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October 22, 2009
Tour!
Early Printing in Asia
Smith Room, Special Collections
Young Research Library, UCLA
Please join us for a tour through the treasures of UCLA’s East Asian Library on Thursday,
October 22, 2009 from 2 to 4 pm. Librarians Toshie Marra and Hong Cheng will be
showing items of early printed Japanese and Chinese texts and images from the EAL’s
extensive collection. These include Buddhist manuscripts from the 12th through 14th
centuries, early printed works from movable type, and scrolls and books with handwritten
or carved characters.
The deadline for receipt of early bird registrations for the Oct. 15–16, 2010 APHA Conference at the Corcoran in Washington D.C. is September 15. Please make sure that you mail in your registrations to arrive in New York by September 15 to receive the APHA member discount. Details about Learning To Print, Teaching to Print are now available. Download the program and hotel information. Download the registration form.
The Summer 2010 issue of the Newsletter is comprised of a story about the revival of UCLA's Horn Press; the program of the upcoming 2010 annual conference; a reminder of the 2010 Lieberman Lecture; chapter activities from across the country; a review of the 2010 Hofer Lecture; and the bicentennial of George Phineas Gordon. Download it in PDF form here.