Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.7.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # From Jikji to Gutenberg How and when did moveable type first come about? ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://jikji.utah.edu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Lasting First Impressions: Printing Revolutions East and West](https://jikji.utah.edu/lasting-first-impressions-printing-revolutions-east-and-west/) - A piece of Korean cast type older than the Gutenberg Bible. Library of Congress Asian Division (Photo credit: Dan Paterson, Library of Congress Preservation Directorate). “The very emergence of the public sphere—as a forum for people to interact and debate issues of their time—was in part a consequence of printing.” Dr. Fackson Banda, Head of ## Pages - [From Jikji to Gutenberg](https://jikji.utah.edu/) - In East Asia, printing and the dissemination of printed works originated as early as 751 when the Korean scroll printed from woodblocks – the Pure Light Dharani Sutra – was printed from woodblocks on to a single sheet of paper.[1] East Asian printers carved the reverse image of a text onto wooden block, rubbed ink - [Darryl Butt](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/darryl-butt/) - Prof. Darryl Butt Dean, College of Mines and Earth Sciences Prof. Darryl Butt, PhD is the Dean of the College of Mines and Earth Sciences, a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of an Energy Frontiers Research Center at the University of Utah. He has held a variety of research and management positions - [Dr Ad Stijnman](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/ad-stijnman/) - Dr. Ad Stijnman PhD University of Amsterdam, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London Dr Ad Stijnman (PhD University of Amsterdam, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London) is a professional printmaker and an independent scholar of historical printmaking processes, specialising in manual intaglio printmaking techniques. He has lectured and published widely on - [Dr Michael Seth](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/michael-seth/) - Dr. Michael Seth Professor of East Asian and World History at James Madison University Dr. Michael J Seth is the Professor of East Asian and World History at James Madison University, author of A Concise History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present, and North Korea: A History, and editor of The Routledge Handbook of - [Dr Young Kyun Oh](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/young-kyun-oh/) - Dr. Young Kyun Oh Dr. Young Kyun Oh is the Associate Professor of Chinese at Arizona State University’s School of International Letters and Cultures. His interests include the cultural connections among East Asian societies. He is the author of numerous articles and the monograph, Engraving Virtue: The Printing History of a Premodern Korean Moral Primer - [Gary Frost](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/gary-frost/) - Gary Frost Gary Frost is a book conservator and educator. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1970). Frost is currently Conservator Emeritus of the University of Iowa Libraries. Gary has served on Faculties of Columbia University, New York, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, - [Minah Song](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/minah-song/) - Minah Song Minah Song is an independent paper conservator in Washington, D.C. Her research and publications include Patterns of Appreciation: Papermakers in East Asia (pending publication), Evaluation of the Conservation Quality Eastern Papers Regarding Materials and Papermaking Process (2015), The History and Characteristics of Korean Books and Bookbinding (2009), and Permanence, Durability and Unique Properties of Hanji (co-authored with Jesse Munn, - [Tim Barrett](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/tim-barrett/) - Timothy Barrett Timothy Barrett is a specialist in the history, technique and aesthetics of hand papermaking. His primary research interests have been Japanese and early European papermaking, with a more recent interest in early papermaking in Korea. He has utilized non-destructive instrumentation during the analyses of historical papers and hands-on experimental papermaking to help answer - [Dr. Graeme R. Reynolds](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/graeme-reynolds/) - Dr. Graeme R. Reynolds Graeme R. Reynolds is assistant professor at the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. He is a scholar of the history of the book in Korea and East Asia, specializing in knowledge production, printing technologies, historiography, and archives. His research examines the intersection of - [Team](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/) - Project Team XRF IMAGING Dr. Uwe Bergmann — SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Minhal Gardezi — PhD student, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Sam Webb — Lead Staff Scientist Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory MATERIAL SCIENCE Dr. Darryl P. Butt — University of Utah E. Keats Webb — Imaging Scientist, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute - [Meetings and