UA Bookmaker Recognized as One of Birmingham

UA Bookmaker Recognized as One of Birmingham's Best

Steve Miller

Steve Miller, associate professor in the School of Library and Information Studies and coordinator of the School's Book Arts program, has been recognized by Birmingham Magazine among the "120 Best of Birmingham." The September issue of the magazine cites Miller's bookmaking, and notes that Miller teaches students to make books the "old-fashioned way." The Book Arts program and its studios are located on the 5th floor of Gorgas Library.

The program that Miller coordinates within the School of Library and Information Studies leads to the M.F.A. in the Book Arts and is composed of four areas: printing/publishing, bookbinding, papermaking, and the history of the book. Emphasis is on the book as an integrated unit. Students pursue one of three concentrations: printing/ publishing, bookbinding, or a fusion of the two, focusing on the whole book.

Miller is a co-director of Paper and Book Intensive, a nationally-recognized annual series of summer workshops in the book arts. He is advisory board president of the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, and is a past president of the Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc., the largest group of artists, crafts persons, conservators and scientists in the United States that is devoted to the art and craft of hand papermaking and related arts. He is also immediate past president of the UA Faculty Senate.