Apply Now for Summer 2020 Courses

Applications for summer 2020 courses are now being accepted via our online application system, my RBS.

Along with 21 courses in Charlottesville, courses will be held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University; the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania; the Library Company of Philadelphia; the Free Library of Philadelphia; Amherst College; Indiana University Bloomington; the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library; the Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library.

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 summer courses by 17 February. Applications received after that date will be considered on a rolling basis until all courses have reached capacity. Bear in mind that many of the courses will fill in the first round of consideration

See the Course Application page for more details.