Project Presentations

Los Primeros Libros de las Américas: Digital Collaboration for the Study of 16th-Century Print History

American Printing History Associationʼs 46th annual fall conference, “Impresos: Printing Across Latin American and Caribbean Cultures", October 23, 2021

Abstract: Anton duPlessis, Albert A. Palacios, Iván Pérez Pineda, & Mercedes I. Salomon Salazar, coordinators of the Primeros Libros de las Américas project, provide an overview of the collaboration, including its origins, trajectory, and milestones. The presentation is in Spanish with English subtitles.


Tour of the new Primeros Libros de las Américas project website

Primeros Libros de las Américas Triennial Partner Meeting, December 9, 2021

Abstract: Albert A. Palacios, the coordinator of the Primeros Libros de las Americas project at the University of Texas at Austin, demonstrates the new tools and functions of the redesigned www.primeroslibros.org site to enhance the study of this digital collection of 16th-century Mexican books. The presentation is in Spanish and English.