The application deadline for the Society's fellowships and bursaries has been extended to midnight 16 January 2014. Application forms and guidelines can be found here.

A new version of David Pearson's annotated list of English book owners in the seventeenth century has been added to the Society's electronic publications (January 2015). Download available at English book owners in the seventeenth century.

The Society's lecture programme for the 2013–2014 season has been published. See Lectures 2013-2014

Friday, September 06, 2013 The Bibliographical Society is delighted that the University of London has announced that it is abandoning the proposed sale of four of its Shakespeare Folios. I would like to thank everyone involved in the campaign to raise awareness of the sale, and all those who signed [...]

Senate House Library, University of London, is proposing to sell copies of the Library’s first four Shakespeare folios. These folios form a critical part of the collection left to the University of London by Sir Louis Sterling in 1956, on condition that they remain permanently in the University Library.    [...]

A new AHRC-funded international research network on Community Libraries aims to establish a dynamic, interdisciplinary research forum to investigate the role of libraries in shaping communities in the long eighteenth century. Developed by Dr Mark Towsey (University of Liverpool) together with partners at Loyola University Chicago, the Newberry Library, and Dr [...]

The Bibliographical Society's new web site went live on 21 May 2013. The site has been designed and implemented by Adaptive Technologies Ltd, in conjunction with the Society's Honorary Editor of Monographs, Dr David Shaw.

The Bibliographical Society’s lecture programme, 2013-2014 The series of lectures for the 2013-2014 season will take place at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London, on the third Tuesday of the month, starting in November. Full details will be issued in August.

Dr Will Poole and Dr James Willoughby have been appointed as the new Editors of The Library   The Society’s Council is pleased to announce that Dr Will Poole and Dr James Willoughby (both of New College, Oxford) have accepted appointment as joint editors of the Society’s quarterly journal The [...]

Award of Fellowships and Bursaries for 2012–2013   The Society’s Council is pleased to announce that it has approved the award of Fellowships and Bursaries for the current year. A full list of the awards can be seen at http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/fellowships/grants-2012-2013

Call for Nominations for the Society's Gold Medal The Society awards a Gold Medal for distinguished services to bibliography to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the subject and the furtherance of the Society's aims. A Gold Medal sub-committee will be convened in June 2013 [...]