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  • IMLS-RBS Fellowships Awarded

    RBS is pleased to announce that the selection process for the IMLS-RBS Fellowships for Early-Career Librarians is now complete: a first cohort of twenty IMLS-RBS Fellows has been chosen. This fellowship will allow young professionals to attend an RBS course and to increase their professional involvement at the national level through participation in the conference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the ALA. The aim of the program is to help fellows acquire skills relevant to professional work in special collections and build important professional networks. […]

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  • Barbara Heritage Appointed Associate Director of Rare Book School

    We are very pleased to announce that Barbara Heritage has been appointed Rare Book School’s Associate Director & Curator of Collections.

    Barbara has worked at RBS since 2002 in increasingly responsible capacities. “Over many years, Barbara Heritage’s service to Rare Book School has been exemplary,” said Director Michael F. Suarez, S.J. In December 2014, Barbara was graduated from the University of Virginia with her Ph.D. in English literature after completing her dissertation, “Brontë and the Bookmakers: Jane Eyre in the Nineteenth-Century Literary Marketplace.”

    “Michael Suarez told me three years ago or so that he would promote me once I had earned my doctoral degree,” […]

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  • RBS-UVA Fellowship Applications Open

    Applications for the 2015–16 RBS-UVA Fellowships are now being accepted. Rare Book School invites students at the University of Virginia to apply for a fellowship designed to enhance research employing special collections, including written, printed, and born-digital materials.

    Significant dates for the fellowship application process:

    4 February 2015: Information Reception (4–6 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
    5 February 2015: Information Reception (4–6 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
    17 March 2015: Project Proposal Workshop (4:30–6 p.m.; 118 Alderman Library)
    2 April 2015: Application Deadline (5 p.m.)

    Accepted applicants will attend a week-long course at RBS in 2015, […]

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  • Apply Now for Spring & Summer 2015 Courses

    Applications for spring and summer 2015 courses are now being accepted via our online application system, myRBS.

    Please log in to your myRBS account or create a new account to begin the application process.

    Applications for Rare Book School courses are considered on a rolling basis until a course has reached enrollment capacity. To be considered for the first round of admissions decisions, submit your application(s) for spring and summer courses by 20 February.

    See the Applications page for more details. […]

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  • 2014 Fath Scholarship Awards Announced

    We are happy to announce the recipients of the 2014 Fath Scholarships for Artists and Artisans of the Book. Congratulations! […]

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