R
ecording the story of humankind is an important, sometimes
arcane job assigned to scribes,
printers, publishers and librarians. Scribes in ancient times received
training to record and duplicate error
free books, laws and stories. The
scribes took care in their use of the
ink, paper, format, corrections, stor33
age and destruction of documents.
The printing press, heralded as one
of the most significant inventions
of humankind, employed many of
the same standards used by the
scribes. The scribes and printers of
their time were critical of how they
recorded history. They ensured
today’s generations the ability to