History and Future of the Book: An Information Literacy Conduit

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

• Robert D. Whipple Jr., Creighton University, NE

Copyright

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Location

Room 100

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

An examination of an undergraduate course in the history and future of traditional and not-so-traditional books, including digital books, ebooks, Kindles, iPads, and similar artifacts, this presentation will show how a historical examination of literacy technologies leads to students’ greater understanding of how humans consume and produce information.

Keywords

Bound books, Digital books, Literacy technology, Information production

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Whipple, Robert D. Jr., "History and Future of the Book: An Information Literacy Conduit" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 27.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/27