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Readers at Work

3 May 2013

The current temporary exhibition at the Bodmer Foundation (Cologny, Geneva) showcases different types of readers interactions with books throughout history. I had the pleasure of co-curating...

Another fine example of censorship from the 17th century. No...

25 May 2012

Another fine example of censorship from the 17th century. No wonder, as this is a book of secrets (more on this later) theartofgooglebooks: theartofgooglebooks: Copious text blotted...

Google Books & the Spanish Inquisition

19 May 2012

Google Books is full of surprises, with its unexpected pictures of rubber gloved and perfectly manicured hands of anonymous librarians, pages turned at the wrong moment, unexpected...