BOOK ARTS PRESS INC
114 ALDERMAN LIBRARY, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22904 www.rarebookschool.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: RARE BOOK SCHOOL STRENGTHENS GLOBAL COMMUNITIES OF THE BOOK AND ADVANCES THE STUDY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE.

ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF BOOKS, PRINTING, & RELATED FIELDS

RARE BOOK SCHOOL ANNUALLY OFFERS APPROXIMATELY FORTY 1-WEEK-LONG COURSES IN THE STUDY, CARE, AND USES OF MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTED AND BORN-DIGITAL MATERIALS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, 415 STUDENTS TOOK 38 COURSES BEFORE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FORCED THE SCHOOL TO CANCEL ALL IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING COURSES. IN A TYPICAL YEAR, LIBRARIANS, SCHOLARS, CONSERVATORS, BOOK DEALERS, STUDENTS, COLLECTORS, AND EDUCATORS STUDIED TOPICS THAT RANGED FROM MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS TO BOOKBINDING TO BORN-DIGITAL MATERIALS AND TEXTUAL ENCODING. A SERIES OF ONLINE LECTURES, WEBINARS, VIDEOS, AND DISCUSSION PANELS, RBS ONLINE, PROVIDED FREE CONTENT TO THESE PROFESSIONALS IN FY2020, WHEN GATHERING IN PERSON WAS NOT FEASIBLE.

RARE BOOK SCHOOL PROVIDES AN ONGOING SERIES OF WIDELY ADVERTISED, FREE PUBLIC LECTURES (BOTH DURING SCHOOL SESSIONS AND AT OTHER TIMES DURING THE YEAR) ON A WIDE VARIETY OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND BOOK-HISTORICAL TOPICS. TO DATE, THE SCHOOL HAS PRESENTED MORE THAN 600 LECTURES, MANY OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR AUDIO STREAMING ON ITUNES OR OTHER PODCAST APPS (BY SEARCHING FOR "RARE BOOK SCHOOL").

RARE BOOK SCHOOL OFFERS A NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ITS PROGRAMS. RBS MAKES AWARDS AVAILABLE FOR NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS, INCLUDING LIBRARIANS, BOOKSELLERS, CONSERVATORS, AND ACADEMICS. PROFESSIONALS FROM DIVERSE RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS RECEIVED FUNDING TO ATTEND RARE BOOK SCHOOL THROUGH RBS-RBMS DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS AND THE SCHOOL'S GLOBAL BOOK HISTORIES INITIATIVE, FUNDED IN PART BY THE NEH, AND FROM THE NEWLY IMPLEMENTED ANDREW W. MELLON FELLOWSHIP FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, & CULTURAL HERITAGE. ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENTS AND JUNIOR ACADEMICS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANDREW W. MELLON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS IN CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN ITS COMITTMENT TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS, THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS RE-INVESTS ANY APPROPRIATE SURPLUS FUNDS INTO ITS OWN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS EACH YEAR.

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