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Rare Book School
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Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials. rarebookschool.org
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 11h
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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 12h
@rarebookschool.bsky.social doesn't generally accept high school students but they made an exception for Gauri in my Fragmentology class last summer. I am so proud of her! LOOK WHAT SHE DID! #IIIF #MedievalSky timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices...
Bridging archives: The role of IIIF in global manuscript preservation
India’s manuscript tradition is among the richest in the world, spanning centuries, languages, and disciplines. Yet, much of this vast repository remains fragmented, fragile, and inaccessible. The tec...
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 11h
Fabulous!!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 16h
Rare Book School is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist in facilitating excellent educational programming.

Review of applications begins 30 October.

Details at rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment/

#Booksky
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic with a blue background has white text reading, “Join our team! Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist the Director of Programs & Education in facilitating excellent educational programming. Review of applications will begin 30 October 2025 and continue until the position is filled.” The lower right quadrant has a circular frame with a photo of a group of adults standing around a long table on which a number of books are laid out on foam supports, listening to a man on the right as he gestures over the books. At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a green background reads, “Visit our website to learn more: rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment”.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 2d
You are cordially invited to join the Rare Book School staff for our fall Open House on Friday, 17 October from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET in the RBS Suite (UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 230)!

Free & open to the public.

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A vertically oriented rectangular graphic contains a photo of a black chalkboard in the upper right quadrant, on which are drawn arrows with the words “RARE BOOK SCHOOL Open House. Demos! Scholarship & course info! Snacks!” To the left of this image, red and black text against white and tan reads “You’re invited! Join the Rare Book School staff for our Fall Open House 1–4 p.m. Friday, 17 October. UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 230. Free & open to the public.” The lower part of the graphic contains three thumbnail images: a close-up of a piece of red leather stamped with black and gold designs, a photo of a woman and a man operating a letterpress, and a close-up of a printed image of a red lion holding a sword and arrows. Below these, black text reads, “Try your hand at gold foil stamping. Print a letterpress keepsake. View items from RBS’s world-class teaching collection.” At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a horizontal black bar reads “rarebookschool.org”.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 7d
The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) at RBS invites applicants to its 2025 cohort of Junior Fellows.

Applications are due 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For details about this & other RBS scholarships & fellowships, visit tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic is split into an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper half shows a photo of a woman with pulled-back dark brown hair wearing a dark dress jacket and scarf. To her left, bold black text reads “I feel no hesitation saying that joining the SoFCB fully transformed my academic life and research.” Below the woman, smaller text in white reads, “Elizaveta Strakhov, Past President, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB)”. The lower portion of the graphic has a mostly white background with a couple of horizontal bars in gray and black. Text in white, black, red, and yellow reads, “Apply now! The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program. Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Learn more & apply at tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025.”
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 7d
👏 @richove.bsky.social
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations to RBS faculty member Richard Ovenden!
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Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social · 8d
Last week we had the pleasure of presenting Richard Ovenden with this year’s Benson medal at a very special celebration with Bodleian Libraries.

Richard was joined by RSL chair Ruth Scurr and director Laura Greenfield for the UK premiere of The Librarians Film a new documentary by Kim A. Snyder.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 7d
*NB: Applications are for our *2026* cohort of Junior Fellows.
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FYI, @mellon.org
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 7d
The Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) at RBS invites applicants to its 2025 cohort of Junior Fellows.

Applications are due 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

For details about this & other RBS scholarships & fellowships, visit tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic is split into an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper half shows a photo of a woman with pulled-back dark brown hair wearing a dark dress jacket and scarf. To her left, bold black text reads “I feel no hesitation saying that joining the SoFCB fully transformed my academic life and research.” Below the woman, smaller text in white reads, “Elizaveta Strakhov, Past President, Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB)”. The lower portion of the graphic has a mostly white background with a couple of horizontal bars in gray and black. Text in white, black, red, and yellow reads, “Apply now! The SoFCB Junior Fellows Program. Application Deadline: Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Learn more & apply at tinyurl.com/Apply-SoFCB-2025.”
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 8d
Your gift of any size made today (30 September) will provide scholarship access for students when they need our help the most. Donors will be entered into drawings for the prize of a STILT® Book Cradle or an RBS swag package.

Make your gift today at rarebookschool.org/donate
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic with a white background shows a photo in the center of a man with glasses and a blue collared shirt. He is holding a book and smiling in the direction of red and black text reading, “Support future RBS students by making a gift today! Help us meet our goal of providing scholarships for 30% of RBS students in 2026.” Below this image, separated by a horizontal black bar on which the RBS logo is overlaid, black and red text reads, “Gifts made by 30 September 2025 by both returning donors and new donots will be included in separate drawings for the prizes of a STILT Book Cradle or an RBS swag package. Visit us at rarebookschool.org/donate or call 434-924-8851 to make a gift or pledge.”
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 13d
Our fiscal year ends on September 30. Help us reach our goal toward raising funds for RBS scholarships by making a gift of any amount by the end of the month!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 22d
Give the gift of Rare Book School!

