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1jbd1
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/books/rare-book-school-at-the-university-of-vi...
Some good press today for Rare Book School (with which LT shares me for a few weeks every summer). I wasn't there when this reporter visited, but clearly she had a good time! I think the piece touches on some of the really key elements of the RBS experience quite well.
Some good press today for Rare Book School (with which LT shares me for a few weeks every summer). I wasn't there when this reporter visited, but clearly she had a good time! I think the piece touches on some of the really key elements of the RBS experience quite well.
2Nicole_VanK
“Hypnerotomachia Poliphili!” as rallying cry - I like it...
3lilithcat
Oh, nice!
I have to wonder, considering there was also a recent piece on Talas, whether the Times has a secret bookbinder on staff!
I have to wonder, considering there was also a recent piece on Talas, whether the Times has a secret bookbinder on staff!
4jbd1
Jennifer Schuessler, who did this piece, has been doing some really interesting bookish/library/digital humanities work recently - she "gets it," which is very heartening! But yeah, I wonder too if there's an editor up there somewhere who's "one of us" too :-)
5Keeline
The NYT seems to be one of those newspapers that tries to present a cultured and literate front so it is good to see the bookish pieces from time to time, including seeing book collectors in a light different from hoarders from an episode of a TLC reality show.
I have known about the VA Rare Book School for some time but factors of cost, distance, timing often get in the way. The topics are always fairly advanced in the titles at least and you can't do everything.
There is a similar program in CA with most classes held in LA and some in SF. I've been more tempted by this but there's still the expense/timing issue even if the geography is better for me.
In 1991 or 1992 I attended the Denver Antiquarian Book school which was geared towards booksellers even more than the academic crowd as VA is. The equivalent now is in Colorado Springs. One problem we ran into with this one was that there is an optimum time to attend. The owner of the bookstore and I had been involved for about 3-4 years of running a large open shop so there were some materials presented which we had already discovered on our own. Had we attended a year or two earlier, it might have been more relevant.
James
I have known about the VA Rare Book School for some time but factors of cost, distance, timing often get in the way. The topics are always fairly advanced in the titles at least and you can't do everything.
There is a similar program in CA with most classes held in LA and some in SF. I've been more tempted by this but there's still the expense/timing issue even if the geography is better for me.
In 1991 or 1992 I attended the Denver Antiquarian Book school which was geared towards booksellers even more than the academic crowd as VA is. The equivalent now is in Colorado Springs. One problem we ran into with this one was that there is an optimum time to attend. The owner of the bookstore and I had been involved for about 3-4 years of running a large open shop so there were some materials presented which we had already discovered on our own. Had we attended a year or two earlier, it might have been more relevant.
James
