Takamiya to Speak on Digitizing Early Books, Manuscripts
Monday, November 5
3 p.m., reception to follow
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Free and open to the public
Information: Rare Book Collection (919-962-1143)
Toshiyuki Takamiya, book collector and professor of English at Keio University in Japan, will speak on the topic "Gutenberg, Caxton and Malory: Digitizing Early Printed Books and Medieval Manuscripts."
Takamiya directs the Humanities Media Interface (HUMI) Project at Keio University. The HUMI Project was begun in 1996 to create digital facsimiles of rare books from the East and West. A highlight is the online version of the Keio Gutenberg Bible.
The program is co-sponsored by Friends of the Library; the Departments of English and Comparative Literature, History, and Asian Studies; the Medieval Studies Program; Study Abroad; and the College of Arts and Sciences.
