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  • Call for Proposals: SHARP Conference, “Communities and Values of the Book”

    Rochester, New York, will host the 2025 SHARP Conference on July 7–11, 2025, with the theme “Communities and Values of the Book.” This theme encourages participants to examine communities and values, separately or together, and explore their intersections within book culture and bibliographic history. SHARP invite proposals for individual papers, lightning talks, workshops, and fully planned panels. Proposals should think expansively about the theme topics, including voices from marginalized and non-mainstream communities. Abstracts are due by December 1, 2024. For more information, including how to submit an abstract, click here. […]

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  • RBS Receives Largest Donation in School’s History

    $3.1 Million Gift Endows Permanent Curator Position


    Glen (left) and Cathy Miranker (right) view the teaching collections with RBS Miranker Family Director of Collections, Exhibitions & Scholarly Initiatives Barbara Heritage (center). Photo by Stephanie Gross, 2024.

    Rare Book School has received a groundbreaking $3.1 million donation to endow a full-time curatorial chair for the School’s teaching collection and exhibitions program. It is the largest single gift in Rare Book School’s 41-year history.

    The contribution secures the continued educational use, growth, conservation, and exhibition of the RBS teaching collection of more than 100,000 items and represents a powerful vote of confidence in the School’s unique approach to instruction, […]

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