Mallory Haselberger

Mal Haselberger is a letterpress printer, bibliographer, and Master of Library and Information Science candidate in the iSchool. She is passionate about learning from the past by doing, whether reimagining the hand-press period by working with a Gutenberg-style printing press and binding her own artists’ books, or by introducing students to the wonders of working with archival documents that have passed through innumerable hands for hundreds of years. Mal previously earned Master of Arts degrees in Art History and English Literature, specializing in women artists and letterpress printers, early modern artistic manuals, and artists' books. Her most recent research, considering women artists’ use of print culture for artistic instruction in early modern Europe, is included in the peer-reviewed journal Parergon. Mal’s writing is also featured online, on the Alphabettes and the Library of Congress’ From the Catbird Seat blogs, and in the University of Massachusetts Press’ edited volume, Teaching the History of the Book.