RBS Announces Summer 2024 Course Schedule

Rare Book School is pleased to announce its summer 2024 course schedule! Our list of more than 30 in-person and online courses can be found at rarebookschool.org/schedule. New and updated courses for 2024 include: 

• • Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability (L-145), taught by Lisa Fagin Davis 
  • A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas (H-150), taught by Will Hansen & Robert Warrior 
  • Modern Special Collections Cataloging (L-150), taught by Brenna Bychowski 

RBS will be adding a few more courses, so please be sure to check the course schedule webpage again soon. 

Rare Book School’s summer 2024 in-person courses in Charlottesville will be offered in the University of Virginia’s recently renovated main library. Our second-floor suite boasts state-of-the-art classrooms, ample exhibition and event spaces, and spacious storage areas for our collections and printing equipment.  

Other in-person courses will run at: 

• • the Free Library of Philadelphia 
  • the Grolier Club (New York City) 
  • the New York Public Library (New York City) 
  • the Newberry Library (Chicago) 
  • the Oak Spring Garden Foundation (Upperville, VA) 
  • Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) 
  • the University of Pennsylvania Libraries (Philadelphia) 
  • Yale University (New Haven, CT) 

Course applications will open in January, and the first-round deadline will be 19 February.  

Please consider joining the RBS email list, and be among the first to know about our courses, events, and other special announcements. If you have any questions about courses or the application process, please contact rbsprograms@virginia.edu.