https://com395.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/39fb44af333d60dbbb0f2312cad5d08a.jpeg ec525e12ab76c4ba72a31dcccf261490 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Post-Books Subject The topic of the resource Post-Books Description An account of the resource What happens with books and other periodicals when they move to digital space? What kinds of affordances are there, and what are the limitations? How does materiality work? Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Students of COM/ENG 395 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Images Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Does Writing Have A Future? - Vilem Flusser 1987 Subject The topic of the resource 20th century speculation on future technology revolutionizing writing Description An account of the resource These images are of Vilem Flusser’s English edition of Does Writing Have a Future? Flusser’s book raises many different implications about this post-books transformation that Drucker’s “The Virtual Codex fromFrom Page Space to E-Space” also raises. In Drucker’s conclusion they raise that “Books of the future depend very much on how we meet the challenge to understand what a book has been.” and finishes up by stating that the digital or future of books will be reformatted. Drucker’s speculation in 2003 about reformatting seems to be occurring as digital e-readers steadily assert their individuality. Greater complexity has led to greater possibilities to functionally distinguish digital books from bound pages, which also hazards progressive acclimation. In 2020 digital books have their benefits but they've yet to be unanimously perfected despite continued innovation. Vilem Flusser’s book is a great contrast to Drucker’s article because Flusser more radically takes the position that writing will, and needs, to change and evolve from its current capacities which Flusser considers primitive. Flusser’s mode of conflict regarding writing and its relationship to society promotes critical discussion about the structural consequences of writing which remains relevant while digital books continue to optimize rather than entirely transform. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vilem Flusser Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mike Schmitt Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital image