# Rare Book School: Studying, preserving, and sharing the story of written, printed, and digital materials on the grounds of the University of Virginia Generated by Yoast SEO v28.7, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Public Programs](https://rarebookschool.org/public-programs/) - [Course Catalog](https://rarebookschool.org/course-catalog/) - [Home](https://rarebookschool.org/) - [RBS in the News](https://rarebookschool.org/rbs-in-the-news/) - [Objects of Poetry](https://rarebookschool.org/exhibitions/objects-of-poetry/) ## Resources - [\Publishing in the Renaissance: Christophe Plantin's Business Strategy\](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2025/04/publishing-in-the-renaissance/) - [\Chivalry in Color: Central European Tournaments and the Matter of Race\](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2025/04/chivalry-in-color/) - [\Curious and Creative Women\](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2025/04/curious-and-creative-women/) - [\What is Computational Bibliography?\](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2025/04/what-is-computational-bibliography/) - [The Reports of the Book’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2025/09/mancino-2025/) ## Events - [Mike Kelly: \Indigenous Agency and Intervention in the Bibliographical Record\](https://rarebookschool.org/events/2026/07/mike-kelly-neh-sharp-lecture/): This talk will draw from the past thirteen years that Mike Kelly has spent building the Native American Literature Collection in the Archives \& Special Collections at Amherst College, as well as current work to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into library, archives, and museum practices\. Kelly will demonstrate how a deep knowledge of traditional bibliography coupled with an understanding of Indigenous history results in a rich and complex understanding of this aspect of book history\. - [Elizabeth Canning: \Women’s Libraries \& Their Afterlives\](https://rarebookschool.org/events/2026/06/elizabeth-canning-rendell-lecture/) - [Matthew Kirschenbaum: \From text to \.txt: Making Material Messes in a Sloppy World\The 2026 Sol M\. and Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Endowed Lecture](https://rarebookschool.org/events/2026/07/matthew-kirschenbaum-malkin-lecture/) - [Michael Stamm: \Landscapes, Labor, and the Infrastructures of Printed Newspapers \The 2026 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades](https://rarebookschool.org/events/2026/07/michael-stamm-karmiole-lecture/): This talk returns to the decades in our previous century when the printed newspaper thrived as the center of the news cycle, and it highlights some of the hidden landscapes, labor, and infrastructures enabling that\. - [\Objects of Poetry\ Closing Reception, Writer’s Eye Reading \& Remarks by Special Guest Caroline Willis](https://rarebookschool.org/events/2026/10/objects-of-poetry-closing/) ## Courses - [Building a BookLab \(Online\)](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/l140v/) - [Printed Books to 1800: Description \& Analysis \(Online\)](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/g20v/) - [A History of the Indigenous Book in the Americas: North of the Rio Grande](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/h150/) - [Indigenous North American Cartographies](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/h215v/) - [The Printed Book in the West since 1800](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/h40/) ## Faculty - [Deborah J\. Leslie](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/deborah-j-leslie/) - [Marianna Shreve Simpson](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/marianna-shreve-simpson/) - [Katherine Reagan](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/katherine-reagan/) - [Daniel Pitti](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/daniel-pitti/) - [Richard Noble](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/richard-noble/) ## Categories - [Lectures](https://rarebookschool.org/category/lectures/) - [Announcement](https://rarebookschool.org/category/announcement/) - [Community News](https://rarebookschool.org/category/community-news/) - [Impact Stories](https://rarebookschool.org/category/impact-stories/) - [RBS Idea](https://rarebookschool.org/category/rbs-idea/) ## Tags - [Exhibitions](https://rarebookschool.org/tag/exhibitions/) - [SoFCB](https://rarebookschool.org/tag/sofcb/) - [Lecture](https://rarebookschool.org/tag/lecture/) - [Fellowships](https://rarebookschool.org/tag/fellowships/) - [Fellowship](https://rarebookschool.org/tag/fellowship/) ## Topics - [History \(H\)](https://rarebookschool.org/by-topic/history/) - [Libraries, Archives, and Electronic Resources \(L\)](https://rarebookschool.org/by-topic/library/) - [General: Descriptive and Textual Bibliography \(G\)](https://rarebookschool.org/by-topic/general/) - [Manuscripts \(M\)](https://rarebookschool.org/by-topic/manuscripts/) - [Collecting and Collection Management \(C\)](https://rarebookschool.org/by-topic/collections/) ## Series - [Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trades](https://rarebookschool.org/by-series/kenneth-karmiole-endowed-lecture-on-the-history-of-the-book-trades/) - [Sol M\. and Mary Ann O'Brian Malkin Endowed Lecture](https://rarebookschool.org/by-series/sol-m-and-mary-ann-obrian-malkin-endowed-lecture/) - [NEH\-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture](https://rarebookschool.org/by-series/neh-sharp-living-american-history-in-primary-documents-lecture/) - [Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History](https://rarebookschool.org/by-series/sue-allen-lecture-for-women-in-book-history/) - [Kress Foundation Art of the Book in Europe Lecture](https://rarebookschool.org/by-series/kress-foundation-art-of-the-book-in-europe-lecture/) ## Course Categories - [The Book in Continental Europe and Great Britain](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/the-book-in-continental-europe-and-great-britain/) - [The Global Book \- Continental Europe and Great Britain](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/continental-europe-and-great-britain/) - [Collections Cataloging \& Description](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/collections-cataloging-description/) - [American Book History](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/american-book-history/) - [History of Printed Books to 1800](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/history-of-books-to-1800/) ## Faculty - [Michael Winship](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/michael-winship/) - [David R\. Whitesell](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/david-r-whitesell/) - [Michael F\. Suarez, S\.J\.](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/michael-f-suarez-s-j/) - [James N\. Green](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/james-n-green/) - [Lisa Fagin Davis](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/lisa-fagin-davis/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://rarebookschool.org/sitemap_index.xml)