The Grolier Club Lectures

The Grolier Club online video library of talks and events has been steadily expand­ing since Sep­tem­ber 2010. The entire Grolier Club video archive can be found at Vimeo. Below is a bril­liant, provoca­tive, and some­what alarm­ing lec­ture by RBS Direc­tor Michael F. Suarez, S.J. A “must see” for any bib­lio­phile, scholar, or humanist.

2010 Robert L. Nikirk Lec­ture: Michael F. Suarez, S.J. “Dig­i­tal Books [sic.] & the Future of Bib­li­o­graph­i­cal Knowl­edge.” Grolier Club, November 9, 2010.

Grolier Club mem­ber Michael F. Suarez, S.J. is a noted book his­to­rian, and Direc­tor of Rare Book School, as well as Uni­ver­sity Pro­fes­sor, Pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish, and Hon­orary Cura­tor of Spe­cial Col­lec­tions at the Uni­ver­sity of Virginia. He was intro­duced by William T. Buice III, pres­i­dent of the board of Rare Book School, and for­mer pres­i­dent of the Grolier Club (1998–2002).