Thus far, the following courses have been scheduled: in 20-24 July (in Charlottesville) January, at the and Johns H-10 History of the , 200-2000 Hopkins University in ; in June, July, and John Buchtel / Mark Dimunation August, at the in Charlottesville; I-35 The Identification of Photo Print Processes RARE BOOK and in September, at the Freer/ Sackler Galleries of James M. Reilly, assisted by Ryan Boatright the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. L-30 Rare Book Cataloging Deborah J. Leslie L-90 Designing Archival Description Systems S CHOOL Daniel Pitti For course descriptions and at the University of Virginia application forms, see 27-31 July (in Charlottesville) and in www.rarebookschool.org H-15 The History of the Book in America New York, Baltimore, Michael Winship and H-40 The Printed Book in the West since 1800 Washington, DC Eric Holzenberg 2009 COURSE SCHEDULE I-20 Processes to 1900 Forthcoming Courses L-10 Introduction to Not yet scheduled 14 May 2009 Librarianship Susan M. Allen M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology Albert Derolez M-40 Latin Paleography, 1100-1500 Albert Derolez 3-7 August (in Charlottesville) R ARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is an independ- B-10 Introduction to the History of ent, non-profit and tax-exempt institute sup- 5-9 January (in Baltimore) Jan Storm van Leeuwen porting the study of the history of and B-50 Seminar in the History of Bookbinding B-90 Publishers’ , 1830-1910 Sue Allen G-10 Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical and related subjects. Founded in Jan Storm van Leeuwen 1983, it moved to its present home at UVa in H-25 c15 Books in Print and Description Richard Noble / David Gants Paul Needham / William Noel I-10 Introduction to the History of Illustration 1992. Erin C. Blake Each year, RBS offers from 20 to 30 five- 8-12 June (in Charlottesville) day non-credit courses for adults on topics G-20 Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books to 1800 concerning book history, old and rare books, David Whitesell 5-9 October (in Washington, DC) , and special collections. Courses G-30 Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Ptd Books since 1800 I-90 The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, are almost always limited to 12 or fewer stu- Tom Congalton / Katherine Reagan 1615-1912 dents, who make a full-time commitment to Ellis Tinios L-70 Electronic Texts & Images David Seaman any course they attend, from 8:30 am to 5 pm, M-10 Introduction to Paleography, 800-1500 Monday through Friday. Consuelo Dutschke 2-6 November (in ) In the Charlottesville and Baltimore ses- M-80 Western Manuscripts & B-80 The Description of Bookbindings Documents, 1500-2000 Nicolas Barker Jan Storm van Leeuwen sions, reasonably priced accommodations are L-55 Donors & readily available in nearby hotels. In the 22-26 June (in Charlottesville) Susan M. Allen / Wm P. Barlow, Jr June, July, and August Charlottesville ses- H-65 Introduction to the History, , sions, air-conditioned dormitory housing is al- Description, and Use of Maps Alice Hudson so available. Students attending Charlottes- L-30 Rare Book Cataloging Deborah J. Leslie ville courses are encouraged to take advan- L-40 Visual Materials Cataloging Helena Zinkham tage of RBS’s relatively inexpensive housing L-60 Introduction to Archives for Rare Book and arrive a few days before their course or Librarians Jackie Dooley / Bill Landis stay a few days later, in order to give them- selves (and their families) a better chance to explore central Virginia, which includes many sites of historic and scenic interest as well as various vacation attractions. The educational and professional prerequi- General: Descriptive & I-85 Japanese Illustrated Books, 1615-1868 sites for RBS courses vary. Some are directed to- Textual (alternate years)...... 2010 I-90 The Art of the Book in Edo & Meiji Japan, ward a broad audience, including antiquarian G-10 Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical 1615-1912 (alternate years) booksellers, book collectors, bookbinders, conser- Description (annually) ...... 3-7 August ...... 5-9 Oct in Washington, DC vators, curators, rare book librarians, teachers, G-20 Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books to 1800 and professional and avocational students of the (annually)...... 