Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO EDUCATE LIBRARIANS, COLLECTORS, AND ASPIRING BOOK SELLERS IN BEST PRACTICES FOR HANDLING AND SELLING BOOKS.
PROVIDE AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG SEMINAR WHERE LEADING SPECIALISTS SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTION LIBRARIANS FROM UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, AND "FRIEND" GROUPS OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS ASPIRING BOOKSELLERS AND COLLECTORS IN A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF THE RARE BOOK MARKET, BOTH ANTIQUARIAN AND MODERN. BASIC PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED BOTH FORMALLY AND INFORMALLY THROUGH A SERIES OF LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRACTICAL HANDS ON WORKSHOPS WITH EMPHASIS ON CATALOGING, PRICING, RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS OF BOOK PRODUCTION AS WELL AS BOOKSELLING IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE. THE ABSF CONTINUES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FORMER BOOK SEMINARS, A FOR-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP WHICH OVER THE PAST 43 YEARS HAS EDUCATED MORE THAN 2,840 STUDENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. 50 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE 2019 COLORADO ANTIQUARIAN BOOK SEMINAR IN COLORADO.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Kathy Lindeman | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $6,000 |
| Garrett Scott | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $1,500 |
| Lisa Baskin | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $1,500 |
| Robert Rulon-Miller | PRESIDENT | 1 | $1,500 |
| Brian Cassidy | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $1,500 |
| Lorne Bair | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $1,500 |
| Barbara Heritage | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jay Knight | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| John Thomson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Katherine Reagan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Desimone | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
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