Archives in Action: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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The RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection is home to an outstanding library of books and primary source archives dedicated to the history of printing, books arts, and graphic design. We host thousands of students per year who visit for inspiration in their classes, as well as researchers who base their scholarship on our holdings. Take a virtual tour of the Cary reading room and pressroom. Embracing the notion of preservation through use, three case-studies will be presented that highlight how these unique archives can be put into creative action in the 21st century.
Amelia Fontanel is a curator at the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection, a renowned library that collects on design, typography, and the book arts. As manager of the Cary technology collection, she is responsible for teaching and maintaining over 30 different presses and thousands of fonts of metal and wood type. She is actively involved in the international printing community, holding executive board positions with the American Printing History Association and the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum.
