These cards describe the scope of the collection -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book consists of braille pages altered with perforations and collaged with offset texts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition of works by American artists dealing with environmental issues was curated by Betty Bright who wrote a critical essay for the catalog. The Sackner Archive lent the artist book, Sisters of Menon, by Susan Hiller to the exhibition. The stapled pages are reviews of the exhibition. The catalog reproduces Rita Dove's print, "Ozone," which is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

McCarney removed the covers of this encyclopedia and constructed a back case from cardboard that he covered in cloth. The opened front exposes groups of collaged pages whose edges have been chiseled out to form a zig-zag pattern. The horizontal dimensions of these 12 groups of pages become progressively smaller from back to front. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages unfold into a rectangular quilt made from cut-out texts from eight books of different languages which had been discarded from public libraries. The texts are mounted onto braile paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book served as an index to a related sculptural work created for the library of the University of South Maine. It was based on the index of Encyclopedia Americana 1960, volume 30. The pages were made using digital imaging to scan the index which was integrated with images of figures and hands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Mention is made in one of the citations that the work of Renate Habinger is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The works that are depicted in this catalogue and also held by the Sackner Archive include Richard Tipping's "Expressive Mail" amd "Poetry Mail," and Jas Duke's "Dada Fight for Life." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Emblem poem of the 16th and 17th century consisted of motto, image and verse. In the classification system utilized by the Sackner Archive, emblem poems are designated Picture Poems and consist of title (motto), image and verse on the same page, i.e., a single poem which if presented as facing pages collection of poems and poetry in a book would be designated an Illustrated Book. Examples of contemporary picture poems are those composed by Kenneth Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Curated by Carol Barton and Diane Shaw. For this exhibition "a select group of nationally recognized book artists was invited to create original works of art inspired by" volumes from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalog is concerned with the various forms book of the future. The constantly changing exhibition will travel until 2000, including an opening at the Miami Book Fair in 1995. Kim MacQueen contributes an essay which examines the format of the book from manuscript to CD-ROM in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.