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This announcement about the London Rare Book School (shared by John Meriton of the IFLA Art Libraries Committee), may be of interest to ARLIS-NA members. Jeanette Clough ARLIS International Relations Cttee. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoe Holman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: The London Rare Books School is launched! The University of London's Institute of English Studies announces the first London Rare Books School (LRBS), a series of four-day, intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects. The courses will be taught by internationally-known scholars associated with the Institute's Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies, using the unrivalled library and museum resources of London, including the British Library, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the University of London Research Library Services, and many more. All courses will stress the materiality of the book so you can expect to have close encounters with remarkable books from some of the world's greatest collections. Each class will be restricted to no more twelve students in order to ensure that everyone has plenty of opportunity to talk to the teachers and to get very close to the books. In its first year the LRBS will be running in just one week: 23-26 July 2007. The courses (note that the titles themselves are provisional) that are currently planned for 2007 are: 1 The Medieval Book (Course Tutor: Professor Michelle Brown) 2 A History of Bookbinding (Course Tutor: Professor Nicholas Pickwoad) 3 A History of Writing 2000BC-2000AD (Various tutors) 4 The Italian Book to 1600 (Course Tutor: Professor Jane Everson) 5 The History of the Printed Book in the West 1455-2000 (Course Tutor: Professor John Feather) One or two courses may be added to this list in the next month or so. Each course will consist of ten two-hour seminars spread between Monday lunchtime and Thursday afternoon. There will be a full evening programme with an opening reception and talk, a major book history lecture given by a celebrated scholar, and a reception hosted by a major London antiquarian bookseller. For those able to stay on to the Friday there will be a guided visit to the libraries of Oxford. We expect to offer postgraduate credit for these courses at the Institute, which is one of the ten member-Institutes of the University of London's School of Advanced Study. In order to achieve the award of credit a student will have to complete and pass a 5,000 word essay within two months of the course (an extra fee to cover marking will be charged). The fee will be in the region of £500 which will include the provision of lunch and coffee and tea through the four days. There may be some bursaries available, details will be provided later. A range of accommodation will be available including cheap student housing (on a bed and breakfast basis) close by Senate House where the LRBS will have its home; Senate House is next to the British Museum in the heart of Bloomsbury. Application forms will be available in the next month or two but you are invited to register your interest in a course or courses now (given the likely demand you would be well-advised to list a second choice). Those who register now will be the first to receive application forms. You can register your interest in LRBS by emailing your name and address (with an indication of preferred courses) to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Further details can be found at http://ies.sas.ac.uk/ Miss Zoe Holman Institute of English Studies University of London, School of Advanced Study Room NG17, North Block Senate House Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU Direct *: +44 (0)20 7862 8680; Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 8720 *: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://ies.sas.ac.uk <http://ies.sas.ac.uk/> __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]