Here's something from the wish-we-were-back-in-school department.
Tomorrow morning, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., is introducing a "book studies concentration" that will draw on "the exceptional resources of the Mortimer Rare Book Room and the wealth of book artists and craftspeople of the Pioneer Valley." In classes, through field projects and independent research, students will learn about the history of the book, from oral memory and papyrus scrolls to digital media, as well as book production, technology and design, illustration, the book trade, libraries, literacy and more.