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  • Certificate Program

    In 2011, Rare Book School inaugurated its Certificate of Proficiency Program, which allows students to create a specialized focus for their coursework at RBS and to earn formal recognition for their concentrated studies at the…

  • B-10. Introduction to the History of Bookbinding

    Course Faculty: Karen Limper-Herz

    “I came, I saw, I feel empowered with bookbinding knowledge!” — 2018 student Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 28 July–2 August 2024 Format: in person, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Fee: $1,395 A…

  • Jan Storm van Leeuwen - RBS Faculty

    Jan Storm van Leeuwen is retired Keeper of the Binding Collection at the Dutch Royal Library in The Hague. He is guest keeper of the Special Collections of Nijmegen University Library. He continues to publish…

  • Christopher Clarkson - RBS Faculty

    Christopher Clarkson (d. 31 March 2017) held conservation positions at the Bodleian Library, the Walters Art Gallery, and the Library of Congress before establishing an independent bookbinding practice in Oxford. An internationally renowned consultant on…

  • Mark Dimunation - RBS Faculty

    Mark Dimunation has been Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress since 1998. He is a past chair of the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of the American…

  • Bethany Nowviskie - RBS Faculty

    In July of 2019, Bethany Nowviskie will become Dean of Libraries and Professor of English at James Madison University. Meanwhile, she is a Distinguished Presidential Fellow at CLIR, where she directed the Digital Library Federation…

  • Andrew Stauffer - RBS Faculty

    Andrew Stauffer is the Director of NINES (Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-century Electronic Studies), a hub for online discovery and scholarship, and a peer-reviewing organization for digital projects, and the founder of the Book Traces project,…

  • Todd Pattison - RBS Faculty

    Todd Pattison is the Conservator for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Previously, he worked as a book conservator at the Northeast Document Conservation Center for more than 25 years and was the Collections Conservator…

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  • B-40. Medieval & Early Renaissance Bookbinding Structures

    Students will investigate the diversities of European bookbinding structures, up to and including the early period of more generalized practice and division of labor. Topics of the course include identification (where possible) of the main…

  • H-10. Histories of the Book, 200–2000

    Course Faculty: Michael Inman Charlotte Priddle

    “An extraordinary learning experience in a special environment where you feel the love of the teachers for the books.” — 2017 student Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 14–19 July 2024 Format: in person, New…

  • B-80. The Description of Bookbindings

    Course Faculty: Jan Storm van Leeuwen

    Intended for catalog librarians, antiquarian booksellers, book collectors, and others who wish to write concise and accurate descriptions of bookbindings, the course will concentrate on bindings produced between the late 15th century and the late…

  • L-65. Digitizing the Cultural Record

    Course Faculty: Bethany Nowviskie Andrew Stauffer

    This course treats the scholarly, theoretical, institutional, and practical issues involved in the digitization of our various and shared cultural heritage—an activity we will consider at many levels of scale (from “boutique” editorial projects to…

  • Course Descriptions

    Reading right through these descriptions may be useful for those unacquainted with Rare Book School, the more so in that the courses are arranged in subject order rather than by level of complexity. Many RBS…

  • About RBS

    Rare Book School (RBS) is an independent, non-profit, and tax-exempt institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing and related subjects, governed by its own board of directors. Founded in 1983, it…

  • I-20. Book Illustration Processes to 1900

    Course Faculty: Terry Belanger

    “If you want to learn the ‘how to’ of illustrations, this is the course for you.” — 2017 student Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 9–14 June 2024 Format: in person, University of Virginia in…

  • C-30. Developing Collections: Donors, Libraries & Booksellers

    Course Faculty: Tom Congalton Johan Kugelberg Katherine Reagan

    This course is aimed at librarians, booksellers, collectors, scholars, and others who seek an introduction to theoretical and practical approaches to building and stewarding modern collections. The course will cover the changing landscape for locating…

  • G-70. Advanced Seminar in Critical Bibliography

    Course Faculty: Michael F. Suarez, S.J.

    N.B. In 2017, enrollment for this course will be limited to RBS-Mellon Fellows or to students who have previously attended RBS course G-10 (Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description) or G-45 (Analytical Bibliography) and…

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