Have you ever wondered what it would be like to write the way medieval scribes did—using a quill and ink? In this edition of BookLab Diaries, Juliet Tawiah, one of NIU BookLab’s graduate teaching assistants, takes us on a fun and messy journey back in time as she experiments with
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Northern Illinois University’s Library is proud to introduce the Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) who are playing a pivotal role in the BookLab, an innovative new space dedicated to exploring the history of writing, printing, and book-making traditions. Today, we shine the spotlight on Bosompemaa Apea Dankwa (left), Juliet Tawiah (center),
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Last December, graduate students from ENGL 693: Native American Literature had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the mobile BookLab, diving into the innovative world of bookmaking while exploring traditional printing techniques. The activity of printing on birch paper accompanied the students’ study of nineteenth-century Potawatomi author Simon Pokagon. Students’
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