and the history of books.

Terry Belanger founded the Book Arts Press at the Columbia University School of Library Service in 1972 as a laboratory for various programs concerned with the history of books and printing, descriptive bibliography, the antiquarian book trade, and rare book and special collections librarianship.