CalRBS

California Rare Book School is a continuing education program dedicated to providing the requisite knowledge and skills for the rare book and library community.

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This course examines the Jewish diaspora experience through books and media, highlighting their adaptation to dominant cultures. We’ll explore case studies from antiquity to the digital era, focusing on the significance of material objects in cultural transmission.

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Prepare to safeguard our heritage against climate risks. In this course, you can gain essential skills: understanding climate science, tackling governance challenges, addressing climate grief, assessing local impacts, & utilizing data visualization tools.

#archives #preservation

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Consider how feminist narratives enhance our engagement with texts through inclusivity & critical reflection. Through discussions and hands-on work, gain tools to ask feminist questions & enrich your understanding of rare books.

#feministbibliography #bibliography #rarebooks

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Dive into the evolution of the Greek book!

Explore how manuscripts transitioned to print, revolutionizing Greek literature and science. Join us at UCLA to uncover Renaissance innovations in typography and scholarship. Secure your spot now!

#GreekBooks #RenaissanceHistory

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Practice the art of rare book cataloging

Refine your cataloging skills for rare materials at UCLA. Perfect for catalogers ready to dive into DCRM(B) standards and special collections. Enroll now to secure your spot!

#RareBooks #Cataloging #SpecialCollections

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Interested in how film, fandom, and commercial “bookish” aesthetics construct and distort the material history of the book?

Join Allie Alvis in considering these very things!

#RareBooks #Bibliography #BookHistory #Archives #SpecialCollections #Publishing #UCLA

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Climate change reshapes the future of archives and cultural heritage. Consider how climate science, governance, disaster risk, relocation planning, impacts long-term preservation, while building skills in climate data visualization and mapping tools.
#ClimateChange #Archives #DH

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Reimagine descriptive and analytical bibliography through the lens of Black print culture. This course applies material analysis to Black writing, publishing, and resistance.

#BlackPrintCulture #BookHistory #Bibliography #AfricanAmericanStudies #PrintCulture #MaterialText

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Explore artists’ archives, books, box sets, and zines as primary research materials. Through aesthetic analysis, discussions of access and conservation, participants will engage community and activist archives firsthand.

#ArtistsBooks #Archives #Zines #CommunityArchives

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As special collections evolve, how can the field move beyond Eurocentric traditions toward community-centered cultural stewardship? Students and professionals in this course will rethink value, authenticity, and historical practice through a social justice lens.

#LibraryJustice

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Build a strong foundation in describing printed books from the handpress era through 1900. Learn format, collation, pagination, editions, states, and the concept of ideal copy.

#DescriptiveBibliography #BookHistory #RareBooks #SpecialCollections #Bibliography #Handpress

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Explore the material evolution of the Greek book from Byzantium to Renaissance Italy. Through codicology and hands-on study, examine how print reshaped transmission of ancient literature and science.

#BookHistory #Renaissance #GreekStudies #Incunabula #Manuscripts

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This course gives catalogers hands-on training in applying DCRM(B) to rare books. Topics include transcription, collation, edition statements, copy-specific notes, genre terms, and reparative description.

#RareBooks #Cataloging #DCRMB #SpecialCollections #LibraryScience #MARC21

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Learn from collectors, archivists, librarians, and antiquarian booksellers about new trends, evaluation, resale, and preservation for rare books, archives, photography, maps, audio, & ephemera.

#RareBooks #BookCollecting #Archives #AntiquarianBooks #SpecialCollections #Ephemera

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Build core knowledge in evolving standards and digital preservation practices while exploring partnerships, IT collaboration, and digital humanities research.

#DigitalArchives #SpecialCollections #DigitalPreservation #BornDigital #DH #LibraryScience

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This course centers textual artifacts to explore inclusive, critical frameworks for bibliography and rare book work, moving beyond recovery toward rethinking how we engage with books.

#BookHistory #FeministTheory #Bibliography #RareBooks #PrintCulture #LibraryStudies

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Explore how film, TV, fandom, and publishing shape what we think “old” books look like. Includes hands-on work with rare materials, site visits, and conversations with industry professionals.

#BookHistory #RareBooks #SpecialCollections #MediaStudies #PopCulture #Bibliography

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Learn to read English scripts from 1400–1650, with a focus on secretary hand. Gain hands-on experience with early modern manuscripts. Each participant receives a quill, ink, and handmade paper. #Paleography #EarlyModern #Manuscripts #Archives

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Explore the history of Jewish books. Through hands-on study of manuscripts and print, this course examines diaspora, culture, politics, gender, and religion across regions and historical contexts. #BookHistory #JewishStudies #Manuscripts #DiasporaStudies

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Join this 5-day hands-on workshop on the history, ID, and preservation of photographic processes, from daguerreotype to inkjet. Use microscopes, study rare samples, and make your own salted paper print. #Photography #PhotoHistory #Preservation #MuseumStudies #handsonlearning