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  • RBS Announces Matching-Gift Challenge and Raffle Prizes

    Having concluded its summer courses earlier this month, Rare Book School is excited to reveal this year’s record-breaking matching-gift challenge. Thanks to the RBS Board of Directors, all gifts made to the Annual Fund before September 30 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $150,000. Individuals who make a gift to the Annual Fund help provide year-round programs for all students of the book. […]

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  • Call for Proposals: The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast

    The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) podcast series welcomes proposals for single episodes, to be featured in its fourth season in 2025. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast that welcomes the global turn in Medieval Studies. We invite proposals from individuals and collaborators of all ranks and disciplines, including graduate students, for single podcast episodes aimed at fellow medievalists and the wider public. Please see the call for proposals for more details and submission instructions. The deadline to submit proposals is October 11. […]

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  • Technical Services Librarian — Mount Vernon

    George Washington’s Mount Vernon is seeking a new Technical Services Librarian, a full-time, exempt-status position reporting to the Chief Librarian. The Technical Services Librarian will be responsible for cataloging all formats and managing serials in an Integrated Library System, OCLC WorldShare Management Services (OCLC WMS). They will oversee technical services operations related to policies, procedures, workflows, and systems. […]

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  • Head of Special Collections & College Archives — Muhlenberg College

    Muhlenberg College is seeking a new Head of Special Collections and College Archives, who will serve as an innovative and collaborative library leader providing strategic direction for the collections, programs, services, and initiatives with the unique collections and college archives of Trexler Library. Primary responsibilities include forging strong collaborations across the campus community to provide a rich array of library instruction, research services, digital scholarship, creative projects, and exhibits. They will oversee and integrate the College Archives, digital scholarship, Special Collections, Rare Books, and local digital collections with the teaching, learning, and community engagement mission of Muhlenberg College. This position will work closely with a talented and resourceful team of librarians, […]

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  • Videos of All RBS Summer 2024 Lectures Now Available

    Rare Book School proudly presents the video recordings of all eight talks from our Summer 2024 Lecture Series. The complete list, with links, is below.

    Audio recordings of the lectures will be posted soon. In the meantime, please enjoy these and other videos on the RBS YouTube channel!

    Archive of the People: The Johnson Publishing Company
    Watch on YouTube
    LeRonn Brooks
    Curator of the African American Art History Initiative, Getty Research Institute

    Scholarly Editing and the Challenges of Attribution
    Watch on YouTube
    Stephen Karian
    Professor and Catherine Paine Middlebush Chair of English, […]

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  • Assistant/Associate Conservator – American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum

    The American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum seeks to hire an Assistant/Associate Conservator to perform conservation treatment for Library materials, with an emphasis on non-bound materials. The Conservation Department at the American Philosophical Society is responsible for conservation treatment and preventive care of items found in the Society’s diverse special collections library.

    This position aids in the preventive conservation of the collections and includes treatment and documentation of individual items such as manuscripts on paper and parchment, printed maps, ephemera, photographic materials, and graphic works on paper. Candidates will be considered at both the Assistant and Associate level, […]

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