Presentations](https://jikji.utah.edu/meetings-and-presentations/) - Meetings and Presentations Arianna D’Ottone Arabic Block Printed Amulets: Bridging East and West – Nov 15, 2024 Online Presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wb9QWqQKR-o Lars Kim: Survey of Korean Calligraphy, Typography, and Print The Letterform Lecture Series Presented at the San Francisco Public Library April 2, 2019 Analyzing seven 13-14th century Arabic block prints Hear a discussion on the latest - [Research](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/) - Research NEW Research results from analyzing seven 13-14th century Arabic block prints – Zoom discussion 6 Sept 2024 Evolution of the Hanji-making Technology, from Ancient Times to the Present. Journal of Korean Wood Science Technology 51 – Dr. Oh-Kyu Lee, Dec 2023 BnF Digital Access to Jikji – Dec 2022 Melvin P. McGovern, Specimen Pages of - [Jikji, Speaks](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/jikji-talks/) - Jikji, Speaks by Dr. Lee Seung-cheol Dr. Lee designed Jikji, Speaks to help familiarize a broad audience with the significance of Jikji, the world’s oldest example of a book printed from metal types. Today, only the second of two volumes of Jikji survives in the collections of the BnF, as compared with 49 surviving copies - [From Jikji to Gutenberg Forum 2023](https://jikji.utah.edu/from-jikji-to-gutenberg-forum-2023/) - UNESCO International Centre for Documentary Heritage hosted the 2023 Sessions were held online through Youtube and Zoom Agenda | Table of Contents Forum website 2022 Session Watch the Sessions Early European Papermaking Speaker: Timothy Barrett A Concise History of Western Printmaking Techniques up to 1840 Speaker: Ad Stijnman Gutenberg Type - [From Jikji to Gutenberg Forum 2022](https://jikji.utah.edu/from-jikji-to-gutenberg-forum-2022/) - UNESCO International Centre for Documentary Heritage hosted the very first Sessions were held online through Youtube and Zoom Agenda | Table of Contents Forum website 2023 Session Watch the Sessions Introduction to Muk, Korean Ink Speaker: Dr. Yong-Hyun Yun (National Science Museum) Introduction to Hanji, Korean Paper Speaker: Dr. Oh-Kyu - [Arianna D'Ottone Rambach](https://jikji.utah.edu/arianna-dottone-rambach/) - Arianna D’Ottone Rambach Arianna D’Ottone Rambach is Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Sapienza – University of Rome. A specialist of Arabic written culture and a numismatist, she published extensively on Arabic palaeography and codicology, Arabic numismatics, papyrology and Art history, as well as on the historiography of Arabic studies in Italy. Her interest - [Become a Host](https://jikji.utah.edu/become-a-host/) - Become a Host Site The project team is looking for institutions to host Lasting First Impressions around July 2027. Exhibition designers are crafting a flexible format adaptable for institutions of all sizes and resources. Your name Your email Institution Affiliation Tell us how you'd like to be involved (optional) - [In the Media](https://jikji.utah.edu/media/) - Latest News Welcome speech for the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles exhibit Jikji Opens the Golden Future Randy Silverman’s Welcome speech for the opening of the exhibit, Jikji Opens the Golden Future, at the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles exhibit on October 14, 2023. A Special Exhibition: Jikji Opens the Golden Future The Korean Cultural - [James (Jim) Canary](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/jim-canary/) - James (Jim) Canary James Canary has been a book conservator at Indiana University Libraries since 1985. In 1993 He set up a conservation studio in The Lilly Library focusing on the university’s collection of rare books and manuscripts. His background is in Central Eurasian Studies with a concentration on Classical Tibetan and Mongolian. He has - [Gay Walker](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/gay-walker/) - Gay Walker Head of Preservation and Curator of the Arts of the Book Room at Yale University Library 1972-1990 & Head of special collections at Reed College 2002-2017 Gay Walker (she/her) is a printer, calligrapher, and book arts artist based near Portland, Oregon. She was Head of Preservation and Curator of the Arts of the - [Newberry Type](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/newberry-type/) - Korean Movable Type Collection at the Newberry Library Lars Kim recently traveled to the Newberry Library in Chicago, where she was surprised to find a small collection of movable metal and wooden type from the Joseon era. Shortly thereafter, she worked with staff at both the Newberry and the Library of Congress to investigate the - [Eyal Poleg](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/eyal-poleg/) - Eyal Poleg Eyal Poleg is a reader (associate professor) in Material History at Queen Mary University of London. He is a historian of premodern objects and faith and the Principal Investigator of Hidden in Pain Sight: Historical and Scientific Analysis of Premodern Sacred Books. He has published widely on the late medieval and the early - [Photos from the BnF](https://jikji.utah.edu/media/bnf-exhibition/) - Exhibition photos from Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe Ji Young Park and Yeaseul