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Support BSA in Shaping the Future of Bibliography
Bibliography is more than a method: it is a bridge, connecting people in various disciplines and professions, working on texts, images, and objects. For nearly 120 years, the Bibliographical Society of America has provided a home for our broad and diverse community, fostering the dynamic interdisciplinary exchange that makes our field unique. We are especially proud of the enormous accomplishments of the last four years, which have included new, innovative events programming; the successful launch of the redesigned BibSite; record-breaking attendance at our Annual Meetings; and a remarkable sixty-percent increase in membership.
As our world grows increasingly global and interconnected, BSA’s role as a community-builder is more crucial than ever. In 2022, we seek to invest in programs that nurture members and our friends. To do that, we ask you to make a gift to the Annual Fund.
As a reminder of bibliography's relevance today, our spring appeal mailing was delayed by ongoing paper shortages and a problem with our printer's envelope printing machine! You will soon receive a letter by mail (if you haven't received it already) with details on our plans for the upcoming year. On the menu: redesigns for PBSA and our website, events focusing on Latin American bibliography, and more. If you prefer to give by check, your mailing contains an addressed envelope that you can return with our response card. If you prefer to give with your credit card, click the button below.
No contribution is too small. And that is especially true in 2022: inflation and sub-optimal stock market performance disproportionately affect BSA members in retirement who have been among our strongest supporters in the past. If you have attended one of our free events or watched the recording on YouTube, used BibSite, or received Fellowship support from the Society, consider a gift in any amount to help us maintain these key programs.
Keep reading – calls for applications, news from BSA members, & books available for review in PBSA below!
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Tax Savvy Ways to Support BSA
Some of our donors have taken advantage of tax-savvy strategies this year, giving stock, making qualified charitable distributions from their IRA accounts, and by joining the Margaret B. Stillwell Legacy Society by pledging to make a legacy gift to the BSA.
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Kate Sanborn, Indian Summer Calendar. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1904. From UW-Digitized Collections, Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books.
Events Online & In-Person This Summer
June 13, 1:30pm EST: How to Contribute to BibSite with Erin McGuirl & Eric Ensley
Join BibSite General Editor Eric Ensley and Executive Director Erin McGuirl to learn more about contributing resources to BibSite. Bring your questions! Registration required to attend online.
June 22, 4:30pm EST: Rare Book Cataloging with the New RDA Toolkit and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA Edition) – BSA Sponsored Panel at RBMS 2022
DCRMR is a new cataloging standard for the description of rare materials that is aligned with Resource Description and Access (RDA). DCRMR is a revision of the DCRM manuals and distills the RDA Toolkit into clear, concise instructions in workflow order. DCRMR is one of the first standards aligned with the new Toolkit and one of the first cataloging standards developed and published in GitHub. In this session, attendees will learn about DCRMR, the history of rare materials cataloging, major changes from DCRM(B), and future directions. Catalogers and non-catalogers alike will benefit from learning about DCRMR. Register for RBMS 2022 to attend.
July 11, 6:15pm PST: Lambeth Palace Library through five centuries, a talk by Giles Mandelbrote at the Book Club of California – Registration Required – Co-Sponsored by the BSA & BCC.
In central London, on the banks of the Thames, Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the national library and archive of the Church of England. Founded in 1610, its internationally important collections include medieval illuminated manuscripts from the ninth century onwards and early printed books, as well as extensive archival holdings to the present day. In 2021, the Library re-opened to readers and the public in a purpose-built new library building. This illustrated talk will look at the history of the collections and the people associated with them, while exploring some changing ideas of what a library is for. Register to attend in-person or online.
Virtual & In-Person Classes at the Center for Book Arts (CBA) of Interest to BSA Members with Reciprocal Privileges at CBA:
June 29, Center for Book Arts: Pochior Printing – online, pay what you can
Instructor Beth Sheehan leads this virtual workshop for all experience levels on pochoir printing. Pochoir is a stenciling technique that is versatile and can be done with so many materials. Sheehan will guide students through creating reusable, registered stencils out of flexible materials like Mylar—which can be used to print on a wide variety of surfaces. Sheehan will also cover the basics of color theory, empowering participants to mix and blend colors as well as create gradients. Over the course of the workshop, participants will learn to layer their stencils to produce an image of their own choosing.
July 11-13, Center for Book Arts: The Art of The Yiddish Book – in person in NYC, $500 (BSA members save 5%)
Working with literary scholar Barbara Mann and book artist Roni Gross, students will draw on the unique resources of two downtown institutions (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Center for Book Arts) for an immersive experience in modern Jewish creativity. Using objects and books from this world-renowned collection as inspiration, workshop participants will attend hands-on sessions at YIVO about the emergence and flourishing of modern Yiddish culture, in Eastern Europe and in the United States, and then create a collaborative print at the Center for Book Arts.
June 16-30, Center for Book Arts: Softcover Binding (Bookbinding I) in person in NYC, $450 (BSA members save 5%)
Learn the basic use of bookbinding tools and materials, along with bookbinding structures, in this introductory class. Students will learn about non-adhesive structures, bindings for single sheets, and other bindings that can be made with no specialized equipment. This class is ideal for those who wish to learn simple forms for presenting work, or for building fundamental knowledge on bookbinding.
