Oxford is home not just to lost causes and dreaming spires but to the largest concentration of medieval manuscripts within any European university. This course will give you privileged access …
Topics will include collection development and selection, organization, description, and the development of access policies and procedures. Emphasis will be placed on how book art objects can be evaluated as …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 20–25 July 2025 Format: in person, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Fee: $1,495 The study of medieval manuscript fragments has developed into its …
While rare book and special collections libraries are associated with antiquarian, hand-press books, these collections increasingly include twentieth- and twenty-first-century materials that are not “rare” in the traditional sense of …
Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: 31 July–4 August 2023 Format: online only Fee: $800 Good practice for digital sustainability involves the application and adaptation of an array of skills …
Course Length: 12 hours Course Week: 24–25 June 2023 Format: in person, Indiana University in Bloomington, IN Fee: $800 The American West has long been a popular field for book …
Course Length: 22 hours Schedule: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. ET (including breaks), 9–13 January 2023 Format: Online Course fee: $1,000 This course offers an introduction to the technologies historically and currently used …
Length: 6 hours Format: Online Designed for librarians, archivists, curators, and others with an interest in special collections and exhibitions focused on the global Black experience, this course provides an …
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 21–26 July 2024 Format: in person, Princeton University in Princeton, NJ Fee: $1,495 In the 1970s, librarians, cataloguers, and researchers confronted an issue that …
The nature, form, and impact of the book changed dramatically with the introduction of photography, altering the way books would be made, would appear, and would help transform the communication …
Length: 10 hours Format: Online This 10-hour online course is intended for persons who desire a better understanding of the physical examination and description of printed books, especially of the …
Assisted by Trina Parks-Matthews In addition to learning about traditional hand- and machine-papermaking materials and technologies, participants will apply what is taught in lectures directly to the examination and identification …
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