SHARP News

SHARP, (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing) (1996) SHARP News 5(2):pp. 1-12.

Abstract

This is the Spring 1996 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: EDITORIAL TEAMS APPOINTED TO DIRECT SHARP YEARBOOK AND NEWSLETTER; THE HISTORY OF THE IRISH BOOK PROJECT: A FIRST PROGRESS REPORT; LONDON AND DREW UNIVERSITIES CREATE GRADUATE EDUCATION LINK; WILLIAM MORRIS CENTENARY OBSERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC; READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS; THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS; LECTURES; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Leon Jackson (pp. 3-5); THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Edward Tenner (pp. 6-7).