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RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Summer Sessions 2000, a
collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics concerning rare books,
manuscripts, the history of books and printing, and special collections to
be
held at the University of Virginia from 19 June - 30 June and 24 July - 11
August 2000.
THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL prerequisites for RBS courses vary.
Some courses are primarily directed toward research librarians and
archivists.
Others are intended for academics, persons working in the antiquarian book
trade, bookbinders and conservators, professional and avocational students
of
the history of books and printing, book collectors, and others with an
interest
in the subjects being treated.
THE TUITION FOR EACH FIVE-DAY COURSE is $690. Air-conditioned
dormitory
housing (about $35/night) will be offered on the historic Central Grounds of
the University, and nearby hotel accommodations are readily available.
FOR AN APPLICATION FORM and electronic copies of the complete
brochure
and the RBS Expanded Course Descriptions (ECDs), providing additional
details
about the courses offered and other information about RBS, visit our Web
site
at:
http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks
Or write Rare Book School, 114 Alderman Library, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498; fax 804/924-8824; email
[log in to unmask];
or telephone 804/924-8851.
Subscribers to the ARLIS list may find the following Rare Book School
courses
to be of particular interest:
32. BOOK ILLUSTRATION TO 1890. (Monday-Friday, July 24-28) The
identification
of illustration processes and techniques, including (but not only) woodcut,
etching, engraving, stipple, aquatint, mezzotint, lithography, wood
engraving,
steel engraving, process line and halftone relief, collotype, photogravure,
and
color printing. The course will be taught almost entirely from the extensive
Book Arts Press files of examples of illustration processes. As part of the
course, students will make their own etchings, drypoints, and relief cuts in
supervised laboratory sessions. Instructor: Terry Belanger.
TERRY BELANGER founded RBS in 1983 at Columbia University. Since 1992, he
has
been University Professor and Honorary Curator of Special Collections at the
University of Virginia.
52. ARTISTS BOOKS: STRATEGIES FOR COLLECTING. (Monday-Friday, August 7-11)
The
field of artists books includes work that spans the full spectrum of
cultural
objects, handmade originals, calligraphic and typographic experimentation,
conceptual productions, and works produced in the traditions of fine
printing
and independent publishing. This course provides critical and historical
perspectives from which to conceive of a collecting rationale for both
individuals and institutions. Instructor: Johanna Drucker.
JOHANNA DRUCKER became Robertson Professor of Media Studies at UVa last
year;
she has also taught at Columbia, Yale, and SUNY Purchase. She has been
making
artists books for many years. Among her books are _The Visible Word:
Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 190923_ (1994) and _The Century of
Artists Books_ (1995).
54. VISUAL MATERIALS CATALOGING. (Monday-Friday, August 7-11) Aimed at
librarians and archivists who catalog published and unpublished visual
materials. The emphasis will be on C19 and C20 prints and photographs being
handled either as single items or as collections. Topics include:
descriptive
and subject cataloging; form and genre access; special problems in physical
description; comparison of Graphic Materials, AACR2 (Chapter 8), and APPM
guidelines; the relationship between physical processing and cataloging;
establishing institutional priorities. Instructor: Helena Zinkham.
HELENA ZINKHAM worked as a reference and technical services librarian at
both
the Maryland and NewYork Historical societies before joining the Prints and
Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, where she is head of the
Technical Services Section.
Book Arts Press Phone: 804/924-8851
114 Alderman Library Fax: 804/924-8824
University of Virginia Email: [log in to unmask]
Charlottesville, VA 22903 URL: <www.virginia.edu/oldbooks>
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