The folks at Oxford University Press have released a new online journal for information professionals. The inaugural issue features several interesting articles, one on Wikipedia's contribution to scholarship. 
The Book Arts is a traveling exhibition focused on aspects of the art of the book including book binding, fine press, paper making, illustration and a selection of artists’ books by 17 artists from across Western Canada.
The Book Arts explores books as objects of beauty, personal expression and curiosity, and celebrates the imagination, inventiveness and skill of the artists who produce them. The show features 29 examples of work by artists from across Alberta as well as from Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Many of the artists are members of the Calgary and Edmonton chapters of the Canadian Book Binders and Book Artists Guild.
Exhibition Curator Dean Tatam Reeves notes that The Book Arts exhibition was inspired by the important work of community libraries that provide public access to Alberta art.
The Book Arts was developed with the assistance of Arts on Atlantic Gallery, Calgary, and the Canadian Book Artists and Book Binders Guild (CBBAG), Calgary Chapter. The exhibition was produced by the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX), southeast region.
Come see it soon - we only have it until January 28th!
