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Daniel Traister is a Curator of Research Services at the Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library, an English-language literature bibliographer at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, and a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as Program Chair for The Philobiblon Club, a Philadelphia area book collectors' and bibliophilic organization.
Traister earned his academic background from Colby College, New York University (NYU), and Columbia University's now-defunct School of Library Service. His research and professional work focus on the history of books and printing, bibliography, rare book librarianship, and library collection development, particularly in literature and historical texts.
At Penn, he teaches courses on English and American literature, the history of books and printing, and has previously led non-credit courses at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. Traister actively engages in library exhibitions, academic advising for undergraduate students, and participates in seminars like the Workshop in the History of the Book.
He has no scientific awards or honors explicitly mentioned in the text.
