RBS in the News
- “Beyond the pages: John Carter Brown Library exhibition celebrates the making of rare books.” News from Brown (June 27, 2025).
- “Blooks, Jane Austen, and America’s First Public Library in Rare Book School’s Summer Lecture Series.” Fine Books & Collections Magazine (May 1, 2025).
- “Actor Leads Slate of Finals Weekend Speakers.” UVA Today (April 3, 2025).
- “Review of Building the Book from the Ancient World to the Present Day.” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (December 2024).
- “Why a California Couple Gave Millions to Rare Book School.” UVA Today (November 20, 2024).
- “Summer at the Newberry: Rare Book School.” The Newberry Library’s Donor Digest blog (September 20, 2024).
- Joyce Guyette. “For the love of books: Professor goes to school.” Erskine College (August 12, 2024).
- Christopher Spraker. “HSC manager attends Rare Book School.” Amicus Libris: Briefs from Harvard Law School Library (August 2, 2024).
- Ashley Stimpson. “Old books can be loaded with poison. Some collectors love the thrill.” Washington Post (July 24, 2024).
- Francesca Mancino. “The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting.” The Atlantic (May 2, 2024).
- Jennifer Schuessler. “For Rare Book Librarians, It’s Gloves Off. Seriously.”New York Times (March 9, 2024).
- Jennifer Schuessler. “The 2,000-Year Story of Building the Book.” New York Times (December 2, 2022).
- Jonathon Keats. “That Kindle Edition of Charles Dickens? This Rare Book School Exhibit Will Show You What Amazon Omitted.” Forbes (November 22, 2022).
- Andy Wright. “Leave Your Screens Behind (mostly) at Rare Book School.” Atlas Obscura (July 1, 2015).
- Nicholas Basbanes. “Summer Camp for Book Nerds: Why I Keep Returning to Rare Book School.” Humanities: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities (November/December 2014).
- Jennifer Howard, four-part series for the Chronicle of Higher Education:
- “But Is It a Book?” (July 25, 2012)
- “Digital Materiality, or Learning to Love Our Machines” (August 22, 2012)
- “CSI: Rare Book School, or Computer Forensics in the Archives” (August 23, 2012)
- “Rushdie’s Digital Shadow, or How to Create Electronic Archives” (September 24, 2012)
- Jennifer Schuessler. “Peering Into the Exquisite Life of Rare Books.” New York Times (July 23, 2012).
- Emma Rathbones. “What’s the Future of Books in a Digital World?” University of Virginia Magazine (Fall 2011).
- Daniel de Vise. “U-Va. School Celebrates the Embattled Book.” Washington Post (July 28, 2011).
- Sandy Hausman. “Students Get Up Close and Personal with Rare Books.” NPR: Weekend Edition Sunday (July 17, 2011).
- Andrew Witmer. “The Book Mechanic.” The Chronicle of Higher Education (December 6, 2009).
- Tabitha Barda. “Class Apart.” Rare Book Review (August/September 2007).
- Jackie Lyden. “Preserving Pages in Charlottesville.” NPR: All Things Considered (August 10, 2003).
Washington Post video, August 2014
UVA video, October 2017