Jung visited the exhibition, Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe (Imprimer ! L’Europe de Gutenberg) at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (April 12-July 16, 2023). Below are images that they took from this exhibition on European printing, including a very rare glimpse of Jikji, the world’s oldest extant - [E. Keats Webb](https://jikji.utah.edu/e-keats-webb/) - E. Keats Webb Imaging Scientist, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute E. Keats Webb is an imaging scientist at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). Her work at MCI includes using scientific and computational imaging to aid in the research and conservation of the Smithsonian collections. Her specializations include spectral imaging and image-based 3D reconstruction. Webb received - [Platemark s3e32 the print ecosystem: Ad Stijnman](https://jikji.utah.edu/meetings-and-presentations/platemark-s3e32-the-print-ecosystem-ad-stijnman/) - Platemark s3e32 the print ecosystem: Ad Stijnman From the podcast – Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem In s3e32 of Platemark, a podcast about prints and the printmaking ecosystem, host Ann Shafer speaks with Ad Stijnman, an independent scholar of historical printmaking processes, specializing in manual intaglio printmaking techniques. He is also a professional printmaker. - [Lars Kim (김지영)](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/lars-kim/) - Lars Kim Lars Kim (김지영, she/her) is a Korean American designer, printmaker and educator based in Portland, Oregon. As a researcher, she investigates the early development of Korean typography, printing and the transmission of sacred arts along the Silk Road. Her print work frequently blends multiple processes (letterpress, offset lithography, screen print and intaglio), Western - [About the project](https://jikji.utah.edu/about/) - A witness to history From Jikji to Gutenberg From Jikji to Gutenberg is a collaborative research project involving nearly 40 scholars living in 13 different time zones who will investigate the technological evidence related from the invention of book printing. This interdisciplinary team is made up of historians, material specialists, conservators and scientists who will - [Jikji Research Book](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/jikji-research-book/) - Jikji Research Book by Dr. Lee Seung-cheol [pdf-embedder url=”https://jikji.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/06/jikji-research-book_FirstHalf.pdf” title=”jikji research book First Half”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://jikji.utah.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/06/jikji-research-book_compressedSecondHalf.pdf” title=”jikji research book Second Half”] - [Dr. Lee, Seung-cheol](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/lee-seungcheol/) - Dr. Lee, Seung-cheol I worked as the curator of the Cheongju Early Printing Museum and am currently in charge of research and development / education promotion related to UNESCO Memory of the at UNESCO ICDH. I received a Ph.D. in Korean Language & Literature and Department of Library and Information Science, and my major research - [From Jikji to Gutenberg Colloquium](https://jikji.utah.edu/from-jikji-to-gutenberg-colloquium/) - From Jikji to Gutenberg Colloquium – 2023 A meeting of scholars, historians, conservators, and librarians from seven countries. The From Jikji to Gutenberg Colloquium, held at the Library of Congress 13-14 April 2023, was the first face-to-face meeting of 40 scholars, material culture specialists and scientists who comprise the project. The discussions provided an opportunity - [Dr. Ok Young Jung](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/ok-young-jung/) - Ok Young Jung Professor of Graduate School of Korean Studies Diplomatics and Bibliography Academy of Korean Studies 323 Haogae-ro Unjung-Dong Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-City, KOREA E-mail: gabinja@aks.ac.kr - [Library of Congress Blog post on From Jikji to Gutenberg May 22, 2023](https://jikji.utah.edu/library-of-congress-blog-post-on-from-jikji-to-gutenberg-may-22-2023/) - Library of Congress Blog post From Jikji to Gutenberg May 22, 2023 - [Josef Beery](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/josef-beery/) - Josef Beery Josef Beery, as VP for Publications at the American Printing History Association, manages production of the academic journal Printing History, a semiannual peer-reviewed publication. It has been published since 1979 and can be accessed through the Gale database service. Josef is an educator specializing in printing and book history. He is also a - [Dr. Lee, Oh-Kyu](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/dr-lee-oh-kyu/) - Dr. Lee, Oh-Kyu Senior Research Official at the National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS), Republic of Korea Dr. Lee, Oh-Kyu has worked for the Korean National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS) since 2006 where he began as a postdoctoral research chemist. Now a senior researcher, he now heads a team in the NIFoS Biomaterials Research - [Shukhratillo (Shukhrat) Z. Pulatov](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/pulatov/) - Shukhratillo (Shukhrat) Z. Pulatov