Dr. Robert Barnet Riter

Assistant Professor

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My work is primarily in the areas of archival studies and documentary editing, where I focus my attention on the history and foundations of archival and editing practices, with specific emphasis on questions related to the publication of original sources; additionally, I also have more general interests in library history, the history of collecting, and emerging interests in understanding the relationships that exist between the information sciences and the book arts.


I began teaching at SLIS during the Fall 2010 term.  My doctoral work was supervised at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information Sciences, where I specialized in Archival Studies. My work can currently be found in The Australian Book Arts Journal and The Primary Source.