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Course Evaluations

Rare Book School employs a widely admired – though rarely imitated – course evaluation system in which attendees write detailed prose accounts of their experience at the school. Their comments are then mounted permanently and in their entirety on the school’s website.

7-11 January in New York City
11 (H-40) The Printed Book in the West since 1800 Eric Holzenberg
12 (I-20) Book Illustration Processes to 1900 Terry Belanger

9-13 June in Charlottesville
21 (B-10) Introduction to the History of Bookbinding Jan Storm van Leeuwen
22 (G-30) Bibliographers’ Toolkit: Printed Books since 1800 Tom Congalton and Katherine Reagan
23 (L-90) Designing Archival Description Systems Daniel Pitti
24 (M-10) Introduction to Paleography, 800-1500 Consuelo Dutschke
25 (I-35) The Identification of Photographic Print Processes James Reilly, assisted by Ryan Boatright

16-20 June in Charlottesville
31 (H-55) History of American Music Printing and Publishing D. W. Krummel
32 (I-20) Book Illustration Processes to 1900 Terry Belanger
33 (L-70) Electronic Texts and Images David Seaman
34 (T-55) Type, Lettering, and Calligraphy 1830-2000 James Mosley

7-11 July in Charlottesville
41 (H-10) History of the Book, 200-2000 John Buchtel and Mark Dimunation
42 (I-10) Introduction to the History of Illustration Erin Blake
43 (L-30) Rare Book Cataloguing Deborah Leslie
44 (L-40) Visual Materials Cataloging Helena Zinkham

21-25 July in Charlottesville
51 (G-20) Bibliographer’s Toolkit: Printed Books to 1800 David Whitesell
52 (H-20) The Book in the Manuscript Era Barbara Shailor
53 (L-10) Introduction to Special Collections Librarianship Alice Schreyer
54 (L-60) Introduction to Archives for Rare Book Librarians Jackie Dooley and Bill Landis
55 (M-80) Western Manuscripts & Documents, 1500-2000 Nicolas Barker

28 July - 1 August in Charlottesville
61 (B-90) Publishers’ Bookbindings 1830-1910 Sue Allen
62 (G-10) Introduction to the Principles of Bibliographical Description Richard Noble and David Gants
63 (H-50) The American Book in the Industrial Era Michael Winship
64 (I-30) Seminar in Book Illustration Processes Terry Belanger

20-24 October in New York City
71 (M-50) Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts Roger Wieck

20-24 October in Washington DC
81 (I-90) The Art of the Book In Edo and Meiji Japan, 1615 - 1912 Ellis Tinios

3-7 November in Baltimore
91 (M-20) Introduction to Codicology Albert Derolez
92 (I-20) Book Illustration Processes to 1900 Terry Belanger