Shukhratillo (Shukhrat) Z. Pulatov is currently the Head of the Conservation and Restoration Department at the National Library of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi. From 2007 till 2018, he worked as a Head of Conservation and Restoration Department in Abu Rayhan Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Sciences of - [Zhaohui (Jeff) He](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/zhaohui-he/) - Zhaohui (Jeff) He Shandong University Advanced Institute of Confucianism, China I graduated from Peking University with a Ph.D. in history in 2004. I worked at the Peking University Library for 12 years, first as a journal editor, then as a rare book collection librarian. Since 2008 I have been a professor at the Institute for - [Sam Webb](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/sam-webb/) - Sam Webb Sam Webb received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University. His is the Lead Staff Scientist at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, specializing in X-ray imaging and spectroscopy. Sam has a strong background in the materials chemistry. During his Ph.D. research, he began to use - [Special Functions Panel Discussion: From Jikji to Gutenberg](https://jikji.utah.edu/groiler-panel/) - Grolier Club Panel Discussion: From Jikji to Gutenberg Randy Silverman gave an update on the goals of the From Jikji to Gutenberg project; Jennifer Giaccai discussed an overview of the Scientific Examination of Four Gutenberg Folios and a Korean Printing of Confucius; and Jonathan Thornton presented, “Gutenberg Reconsidered: A Proposed Methodology for the Production of - [Elmer Eusman](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/elmer-eusman/) - Elmer Eusman Chief of the Conservation Division, Library of Congress Elmer Eusman, Chief of the Conservation Division, Library of Congress, is responsible for all conservation at the Library of Congress, including the care and design specifications for the Library of Congress’s new exhibit case for the 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum. More about Elmer - [Elizabeth Ryan](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/elizabeth-ryan/) - Elizabeth Ryan Book Conservator, Stanford University Libraries Elizabeth Ryan is a Book Conservator at Stanford University Libraries where she works on the conservation of special collections materials. Her interests include early printed books, binders’ waste and user interventions found in books. More about Elizabeth - [Dr. Yun Yong-hyun](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/dr-yun-yong-hyun/) - Dr. Yun Yong-hyun Dr. Yun Yong-hyun has been working as a curator at the National Science Museum since 1994. Currently, he is Director of the Department of History of Science and Technology in Korea. The National Science Museum is in charge of the collection, preservation, restoration, research, exhibition, and education of materials on the history - [A Story Of Forgotten Hanji, Korean Traditional Paper](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/a-story-of-forgotten-hanji-korean-traditional-paper/) - A Story Of Forgotten Hanji, Korean Traditional Paper: The Restoration of Taeji and Siji This video is a recording from the in-person Lecture, A Story Of Forgotten Hanji, Korean Traditional Paper: The Restoration of Taeji and Siji with Dr. Oh-Kyu Lee, Senior Research Scientist for the Forest Biomaterials Research Center at the National Institute of - [Yeaseul Jung](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/yeasuel-jung/) - Yeasueul Jung Conservation of Books & Paper, City & Guilds of London Art School Yeaseul Jung is a Book and Paper Conservation student at City & Guilds of London Art School. She holds a BFA in Printmaking and a BA in Art Studies (Art history, art philosophy, aesthetics) from Hongik University in South Korea. As - [Raymond S. Nelson Jr.](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/raymond-nelson/) - Raymond S. Nelson Jr. Ray is a Museum Specialist Emeritus, having worked in the Graphic Arts Collection, at the Museum of American History, the Smithsonian Institution, for 31 years. All aspects of printing history are of interest to him, but he has made type founding a specialty. Ray is one of a handful of active - [Angelica Jiyoung Noh](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/angelica-jiyoung-noh/) - Jiyoung (Angelica) Noh Programme Specialist in the Research & Development UNESCO International Centre for Documentary Heritage Angelica Jiyoung Noh is a programme specialist in the Research & Development Division of UNESCO International Centre for Documentary Heritage (ICDH). She coordinates the monitoring system for UNESCO Memory of the World (MoW) program and response system for endangered - [Minhal Gardezi](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/minhal-gardezi/) - Minhal Gardezi Minhal Gardezi: Physics PhD student at UW-Madison and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Minhal Gardezi is a graduate student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Physics conducting X-ray research under Dr. Uwe Bergmann. She focuses on using X-ray spectroscopy methods to examine cultural heritage artifacts. Minhal graduated from Wellesley College in 2020 with - [Multispectral