The Library is happy to announce the first of its annual 'Virtual Issues'. Each will comprise a retrospective gathering of key articles in a particular field that have appeared in the pages of The Library since the journal’s first appearance. These will be chosen by a guest editor, who will [...]
A description of Julian Pooley's project to catalogue the letters and papers of the eighteenth-century printer and antiquarian John Nichols has been uploaded. The project is supported by the Bibliographical Society. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/content/nichols-archive-project
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 Fellowships & Bursaries page has been updated with the new 2014/2015 guidelines. Fellowships and bursaries applications will be accepted through 9 January 2015. To apply, see the information under 'application procedure'.
Belgium’s Federal Scientific Institutions are faced with severe budget cuts. These institutions, including such important guardians of Belgium’s heritage as the Royal Library, the State Archives, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, the Royal Museums of Art and History and the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, have been [...]
Society members may be interested in this blog post from the Institute of English Studies about two items--a presentational trowel owned by the Society's first president, and the minutes book from the Colophon Club--that are set to be transferred to the Society's archives in the Bodleian Library: http://englishstudies.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2014/10/10/a-bit-of-bibliographical-history/
According to the normal rules of rotation, four Council members are due to step down at the Annual General Meeting on 21 October 2014. Also at the AGM Christine Ferdinand will step down as President and will be succeeded by Henry Woudhuysen. Nominations for Council and a Vice-President will be [...]
It is with great regret that the Society announces the death of Dr Anthony Hobson. Dr Hobson (born 1921) was a former President of the Society (1977-1979) and was awarded the Society's Gold Medal in 1992. He passed away peacefully at home on Saturday 12 July.
The Working Group held a one-day Workshop at Senate House, London, on 26 February 2014 to prepare a draft Chapbooks Action Plan, for wider discussion. Further information about the Chapbooks Working Group the draft Action Plan
The list of fellowships and bursaries awards has now been posted on the Society's website. Projects awarded funding for 2013-2014 range from work on women's print history to an exploration of authorial colophons in late medieval manuscripts. The complete list of awards can be found here.
Monday, 2 June 2014 in the Conference Centre, the British Library We are seeking four or five papers of approx. 30 minutes each, one at 11.15 a.m. and the others after lunch, with ample time for discussion after each paper. Papers dealing with any aspect of printing and book production [...]
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.