History and Future of the Book: An Information Literacy Conduit
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
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
History and Future of the Book: An Information Literacy Conduit
Room 100
See presentation description.
