Leaving Something Behind: Reading Socially Through Book Traces

 By E.L.

Alderman library stacks at the University of Virginia

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I’ve been spending a lot of time in libraries lately. As a grad student and inveterate skimmer of books, this is not rare. But for the past six months, I’ve been working as a project intern for Book Traces, where I systematically inspect my university’s circulating book collection for evidence of how past handlers have used, modified, and engaged with their books.

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