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Scotland's paper industry. (2009)
Book Chapter
Bromage, S., McCleery, A., & Finkelstein, D. (2009). Scotland's paper industry. In H. Williams (Ed.), 500 Years of printing in Scotland. Scottish Print Archival trust

We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence" (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishop, D. (2009, November). We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence"

David Cronenberg is arguably one of the world’s most acclaimed cult directors, his films renowned for their depictions of body horror and transgressive outsiders. But five years ago he found himself enduring a run of critically acclaimed flops, with... Read More about We're trying to get back to normal here: a case-study of David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence".

A semester with the Sony eBook Reader. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Allan, D. (2009, October). A semester with the Sony eBook Reader. Paper presented at International Conference on the Book

The marketplace has seen the launch over the past two years of a plethora of products that can now handle digitised books on mobile devices. One of the most prominent of these has been the Sony e-book reader, principally because of its availability t... Read More about A semester with the Sony eBook Reader..

Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, A. (2009, October). Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on the Book

A 1989 report provided both a snapshot of the contemporary role of reading in children’s lives and a basis upon which policies could be developed in order to encourage reading. The motivation for this work was both pragmatic and aspirational: a rever... Read More about Bolshie teenagers and boring books: pre and post Potter..

The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2009, October). The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation. Presented at 7th International Conference of the Book

The relationship between trade, political and cultural sovereignty, legal infrastructures and language lies at the core of this paper. Previous accounts of this relationship have been characterised either by a form of technological determinism and/or... Read More about The Empire of books: reviewing the march of globalisation..

The trials and travels of Lady Chatterley. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A. (2009, July). The trials and travels of Lady Chatterley. Paper presented at Lady Chatterley and her Consequences Conference

Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gunn, L. (2009, June). Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference

The problems of creating a large and diverse dataset for public online access are common across a number of fields and disciplines, particularly where the resources available to the researchers in terms of staffing, access and mobility are restricted... Read More about Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset..

Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack". (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A., & Copeland, C. (2009, June). Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack". Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference