Archive for October, 2010
Libraries Plan International Education Week Activities
Barbara Hood - Oct 26th, 2010
November 15, 2010 3:00 p.m. • Smathers Library, room 1A ”From ‘Commune’ to International Community: a Writer’s Journey from a Kibbutz Childhood to a Scholarly Life in Florida” Presentation by Avraham Balaban – Israeli UF faculty and award winning author November 16, 2010 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. • Plaza of the Americas, under the canopy [...]
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Barbara Hood - Oct 11th, 2010
Smathers Library, 2nd floor gallery 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday through Dec. 17, 2010 This exhibit will focus on the artistic aspects of a book rather than the text. Display cases will feature leather tooling of covers and the evolution of 19th century publishers’ book bindings, examples of fore-edge painting, wood blocks and wood [...]
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