2009 Course Schedule
In 2009, Rare Book School will offer about 25 five-day, non-credit courses in January and from June through August, held at the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville (June - August), the Walters Art Museum and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (January), at the
Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC (October), and at the The Grolier Club in New York City (November).
A MORE COMPLETE, hard-copy version (PDF) is available here (last updated 14 May 2009). Please note that the list below is not as comprehensive as this hard-copy version. For information on this year's tuition, as well as other
related costs, please visit the Program Costs page of this website. For general information about RBS, consult the Frequently Asked Questions page.
See also: Related Institutes around the World.
5-9 January in Baltimore |
| 11 (B-50) |
Seminar in the History of Bookbinding |
Jan Storm van Leeuwen |
| 12 (H-25) |
C15
Books in Print and Manuscript |
Paul
Needham & William Noel |
8-12 June in Charlottesville |
| 21 (G-20) |
Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books to 1800 |
David Whitesell |
| 22 (G-30) |
Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books since 1800 |
Tom Congalton & Katherine Reagan |
| 23 (L-70) |
Electronic Texts & Images |
David Seaman |
| 24 (M-10) |
Introduction to Paleography, 800-1500 |
Consuelo Dutschke |
| 25 (M-80) |
Western Manuscripts & Documents, 1500-2000 |
Nicolas Barker |
22-26 June in Charlottesville |
| 31 (H-65) |
Intro to the History, Collection, Description, & Use of Maps |
Alice Hudson |
| 32 (L-30) |
Rare Book Cataloging |
Deborah J. Leslie |
| 33 (L-40) |
Visual Materials Cataloging |
Helena Zinkham |
| 34 (L-60) |
Introduction to Archives for Rare Book Librarians |
Jackie Dooley & Bill Landis |
20-24 July in Charlottesville |
| 41 (H-10) |
History of the Book, 200-2000 |
John Buchtel & Mark Dimunation |
| 42 (I-35) |
The Identification of Photo Print Processes |
James M. Reilly, assisted by Ryan Boatright |
| 43 (L-30) |
Rare Book Cataloging |
Deborah J. Leslie |
| 44 (L-90) |
Designing Archival Description Systems |
Daniel Pitti
|
27-31 July in Charlottesville |
| 51 (H-15) |
The History of the Book in America |
Michael Winship |
| 52 (H-40) |
The Printed Book in the West since 1800 |
Eric Holzenberg |
| 53 (I-20) |
Book Illustration Processes to 1900 |
Terry Belanger |
| 54 (L-10) |
Introduction to Special Collections Librarianship |
Susan M. Allen |
3-7 August in Charlottesville |
| 61 (B-10) |
Introduction to the History of Bookbinding |
Jan Storm van Leeuwen |
| 62 (B-90) |
Publishers’ Bookbindings, 1830-1910 |
Sue Allen |
| 63 (G-10) |
Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description |
Richard Noble & David Gants |
| 64 (I-10) |
Introduction to the History of Illustration |
Erin C. Blake |
5-9 October in Washington, DC |
| 71 (I-90) |
The Art of the Book in Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615-1912 |
Ellis Tinios |
2-6 November in New York City |
| 81 (B-80) |
The Description of Bookbindings |
Jan Storm van Leeuwen |
| 82 (L-55) |
Donors & Libraries |
Susan M. Allen & William P. Barlow, Jr |
4-8 January 2010 in Baltimore, MD |
| 11 (I-20) |
Book Illustration Processes to 1900 |
Terry Belanger |
| 12 (M-20) |
Introduction to Western Codicology |
Albert Derolez |
