[Cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.]
RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Winter/Spring
Sessions
2001, a collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics concerning the
history of the book, book illustration and encoded archival description to be
held at the University of Virginia from 8 January - 12 January, 12 March - 16
March and 4 June - 8 June 2001.
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 $745. Reasonably priced hotel
accommodation is readily available nearby.
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 ARLIS-L may find the following Rare Book School courses to be of
particular interest:
21: The Printed Book in the West to 1800. The introduction and spread of
printing in Europe; the development of book design and illustration; the rise
of the publishing industry; freedom and the regulation of the press; the
increase in literacy and its social consequences; the traffic in printed matter
and the growth of personal and institutional collections; the impact of the
Industrial Revolution. Intended for those who have a limited background but a
considerable interest in the history of the book, and who expect, sooner or
later, to take the other two courses in this RBS sequence (The Medieval Book
and The Printed Book in the West since 1800), both scheduled to be offered in
RBS 2001's summer session. Instructor: Martin Antonetti.
22: Printed Ephemera. Underpinning the course is the view that ephemera deserve
serious attention from business and social historians, from design and printing
historians, and from those with curatorial responsibilities for collections of
paperbased materials. The course will address ephemera from several different
directions, but principally with the needs of the curator and collector in
mind. It will focus on c19 Englishlanguage ephemera, though the general issues
raised relate to all periods and also to foreignlanguage material. Classes will
consist of a mix of illustrated talks on specific topics, discussion periods,
and sessions spent looking at original items. Issues to be covered include the
processes used in the production of ephemera (in particular, transfer
lithography and chromolithography); acquisitions policies and strategies;
describing and cataloging ephemera, and the associated issues of dating,
terminology, and the digitization of collections. Instructor: Michael Twyman.
34: Rare Book Cataloging. Aimed at catalog librarians who find that their
present duties include (or shortly will include) the cataloging of rare books
or special collections materials.Attention will be given both to cataloging
books from the handpress period and to c19 and c20 books in a special
collections context. Topics include: comparison of rare book and general
cataloging; application of codes and standards (especially DCRB); uses of
special files; problems in transcription, collation and physical description;
setting cataloging policy within an institutional context. Instructor: Deborah
J. Leslie.
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 http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks
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