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A storytelling path

University Historian Ann Pflaum — the former Associate Dean of what is now known as…

markengeJanuary 24, 2021

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Land values

About 10 years ago, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka decided to build a new…

markengeJanuary 22, 2021

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Civic discussion

Facts are fun — and they’re just a start. Deepening people’s understanding so they can be…

markengeJanuary 22, 2021

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Suited for design

Arts & Design Librarian Deborah Ultan has been focusing on Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art…

markengeJanuary 21, 2021

In this image, the title on the left is issued in Folio (a hand-pressed sheet folded once), but the center and right are both issued in Quarto (a hand-pressed sheet folded twice). Of the latter two, the original folded-sheets of hand-press paper were different sizes resulting in one Quarto being much smaller than the other Quarto. Nevertheless, they are both considered Quarto.

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Rare guidance

In seeking rare materials, size matters less than the folding of a book’s pages and…

markengeJanuary 14, 2021

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New collection arrives at CBIA

Christopher (Chris) Reutershan, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate developer, recently donated The Christopher Reutershan Collection…

markengeJanuary 10, 2021

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“It is a miracle how much work so few people could and can accomplish while…

markengeJanuary 10, 2021

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Visionary technology leader dies

Gideon Gartner died Dec. 12 at his home in Manhattan. He and his wife Sarah…

markengeJanuary 10, 2021

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Collecting her thoughts

Peg Guilfoyle has a new book out: “Singing All the Verses: Essays from a Mid-American.”…

markengeJanuary 2, 2021

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Discovering a new path

Alexa Oswald came to the Health Sciences Library through serendipity — she saw a summer…

markengeDecember 29, 2020

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