News from the Council & BSA Members
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.

Congratulations to President Caroline Duroselle-Melish, Vice President Megan Peiser, and Council Members Rebecca Romney, Alice Schreyer, Kenneth Soehner, and Derrick Spires on their election to the Council!

Congratulations to Barbara A. Shailor, Immediate Past President of BSA, on her election as an Honorary member of the Society at the January 22, 2022 meeting of the Council!

Nic Caldwell & Sal Robinson of The Morgan Library and Museum are presenting on the upcoming panel, "Social Justice Work in Libraries", hosted by PublicsLab at the CUNY Graduate Center. February 15 – Register to attend via Zoom.

Sonja Drimmer presents an online lecture, "The King’s Rollodex" for the Bard Graduate Center’s The Global Middle Ages Seminar on February 9 (today!) at 5:15pm. Register to attend online here.

Earle Havens encourages fellow BSA members & friends to apply for The American Trust for the British Library and the Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance at Johns Hopkins University 2022-2023 Transatlantic Fellowship. The Fellowship is designed to support at least four weeks of research on pre-modern and early modern books and manuscripts scholarship between both the British Library and the Stern Center. Deadline February 15, details on the ATBL website.

This summer Craig Kallendorf will once again teach the course on the History of the Renaissance Book at CalRBS with Lisa Pon.
 
Karla Nielson, BSA Liason to SHARP and Curator of Literary Collections at the Huntington Library, curated "Mapping Fiction", now on view at the Huntington. The show was recently reviewed in the LA Times.

The Seminario Interdisciplinario de Bibliologia has posted its calendar of talks for 2022, beginning February 10th. BSA Member at Large for Latin American Outreach Corinna Zeltsman will present on May 12, "¿Quién era Doña Herculana? Las mujeres en la imprenta decimonónica Mexicana. "

The 2022 Annual Meeting & New Scholars Program

Thank you for joining us for a day of bibliographical talks and celebration! Please take a moment to complete our survey and share your feedback on the day's events. We value your input.

Recordings of all sessions are now posted to YouTube. If you missed the live program, catch up anytime.

Submit a Proposals to the BSA Events Committee

The Events Committee's April call for proposals is now open! BSA issues tri-annual calls in January, April, and October that are similar to open calls for conference proposals, but through our distributed model the Society hosts events throughout the year, in-person and online. 

Our events strive to center diverse perspectives covering wide-ranging topics as outlined in our Equity Action Plan. Through our distributed conference model, BSA reduces its carbon footprint and meets you where you are by lowering barriers to participation. We have hosted bibliographical events both online and in-person at various locations throughout North America and, when possible, elsewhere in the world. Such events can include but are not limited to:

• lectures,
• panel presentations,
• hands-on workshops,
• conference sessions,
• and receptions following events that are bibliographical in nature.

Submitting a Proposal: What to Expect
We request a general overview of the content of sessions and presenters as well as information about the budget, promotion, and general organization of the event. The budget request allows us to compensate presenters and organizers with honoraria for their intellectual and organizational labor and to cover other necessary costs. Not all fields in our form are required!

Proposals are due April 4, 2022!

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.

Zora Neale Hurston at Federal Writer's Project booth at New York Times Book Fair. The Zora Neale Hurston Portrait Collection. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library.

This Weekend, Feburary 11-13: The California Book Fair In-Person and Online

Attending the fair in person? Purchase tickets here and don't miss the BSA Sponsored lecture!

Join your fellow dealers and collectors for an in-person book fair February 11-13, 2022 at the Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA.

Recognized as one of the largest and most prestigious antiquarian book fairs in the world, the 54th California International Antiquarian Book Fair will feature the collections and rare treasures of booksellers from around the globe, including manuscripts, modern first editions, children’s books, ephemera, maps and autographs, as well as antiquarian books on a vast array of topics.

Hours:

• Friday, February 11, 2022 • 3 pm to 8 pm
• Saturday, February 12, 2022 • 11 am to 7 pm
• Sunday, February 13, 2022 • 11 am to 4 pm

12:45-1:45pm on Saturday, February 12, ABAA/BSA Lecture
Good Words Make Better Wine: Building the UC Davis Library's Wine Writers Collection – Jullianne H. Ballou

In 2018, the UC Davis Library began to expand its Wine Writers Collection, which includes the papers and digital files of people who have written or podcasted about California wine from the 1950s to the present. The writers' archives — and the ephemera they include — extend the literary works in the library’s circulating and rare wine book and manuscript collections, which date to the start of the twelfth century. UC Davis's wine library documents the evolution of a genre and of a drink that's both agricultural product and art. This lecture is jointly sponsored by the Bibliographical Society of America and the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.

The Virtual Book Fair
Exhibitors from around the globe are featuring new acquisitions, discoveries, and rare finds exclusively at the Virtual Book Fair, which begins at 9:00 a.m. (PST). Admission is free. Join in at abaa.org/vbf. Sign up for notifications here.

Jakob Scheuchzer’s Physica Sacra. Augsburg and Ulm, 1731.

Join the Stillwell Society & Donate Retirement Savings from Your 401(k) or 403(b)

There are lots of ways to make a legacy gift to BSA and join the Stillwell Legacy Society. One of the easiest is to name the BSA as a beneficiary of your retirement savings. You can pre-designate either a whole dollar amount, or a percentage of the savings remaining after your death.

It's easy: simply complete your financial institution's beneficiary designation form. The Donating Retirement Assets page on our website has lots of information to help you consider this option, and links to popular financial institutions' destination forms for your convenience.

There are no minimum financial requirements for joining—you may pledge any amount that inspires your philanthropy and brings you personal reward. All gifts help to further our mission.

Members of the Stillwell Society are also invited to gather for special events, including lectures and exhibition tours. We also publish Stilwell Legacy Society members' names on our website and in PBSA. Anonymous members are welcome, as are all who wish to join in honor or memory of someone else.

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.