An unexpected, generous gift to the Book Arts Press enables us
to offer four full-tuition scholarships to the Rare Book School
(RBS) 1995 course, Developing Special Collections of African-
American Materials. The five-day course will take place from
Monday 7 August - 11 August at the University of Virginia in
Charlottesville; the instructors are Lucious Edwards (Archivist,
Johnson Memorial Library, Virginia State University) and Michael
Plunkett (Director of Special Collections, University of
Virginia). The course description is as follows:
This course is aimed at research and rare book
librarians, MS librarians, and archivists whose current
responsibilities include the care of collections
containing African-American printed and/or MS
materials. Topics include: the history of African-
American institutional collecting; sources for
acquiring materials; developing clienteles of users;
description and preservation; and current issues
(Afrocentrism vs Eurocentrism, ethics, inter-
institutional competition).
The recipients of these scholarships will be responsible for
their own travel and housing expenses (RBS offers dorm rooms at
$26/night), and meals.
Interested persons should get in touch at once with the
Director of RBS, Terry Belanger:
Terry Belanger : University Professor : University of Virginia
Book Arts Press : 114 Alderman Library : Charlottesville, VA
22903
Tel: 804/924-8851 FAX: 804/924-8824 email: belanger@virginia.edu
URL: http://poe.acc.virginia.edu/~oldbooks/