Congratulations to Riel Gallant, a MLIS student, who received media coverage for a recent talk he gave about research he completed for a History of the Book course project supervised by Dr. Bertrum MacDonald. Riel spoke about his study on the prominent Buote family, printers and publishers in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Prince Edward Island. This publishing firm was an important contributor to a renaissance in Acadien culture in eastern Canada. Riel’s research uncovered new information about the firm, including documentation about a patent for an innovative proof press. His presentation to the Musée acadien de l’Ile-du-Prince-Éduard à Miscouche was reported in La Voix Acadienne.

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