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Mary Moulton Cheney, [Bookmarks - Holly], c. 1910. Image from the Hennepin County Library, Mary Moulton Cheney Papers.
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Calls for Applications and Submissions
The Fellowship Program – Deadline 10/2/22
In keeping with the central value the Society places on bibliography as a critical framework, the BSA funds a number of fellowships to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats.
Spotlight on The Katharine Pantzer Senior Fellowship: supports research by a senior scholar engaged in bibliographical inquiry into the history of the book trades and publishing history in Britain during the hand-press period, as well as studies of authorship, reading, and collecting based on the examination of British books published in that period, with a special emphasis on descriptive bibliography. This fellowship is intended for senior scholars who have a documented record of research and publication in the field. Funded by a bequest from Katharine F. Pantzer.
The New Scholars Program – Deadline 9/3/22
The New Scholars Program promotes the work of scholars new to bibliography, broadly defined to include the creation, production, publication, distribution, reception, transmission, and subsequent history of all textual artifacts. This includes manuscript, print, and digital media, from clay and stone to laptops and iPads.
Thanks to a recent donation to BSA in honor of Jacob Blanck (1906-1974), the New Scholars Program now provides named support for bibliographical and book historical scholarship focusing on printed works of writers of the United States and their publishers, in addition to the program's Malkin and Pantzer awards.
The BSA-St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize – Deadline 10/3/22
Endowed by the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, this prize encourages scholarship in the bibliography of American history and literature. Awarded every three years, the prize brings a cash award of $2,000 and a year’s membership in the Society.
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Photograph of Roxie Jarrell and Clara Hawkins, Dunbar Branch Library, Athens, Georgia, 1958 November 16-22. From the Life of the Child in American Society Collection, Digital Library of Georgia.
News from Members & Friends
Members are the heart of the BSA. Join us in celebrating their accomplishments and support them at these upcoming bibliographical events. Reply to this email to share your announcements in our next newsletter. Member-booksellers: this includes you! We want to announce your latest catalogs and Book Fair appearances!
Sonja Drimmer will be giving two talks on manuscripts in London this summer. The first, titled, "Witness/Copy/Record: Towards an Expansive Manuscript Studies" will be held on June 15 at University of London's School of Advanced Study; the next at the Courtauld Institute on June 22 is entitled, "Unimpressed: Livery Badge and Legal Tender in Late Medieval England". Follow the links for details.
M.C. Kinniburgh recently published Wild Intelligence: Poets' Libraries and the Politics of Knowledge in Postwar America with the University of Massachusetts Press. Read an interview with her by CUNY Lost & Found General Editor Ammiel Alcalay.
Kate Mitas, Bookseller recently published E-List 15: Ruffles & Rage. Mitas Books specializes in antiquarian ephemera, books, archives and vernacular material in a wide range of subject matter, with an emphasis on women's and social history from the 19th - 21st centuries.
Jeanne-Marie Musto is pleased to announce the publication of two papers from the panel she organized at the College Art Association (CAA) Conference in 2022, "The Print in the Codex". Musto is the BSA Liaison to CAA.
- "Bibles unbound: the material semantics of nineteenth-century scriptural illustration" by Sarah C. Schaefer (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) appears in the June 2022 issue of the Journal of Art Historiography,
- "From the reliure mobile to the Schraubband. Collecting and storing prints in mobile albums at the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin" by Silvia Massa (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) is forthcoming in the December 2022 issue.
Look for Musto's "Studies on the Cicognara Library, Part 1" in the June 2022 issue of Journal of Art Historiography as well.
Patrick Olson Rare Books just published Catalog #18. Olson's scholarly catalogs are known for their excellent descriptions and historical notes on early printed books. The firm specializes in printed books and ephemera from the hand-press period—those days when Western books were printed and bound entirely by hand. While open to debate, Olson takes this period to begin with Gutenberg (ca. 1455) and end around 1830.
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PBSA: Call for Book Reviewers & Books for Review
PBSA welcomes submissions of books for review in the journal! Learn how to submit your book here.
A selection of books are available now for review. Book reviews are typically 1,500 words long and should be completed within four months of receiving the book. All reviews should be in English, regardless of the language of the reviewed publication.
Anyone wishing to write a review must read the guidelines and email Reviews Editor Meaghan J. Brown at reviews.pbsa@bibsocamer.org to express interest. Please identify the book you wish to review and include a note about your experience and expertise. This will help to match books with well-suited reviewers.
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Notice
The Bibliographical Society of America does not provide tax or legal advice. This document is for educational purposes only, has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it, and does not provide individually tailored advice. The appropriateness of a specific strategy will depend on an individual’s circumstances and objectives.
Tax laws are complex and subject to change. Individuals should consult with their personal tax advisor regarding any potential tax and related consequences of investments made using an Individual Retirement Account and with their attorney for matters involving estate planning.
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