The testimonies of our students speak powerfully to the ongoing vitality of the work we do. Your gift to the RBS annual fund before 30 September is the single best way to support future generations of RBS students.

Donate today at rarebookschool.org/donate
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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 12d
Want to learn more about what a bibliographical approach might be for working with hand-press books? Come think with me about how to notice, ask questions, and maybe even discover new things about the material features of old books! 📜📚 #BookHistory
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 12d
We're accepting applications for our fall online course, A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period. The course, taught by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, runs Sundays, 10/19-12/14. Application deadline is Fri 10/10. More at rarebookschool.org/fall-online-course-thinking-bibliographically
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 12d
Image caption: Students in the RBS summer course G-65: Forgeries, Facsimiles & Sophisticated Copies, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Shurtleff.)
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 12d
We're accepting applications for our fall online course, A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period. The course, taught by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, runs Sundays, 10/19-12/14. Application deadline is Fri 10/10. More at rarebookschool.org/fall-online-course-thinking-bibliographically
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 13d
Our fiscal year ends on September 30. Help us reach our goal toward raising funds for RBS scholarships by making a gift of any amount by the end of the month!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 22d
Give the gift of Rare Book School!

The testimonies of our students speak powerfully to the ongoing vitality of the work we do. Your gift to the RBS annual fund before 30 September is the single best way to support future generations of RBS students.

Donate today at rarebookschool.org/donate
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Jason W. Dean @jasonwdean.com · 15d
Taking an hour between unpicking edition primacy in the catalog (thanks, ref sources + fingerprinting) to watch @chrisvvarren.bsky.social's Malkin lecture @rarebookschool.bsky.social on computational bibliography. V recommended! 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks : youtu.be/ElvNacFyoWQ?...
2025 Malkin Lecture: "What is Computational Bibliography?"
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 28d
RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/
A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two smiling women standing beside a table covered in books. They are holding notebooks and taking notes with pencils.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 22d
Give the gift of Rare Book School!

The testimonies of our students speak powerfully to the ongoing vitality of the work we do. Your gift to the RBS annual fund before 30 September is the single best way to support future generations of RBS students.

Donate today at rarebookschool.org/donate
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic features a photo in its upper third of two women against a turquoise background looking at a document that the woman on the right is holding up while the woman on the left points at it. Below them, on a white background, is a word cloud with red, gray, and black text in various sizes and orientations reading “Truly one of the best weeks of my life. Fantastic. Educational and community-building. Motivating. Wonderful, meaningful, productive, and fun. Invaluable. Brilliant, once in a lifetime, phenomenal chance to learn from the best, at the best. Enriching, inspiring, enlightening. Nothing short of amazing. Perfect.” At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a black background reads, “Give the gift of RBS. Donate to the Annual Fund today!”
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Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · 23d
Confession: I was never able to fold my own printer’s hat at Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social – not for lack of opportunity, but for catastrophic lack of paper engineering skills 😭 I don’t think anyone’s ever folded one as wrong as I did back in 2017
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 26d
I had fun getting artsy for @rarebookschool.bsky.social's Famous & Forgotten: The Game of Authors exhibition opening today!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 26d
Our Famous & Forgotten: The Game of Authors exhibition opening is underway! Drop by Rare Book School today (9/12) until 6:30 p.m. ET for film screenings, games, crafts, and RBS popcorn! Free & open to the public.

Details at rarebookschool.org/all-programs/events/famous-forgotten-exhibition-opening
Photo of a folding chalk board with "Rare Book School Exhibition Opening: Films! Food! Games! 12-6:30pm" written on it in chalk. Photo of flyers for the Famous & Forgotten exhibition opening in front of paper bags of popcorn on which is text reading either "Rare Book School" or "Famous & Forgotten ". Photo of a bowl of button-pins with pictures of various authors on them. Examples of the pins are also laid out on the table beside the bowl. Photo of four hand-drawn authors cards depicting Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Mary Shelley, and Junji Ito.
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 29d
RBS Associate Curator Zoe Langer puts some finishing touches on our new 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition.

Join us Friday, 9/12, from 12 to 6:30 p.m. to celebrate the exhibition's official opening!

Details: rarebookschool.org/all-programs/events/famous-forgotten-exhibition-opening
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 27d
Tomorrow!

Free & open to the public!
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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · Sep 8
Join RBS this Friday (9/12) to celebrate our 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴 exhibition with gallery tours, film screenings, craft workshops, a reception & mocktail hour, and more!

Details at rarebookschool.org/all-programs/events/famous-forgotten-exhibition-opening

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 28d
RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/
A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two smiling women standing beside a table covered in books. They are holding notebooks and taking notes with pencils.
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