Imaging of Printed Eastern and Western Pages](https://jikji.utah.edu/multispectral-imaging-of-printed-eastern-and-western-pages/) - Multispectral Imaging of Printed Eastern and Western Pages Michael Toth Initial multispectral imaging of Western and Eastern printed with moveable metal type provides baseline data on the similarities and differences in the inks and papers for the international Jikji to Gutenberg Project. These images will help guide multispectral and x-ray fluorescence imaging of additional pages - [Kim, Ho-gui](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/kim-ho-gui/) - Kim, Ho-gui HK Professor, the Buddhist Academy, Dongguk University Professor Kim Hogui, an HK Professor of Dongguk University (the Buddhist Academy), graduated from Dongguk University with a BA in Seon Buddhist Studies, received MA and Ph.D. in Seon Buddhist theology. ResumeEssay Abstract - [Professor Kim, Ho-gui - Essay Abstract](https://jikji.utah.edu/professor-kim-ho-gui-essay-abstract/) - Essay Abstract Kim, Ho-gui Jikji is an abbreviated title of the Korean Buddhist text called Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol (“Essential Passages Directly Pointing at the Essence of the Mind by Master Baegun”). Authored by Master Baegun Gyeonghan (1298–1374), a Buddhist monk from the Goryeo period, Jikji consists of two volumes. The title - [Choson hwalcha](https://jikji.utah.edu/research/choson-hwalcha/) - Korean moveable type from the collections of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress Dan Paterson These images show the Choson hwalcha, 95 pieces of early Korean moveable type from the collections of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. The Choson hwalcha is being studied to determine more about its origin and - [Jikji Cast Metal Type Book (1377)](https://jikji.utah.edu/jikji-cast-metal-type-book-1377/) - Jikji Cast Metal Type Book (1377) - [Dan Paterson](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/dan-paterson/) - Dan Paterson Senior Book Conservator, Library of Congress Dan Paterson is a senior book conservator at the Library of Congress where he has worked since 2003. He has an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin with an Advanced Certificate in Book and Paper Conservation. Previously he held internship positions at Northwestern University, The - [Randy Silverman](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/randy-silverman/) - Randy Silverman Head of Preservation, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Randy Silverman began his bookbinding career in 1978, and has served as the Head of Preservation at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library since 1993. He holds the academic rank of tenured Full Librarian and has served as adjunct faculty for six library - [Jonathan Thornton](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/jonathan-thornton/) - Jonathan Thornton Jonathan Thornton is Professor Emeritus after a thirty-nine year career teaching the conservation of three-dimensional objects at SUNY Buffalo State College. He is currently an independent artist and researcher focusing on sculpture and the understanding of historic and ancient technologies through recreation and experimentation (a field known as Experimental Archaeology.) The Legacy Press - [Jaeyong Chang](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/jaeyong-chang/) - Dr. Jaeyong Chang Dr. Jaeyong Chang, has been Head Librarian of the Korean Collection at the C.V.Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley, since 2003. He holds a doctorate in Korean History from Kangwon National University, and has numerous publications on Korean rare books. He is a Native Korean speaker with writing/oral fluency in - [Jikji Woodblock Book (c. 1378-79)](https://jikji.utah.edu/dr-lee-jikji-woodblock-book-c-1378-79/) - Jikji Woodblock Book (c. 1378-79) - [Ji Young PARK](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/ji-young-park/) - Ji Young PARK Ji Young PARK is Research Associate in the Translocations cluster at Technische Universität Berlin in Germany. She studied Art history at Seoul National University (Korea) and received her PhD in Museology from Ecole du Louvre, Université d’Avignon (France) and Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada), especially Asian art historical knowledge communication in museum space. - [Cathleen A. Baker](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/cathleen-a-baker/) - Cathleen A. Baker Dr. Cathleen A. Baker taught paper conservation at the State University of New York’s Cooperstown/Buffalo graduate program in art conservation from 1978–1993, after which she researched her book, By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter, published in 2000. From the University of Alabama, Cathy has both an MFA in the - [Leah Donaldson](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/leah-donaldson/) - Leah Donaldson Leah is a web designer and developer at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. Leah combines her technical experience and background in art to solve problems, tell stories, and create great web user experiences. She strives to bring inclusive visual narration, easy navigation, and thoughtful functionality into her work. Leah loves - [Jeff L