Rare Book School Reveals Its Summer 2026 Lecture Series
Rare Book School invites the public to its summer lecture series, which brings together leading voices in book history, bibliography, and print culture.
14 May 2026 • Announcement
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Impact Story: Rediscovering a Rural College’s Archives
Hampden-Sydney College didn’t have a college archivist until 2019. Today, the school’s early collections are managed by Archives & Digital Projects Librarian Dawnelle Ion, who has held the role since 2024.
27 Apr 2026 • Impact Stories
Rare Book School Launches Redesigned Website for a More Connected & Accessible User Experience
Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, which offers a more accessible, intuitive, and richly connected experience for exploring the School’s courses, resources, and programs.
24 Apr 2026 • Announcement
Announcing the 2026–28 RBS-Mellon SoFCB Junior Fellows
The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) at Rare Book School is pleased to welcome its 2026–28 cohort of Junior Fellows.
24 Apr 2026 • Announcement
RBS Announces M. C. Lang Fellows in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources
With pleasure, Rare Book School announces the seventh cohort of M. C. Lang Fellows in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources. Congratulations to all, and we look forward …
20 Mar 2026 • Announcement
RBS General and Buice Scholarship Awards for 2026 Announced
Rare Book School is pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of its General Scholarship Committee awards, as well as the winners of the Buice Scholarships for returning RBS students. Congratulations …
04 Mar 2026 • Announcement
A Protocol to Protect Cultural Collections in the Age of AI
One of the bedrock principles of Rare Book School is meticulous care and vigilance for the integrity of the human record. We encourage rigor in methods and in ethics practiced …
24 Feb 2026 • Announcement
RBS Treasurer Victoria D. Harker Elected Vice Rector of UVA Board of Visitors
On 20 February 2026, RBS Board Treasurer Victoria D. Harker was unanimously elected Vice Rector of the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors (BOV), effective immediately. In a recent UVA Today story, Harker …
23 Feb 2026 • Announcement
Remembering Joan M. Friedman
It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Joan M. Friedman on 14 February 2026. With professional talents spanning rare book curation and general accounting, Joan was an ardent early supporter of Rare Book School (RBS) and …
19 Feb 2026 • Announcement
Impact Story: Rare Book School’s Marshall Scholars
When the Marshall Scholarship program announced its new cohort of scholars in fall 2025, the list included two Rare Book School staff members: Summer Session Assistant Piper Farmer and Program Assistant Jack Wallace. Wallace and Farmer were selected from a nationwide pool …
16 Feb 2026 • Impact Stories
Impact Story: Cataloging Medieval Manuscript Fragments in Chicago
Medieval manuscript fragments can be particularly challenging to catalog: they are severed from their original codicological contexts, exist in various states of preservation, differ in size, and many times have …
12 Feb 2026 • Impact Stories
Q&A with Gauri Gupta
Q&A with an RBS student, Gauri Gupta, who came to RBS to understand how to catalog, describe, and digitally represent manuscript fragments.
06 Feb 2026 • Impact Stories
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