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 …
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 …
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 …
Q&A with an RBS student, Gauri Gupta, who came to RBS to understand how to catalog, describe, and digitally represent manuscript fragments.
Rare Book School mourns the passing of rare book antiquarian Richard C. Ramer. He was a member of the Grolier Club and a generous supporter of Rare Book School.
RBS’ Treasurer and an RBS supporter were appointed by the Virginia governor to UVA’s Board of Visitors, which serves as UVA’s corporate board and is responsible for long-term planning.
Applications are open for RBS’ summer 2026 courses. Explore new courses and join us!
Looking for summer assistants to support managing course sessions, catering, and other tasks related to the running of our 2026 summer programming in Charlottesville.
It is with deep sadness we announce the death of William T. Buice III, a lawyer, book collector, and advocate for Rare Book School and the book collecting community.
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is seeking to hire a Special Collections Processing Archivist. The position reports to the Chief Librarian and works closely with the Special Collections Librarian to ensure …
Founded in 2017, the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) is a Rare Book School program that seeks to advance the study of texts, images, and …
The Call for Papers for the 21st Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop, to take place 30–31 January 2026, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been extended to 14 November 2025. …