# Rare Book School: Studying, preserving, and sharing the story of written, printed, and digital materials on the grounds of the University of Virginia

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## Pages
- [Current Course Schedule](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/): Rare Book School offers short, non\-credit intensive courses on a wide range of bibliographical topics\. The majority of courses take place during the summer, though we also offer courses at other times of the year\. In\-person courses are held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as well as at our partner institutions around the U\.S\. and in the U\.K\.
- [Support Our Work](https://rarebookschool.org/about/support/)
- [SoFCB Junior Fellows Program](https://rarebookschool.org/scholarships-fellowships/sofcb-junior-fellows/)
- [Public Programs](https://rarebookschool.org/public-programs/)
- [Exhibitions](https://rarebookschool.org/exhibitions/)

## Resources
- [Rare Book School Mourns Emeritus Faculty Member Albert Derolez \(1934–2026\)](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2026/07/rbs-mourns-albert-derolez/): It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Rare Book School emeritus faculty member Albert Derolez on 11 July 2026, at the age of 91\.  
- [Impact Story: A Devotion to Conserving Nature and Rare Books](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2026/07/impact-story-jacques-talbot/): Conservation has always been a central theme of Jacques Talbot’s career\. Talbot, who is Senior Conservation Technician for Queen’s University Archives and W\.D\. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections in Ontario, says that his experience at Rare Book School has been his "most formative professional development experience to date\.”  
- [July 2026 Book Launch Events for Stan Nelson's New Publication, \<i\>The Typefounder's Hand Mould\</i\>](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2026/07/stan-nelson-book-launch-events/)
- [Remembering Donald Krummel \(1929–2026\)](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2026/06/remembering-donald-krummel/)
- [Announcing the Nancy Norton Tomasko Fellowship](https://rarebookschool.org/resources/2020/03/announcing-the-nancy-norton-tomasko-fellowship/)

## Courses
- [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/)
- [Rare Book Cataloging](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/l30/)
- [The Illustrated Scientific Book to 1800](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/details/i40/)

## Faculty
- [Radha Pandey](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/radha-pandey/)
- [Ada Palmer](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/ada-palmer/)
- [Albert Derolez \<sup\>†\</sup\>](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/albert-derolez/)
- [Stanley Nelson](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/stanley-nelson/)
- [Heather Wolfe](https://rarebookschool.org/faculty/heather-wolfe/)

## 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/)

## 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/)

## 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/)
- [Librarianship](https://rarebookschool.org/courses/by-category/librarianship/)

## Faculty
- [Michael Winship](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/michael-winship/)
- [Michael F\. Suarez, S\.J\.](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/michael-f-suarez-s-j/)
- [David R\. Whitesell](https://rarebookschool.org/by-faculty/david-r-whitesell/)
- [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)