8-12 June and printing. Other courses are G-30 Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books Libraries, Archives, & primarily intended for particular constituencies since 1800 (annually)...... 8-12 June Electronic Resources (for example, professional rare book catalogers, G-50 Advanced Descriptive Bibliography L-10 Intro to Special Collections Librarianship or private collectors) within these broad areas. (usually in alternate years)...... 2010 (annually)...... 27-31 July Many RBS courses are offered annually; oth- L-30 Rare Book Cataloging (once or twice ers are offered every two or three years. A sub- History annually)...... 22-26 June; 20-24 July ject-order list of courses, along with the dates H-10 The History of the Book, 200-2000 L-40 Visual Materials Cataloging when they will next be offered, is set forth below; (annually)...... 20-24 July (usually in alternate years).... 22-26 June a chronological schedule of forthcoming courses H-15 The History of the Book in America L-55 Donors & Libraries (usu. alternate years at is provided on the back panel. (usually in alternate years) ..... 27-31 July RBS and CALRBS). . 2-6 Nov 2009 in NYC RBS 2009 tuition is $895 per course. Courses H-20 The Book in the Manuscript Era L-60 Intro to Archives for Rare Book Librarians (annually)...... 22-26 June are held at UVa in Charlottesville except where (usually annually) ...... 2010 L-70 Electronic Texts & Images otherwise noted below (CALRBS refers to cour- H-25 C15 Books in Print & MS (annually)...... 8-12 June ses offered by California RBS; for details, see (annually) . .... 5-9 Jan 2009 in Baltimore H-30 The Printed Book in the West to 1800 L-80 Implementing Encoded Archival Description www.calrbs.org). Dates below without years refer (usually annually) ...... 2010 (usually annually) ...... 2010 to courses being offered in 2009. H-40 The Printed Book in the West since 1800 L-90 Designing Archival Description Systems RBS has some scholarship funds available (annually)...... 27-31 July (alternate years)...... 20-24 July for its courses; see the RBS website for details. H-50 The American Bk in the Industrial Era, 1820- (The deadline for 2010 scholarship applications 1940 (alternate years) ...... 2010 Manuscripts is 1 September 2009.) H-55 The History of American Music Printing & M-10 Introduction to Paleography, 800-1500 (alternate years) ...... 2010 (annually)...... 8-12 June H-60 History of European & American Papermaking M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology COURSES (usually in alternate years) ...... 2010 (usually annually)...... not yet scheduled Binding H-65 Introduction to the History, Collection, M-40 Latin Paleography, 1100-1500 & Use of Maps (new course) . . . 22-26 June B-10 Introduction to the History of Bookbinding (usually annually)...... not yet scheduled H-80 The Stationers’ Co. & the London Book Trade (annually)...... 3-7 August M-50 Introduction to Illuminated MSS to 1830 (usually in alternate years)....2010 B-50 Seminar in the History of Binding (alternate years)...... 2010 H-90 Teaching the History of the Book (annually). . . 5-9 Jan 2009 in Baltimore M-80 Western MSS & Documents, 1500-2000 (last offered in 2007) ...... 2010 B-80 The Description of Bookbindings (annually)...... 8-12 June

(new course)...... 2-6 Nov 2009 in NYC Illustration & Printing Processes B-90 Publishers’ Bookbindings, 1830-1910 Typography & I-10 Introduction to the History of Illustration (annually)...... 3-7 August (annually)...... 3-7 August T-10 Introduction to the History of Typography Collecting & Collection Management I-20 Book Illustration Processes to 1900 (annually)...... 27-31 July ( usually annually)...... not yet scheduled C-70 Collecting the Hist of Anglo-American Law I-30 Seminar in Book Illustration Processes T-50 Type, Lettering, & Calligraphy, 1450-1830 (last offered in 2006) . not yet scheduled (alternate years) ...... 2010 (alternate years)...... 2010 C-80 Artists’ Books: Strategies for Collecting I-35 The Identification of Photographic Print T-55 Type, Lettering, & Calligraphy, 1830-2000 (usually in alternate years)...... 2010 Processes (annually)...... 20-24 July (alternate years)...... 2011