Campus Spotlight

over THE EDGE - Wednesday, November 30 , 1994 17

UNBC PRESS
CHRONICLES
historic book launched BIRTH

~_by Manpreet Sidhu__ Manpreet Sidhu

UNBC Press came
out with its first publication
in mid-November. .

A University is
Born is a landscape-format
coffee-table book that tells a
pictorial story of the
university featuring such
events as the sod-turning, the
Queen's visit and the first day
of classes.

Over forty people
were present at a book
signing in the Atrium of the
Administration building on
Friday at 4:30.

Dr. Clive Keen,
Director of Communications,
came up with the inception
of this book. At one point he
had over 3 000 good colour
photos of the university,

"It's always been in
the back of my mind that
something like this might
work," He chose 180
pictures that he eventually
narrowed down to 120.

"They've all got
impact," said Keen. "They
come together to tell a story."

Over ninety per cent
of the photographs in the
book were taken by Tim
Swanky, a freelance
photographer contracted to.
do progress photos of the
university,

When he was hired
three years ago, he did not
know that these pictures
would be collected into a
book.

"It's great. I just
saw it for the first time a half
an hour ago."

Additional shots are
provided by Bob Ingraham,
Philomena Hughes and. the
photographers of the Prince
George Citizen.

Clive Keen said that
he had an idea of which
photos would be included in
this book and began

collecting them over the
summer.

The last
photographs were taken on
September 8th, Keen said.
From there the creation of
the book was very quick.
Within two weeks he had the
rough layout completed.

Dennis and
Muntener Advertising were
subcontracted to complete the
layout and get the book
printed. Roman Muntener
polished up the layout. The

entire 116 page book was

laid out on computer and
sent to a printer in Jasper
because there is no full-
colour printer in Prince
George.

Muntener is quite
pleased with the outcome.
“It's unique because it's not a
book with pictures and text.
It's segments of the young
life of the university."

There was a great
need to have the book printed
by mid-November so that it
would be ready for the

* Christmas market.

The UNBC Press
has the potential for further
publications, Keen says but
he prefers to see how
successful this book is.

"The commercial
success of this one will allow
us to produce other
publications," he said. There
was a 3 000 print run on this
particular book and that is
quite a large number for a
small press. All of the
royalties will be donated to a
student bursary fund.

These books will be
available in the UNBC
Bookstore and downtown
Bookstores like Mosquito
Books and Books on Fourth.
Cost of the book is $35 for
softback and $60 for
hardback. Royalties will go
towards a student bursary
fund that has already been set
up. ‘

photo by Brent Braaten
Above, Media Officer Rob van
Adrichem is shown signing someone's
book. Below, one of the photos from
A University is Born, shows the lab

building during construction in
Winter 1992.

photo by Tim Swanky