University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 20

ECTS credits : 10

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: Full Year

Planned timetable: 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Thu

Material Bibliography is a year-long training option intended for students enrolled on the Book History, Reformation Studies or Early Modern MLitt programmes. It covers the use of the Book as historical evidence, and practical aspects of cataloguing and Special Collections work. Closely supervised seminars will cover: Basic tools? Databases and how to identify hand pressed books; Reading a title page; Latin for book historians; Printers, publishers and booksellers; Paper and format; Collation formulae and pagination, type description; Fingerprints; Refresher - edition vs. copy; Provenance; Binding and Bindings; Workshop - describing books; Databases and bibliometrics. Semester one focuses on group training, semester two on supervised individual practice.

Relationship to other modules

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take MO5012

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: Fortnightly 2-hour seminars or 2.5-hour practical classes.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 100%


Re-assessment: 2-hour class test=100%