11:44 a.m., Jan. 24, 2008--Martin Brückner, UD associate professor of English, will speak on “Finding Maps: Carto-bibliography in American History and Practice,” at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the Class of 1941 Lecture Room in the Morris Library. The lecture is part of the UD Library Assembly of Professional Staff's Scholar and Library Series and is free and open to the public. Attendees may bring brown bag lunches, and light refreshments will be available.

Brückner specializes in American literature and culture from the 17th-19th century. He is the author of The Geographic Revolution in Early America: Maps, Literacy and National Identity, which won the 2006-07 Louis Gottschalk Prize.

His talk will include a description of the modern history of the cartographic archive and the institutional development of map collections, from John Adams' official call for a federal map collection to modern digital databases. Throughout, special attention will be given to the bibliographical challenges, such as authorship and materiality posed by maps.