Come and see the exhibit on Paper Engineering at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library. Paper Engineering, closely allied with chemical engineering, deals with application of math, chemistry, physics, and engineering to the pulp and paper industry; design and analysis of equipment and processes used in the manufacture of paper. The fascinating part of paper engineering is paper art including pop-up books, miniature books and origami (paper folding). These interesting things are in the exhibit case.

Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland from the University’s Special Collections is a pop-book made by Robert Sabuda who is a pop-up book artist and paper engineer. Before Alice arrived at the Engineering Library, her knee was fixed by the University Libraries Conservation Lab. 
Amazing miniature books in the exhibit case are also from the University’s Special Collections. These miniature books are selected from the Charlotte M. Smith Collection. The suitcase is beyond cute! Inside there are three tiny books (in the white circle container), a magnifying glass to read them and larger copies of these tiny books.

Among these miniature books in the exhibit case, you may be interested in seeing picture books: a children’s calendar in Meiji period (over 100 years ago), the Tale of Genji (源氏物語) and Accordion to zither : a musical ABC.

Stop by and find something more!

References

Paper Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. Retrieved from https://www.uwsp.edu/papersci/Documents/NewFiles/Recruiting%20Panels2.pdf

The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books. Retrieved from http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/smith/