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As a field of inquiry, bibliography understands texts as artifacts – like books, manuscripts, fragments, tactile texts, image-based texts, digital texts, and more – that reflect the people and cultures that created them.

10/09/2026

We are proud to partner with organizations like the Minnesota Center for Book Arts to bring our members meaningful benefits, discounts, and exclusive opportunities!

Join/renew to access 🔗 https://bit.ly/bsa-join-now

BSA's membership year begins on 1 October and ends on 30 September for all members

10/08/2026

Join librarian and current BSA President John McQuillen for a discussion about blockbooks, the first print-on-demand books in the West. The lecture is included with admission to the ABAA Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair!

📅 Date: Sunday 8 November
⏰ Time: 12pm

BSA members get free passes.

10/07/2026

📖 Making “the Noblest Volume That Ever Came from the English Press”: The Protracted Production and Shifting Allegiances of the 1712 Caesar 📖

Learn more in Grażyna Jurkowlaniec's article in the September 2026 issue of PBSA

Read the full article: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/742970

10/06/2026

The Events Sponsorship Committee is pleased to support his half-day symposium celebrating the culmination of the Home to Harlem project, a multiyear effort to identify and enhance access to the original collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Link in bio to learn more.

10/05/2026

📘The September issue of PBSA is here! Members and subscribers keep an eye on your mailbox 📬 and don't forget you can access the electronic edition right now!

All BSA members get PBSA for free - Link in Bio to join today or login to access the digital edition.

https://bit.ly/bsa-membership-benefits

10/01/2026

Next week, members of the Stillwell Legacy Society are invited an evening with renowned collector and bookseller Justin Schiller.

Want to join us? Become a member of the Legacy Society through planned giving—it’s easier than you think!

https://bit.ly/bsa-stillwell-society

09/30/2026

🏆The 2027 Fellowships application is now open and accepting submissions! BSA funds a number of fellowships annually to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. Application deadline is 1 December 2026.

🔗https://bit.ly/bsa-fellowships

09/29/2026

Deadline extended until 7 October! The Events Planning Committee seeks proposals for sessions centered on the tools and methodologies of bibliographical work, to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2027

View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗https://bit.ly/cfp-tools-trade-27

09/28/2026

We are proud to partner with organizations like the University of Chicago Press to bring our members meaningful benefits, discounts, and exclusive opportunities!

Join/renew to access 🔗 https://bit.ly/bsa-join-now

The BSA membership year begins on 1 October and ends on 30 September for all members.

09/25/2026

The BSA Events Sponsorship Committee is pleased to support this joint conference of The Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program (Recovery) and the Association for Documentary Editing (ADE).

Go to 🔗https://bit.ly/record-keepers26 to learn more and register for this in-person conference.

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