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From: Terry Belanger <belanger(a)virginia.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM
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Rare Book School FRESHEST ADVICES April 2008
RBS DIRECTORY of ARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIANS
Two years ago, the RBS staff compiled a directory
of the principal librarians, curators, directors,
and suchlike working in member institutions of
the Association of Research Libraries – a
non-profit organization of 123 large research libraries in the US and
Canada:
http://www.arl.org/
We have now mounted this directory on the RBS website at
http://www.rarebookschool.org/directories/
The directory sets forth the names, addresses,
and contact information of persons working in ARL
libraries who have (or might appropriately have)
the words "rare books" or "manuscripts" or
"special collections" in their titles but who
report to a person who reasonably does not and
would not have these words in their titles. We
have also provided a geographical index to the institutions listed.
Some ARL libraries in the directory are
represented by a single person – typically the
case with smaller institutions, and those with a
tight, system-wide hierarchy. Other ARL libraries
are represented by several persons who are in
different administrative hierarchies within their
institutions (e.g. the heads of special
collections in their law and medical libraries).
We annually email a copy of the directory to
those listed in it, in order to improve its
accuracy and keep it current, and have recently
completed a correction cycle, so the list should
be pretty accurate. Many thanks to demon RBS
webpersons Ryan Roth and Joseph Ennis) for
writing the programs that mount the directory on
the RBS website and keep it current. Let us know if you find it useful.
NEW EDITION OF THE BOOK ARTS PRESS ADDRESS BOOK
In 1989, we began to publish the Book Arts Press
Address Book, an address list of RBS participants
and other persons connected to the school; the
64-page Address Book contained about 1400
addresses, about a quarter of whom were Friends
of RBS. We've done a new edition of the Address
Book every year or two, ever since.
We are very pleased to announce the
publication of the 10th edition of the Book Arts
Press Address Book, copies of which are being
mailed to the Friends this week (see
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=357717&o=all&op=1&view=al…
for a picture of the mailing in progress). This
year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding
of RBS, and the new Address Book contains a
number of extra bells and whistles to help mark
the occasion in addition to the main directory,
which now contains about 3,000 names:
A short history of RBS and its parent, the Book Arts Press (BAP)
A list of all RBS courses offered, 1983-2008
A list of RBS faculty members, 1983-2008
A short history of BAP/RBS public lectures, together with
A list of RBS lectures nos. 1-500
A hard-copy version of the directory of ARL librarians described above
At 352 pages, the new Address Book is
considerably longer than any of its predecessors.
Copies are available to non-Friends at $30 each
(plus $5 for domestic shipping via UPS).
RBS 2008 COURSES IN BALTIMORE
In addition to the 26 RBS courses already
announced for this year, we are pleased to add
the following two, scheduled to run in Baltimore Monday-Friday, 3-7
November:
M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology. Albert Derolez
I-20 Book Illustration Processes to 1900. Terry Belanger
See the RBS website at
www.rarebookschool.org for details.
Terry Belanger
University Professor, Honorary Curator of Special Collections
Director, Rare Book School :
University of Virginia
Rare Book School : PO 400103 : Charlottesville, VA 22904-4103
Email belanger(a)virginia.edu : Phone 434-924-8851 : Fax 434-924-8824
URL <http://www.rarebookschool.org>
--
June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com