Davis](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/jeff-davis/) - Jeff L. Davis Jeff L. Davis is a senior graphic design specialist at the University of Utah Marriott Library. He is also a freelance illustrator/ commercial artist/ scenic artist/ set designer/ storyboard artist/ costume designer/ production designer and art director. On the side, he is an actor, fiction writer, gardener, mythozoologist, and world weary traveller. Jeff’s passion is to create; he - [Tony Sams](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/tony-sams/) - Tony Sams Tony Sams (MLIS, BFA) works in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah as part of a creative team redefining the role of the academic library. In his position as a New Media Projects Specialist, Tony is responsible for the many facets of extended reality services (XR). His research interests - [Robert Nelson](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/robert-nelson/) - Robert Nelson Robert Nelson is head of Media Studios at the University of Utah’s Marriott Library. Since 1989 he has hosted the Smile Jamaica radio program at Salt Lake City radio station KRCL. More about Robert - [Richard McBride](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/richard-mcbride/) - Richard McBride Richard McBride is Professor of Korea and Buddhist Studies in the Asian & Near Eastern Languages Department at Brigham Young University (BYU). He teaches courses on premodern and modern Korean literature, literary Sino-Korean, Korean culture, and premodern Korean history. His research interests include Korean and Chinese Buddhist doctrine and practice and early Korean - [Uwe Bergmann](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/uwe-bergmann/) - Uwe Bergmann Uwe Bergmann got his PhD in Physics from Stony Brook University and is the Martin L. Perl Professor in Ultrafast X-ray Science in the Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research activities focus on the development and application of novel synchrotron and X-ray laser techniques. His scientific interests include studies of - [Eric White](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/eric-white/) - Eric Marshall White Eric Marshall White, PhD, is the Scheide Librarian and Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton University Library. He is a leader in the study of early European printed books and the material and historical evidence of their use and survival. His publications include Editio princeps: A History - [Rebekah Cummings](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/rebekah-cummings/) - Rebekah Cummings Digital Matters Librarian, University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library Rebekah Cummings is the Digital Matters Librarian at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library where she coordinates digital studies activities and engages in digital scholarship. Prior to working for the Marriott Library, Rebekah was the Assistant Director of the Mountain West - [Jennifer Giaccai](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/jennifer-giaccai/) - Jennifer Giaccai Jennifer Giaccai is a conservation scientist in the Conservation and Scientific Research department of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution. She has degrees in chemistry and materials science from Macalester College and the Johns Hopkins University. She has previously worked at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation - [Hyoungbae Lee](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/hyoungbae-lee/) - Hyoungbae Lee Hyoungbae Lee joined Princeton University Library in 2008 as Princeton’s first Korean Studies Librarian after he earned a master’s degree in Library and Information Science at Syracuse University. He has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature (Linguistics concentration) from Seoul National University in South Korea. - [Cynthia Brokaw](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/cynthia-brokaw/) - Cynthia Brokaw Cynthia Brokaw, Chen Family Professor of China Studies and Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Brown University, is a historian of the early modern Chinese book, with a particular interest in the radical expansion in book production and in the reading public in Ming and Qing China. She is the author - [Valerie Hansen](https://jikji.utah.edu/team/valerie-hansen/) - Valerie Hansen Valerie Hansen teaches world and Chinese history at Yale, where she is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History. She works with both archeological materials and written historical sources. Her books include: The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 (2015) and The Silk Road: A New History with Documents (2016). Her most - [Events](https://jikji.utah.edu/events/) - Events In 2027 an exhibit commemorating the 650th anniversary of the printing of Jikji will occur simultaneously in over 40 libraries in North America and Europe —beginning with the Library of Congress. Participating libraries will become witnesses to history­—displaying for the first time a copy of a 42-line Gutenberg Bible together with an earlier example - [Contact](https://jikji.utah.edu/contact/) - We’d love to hear from you. 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