Pamela Spitzmueller will give The Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State. Her talk is titled, "Books as Physical Objects or How Conserving Damaged Rare Books Inspired Me to Create New Book Objects." A reception will follow in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.