News & Announcements

April 21, 2026
The 2026 Spring Sprint
This spring, we’re aiming to raise $14,200 to support our vital work. Learn more about this year’s special programs and offers! + Full story
Two spiral-bound notebooks, one light purple and one cream-colored, with embossed and printed text.

The first 50 people to donate at $125 or more will receive one of these limited edition BSA journals!
April 15, 2026
The 2027 William L. Mitchell Prize is Open for Submissions
Learn more about the Mitchell Prize: submission deadline, eligibility, and more. + Full story
April 2, 2026
The 2026 Fellowship Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2026 Fellowship Award Winners! This year, as always, the Society will support the research of individuals from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, working across the allied bookish professions. + Full story
Black and white print of a large, domed, circular hall filled with spectators observing the distribution of prizes. In the background is a large pipe organ and a variety of gas lighting devices.

Harry T. Peters, "Distribution of the American Art - Union Prizes" lithograph (1848). National Museum of American History, https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_324735

January 30, 2026
BSA Leadership News: Announcing Executive Director Tracy Floreani
Welcome to Tracy Floreani, who began her tenure as BSA Executive Director on 5 January 2026. + Full story
Tracy Floreani, wearing a black blouse, her head on her hand beside a stack of books by Ralph Ellison.
January 13, 2026
Congratulations to the 2026 St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize Winner, Laura Helton
Congratulations to Laura Helton for Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History. An honorable mention was given to Katie Mitchell for Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores. + Full story
Photo of Laura Helton, with short hair, glasses, and wearing a collared shirt and blazer, smiling in front of a stone wall.
January 12, 2026
Announcing the Election Slate for 2026
Learn more about the work of this year’s Nominating Committee and the slate they assembled for the 2026 Council election. + Full story
November 19, 2025
Congratulations to the 2026 New Scholars!
Learn more about the 2026 New Scholars: Cassandra Gillig, Clara Shaw, and Mindi Zhang + Full story
November 17, 2025
The 2026 Annual Meeting: Morning Panels Announced
Announcing the panel presentations at the 2026 Annual Meeting! There will be 3 panels each consisting of 3 presentations followed by a group Q&A. + Full story
September 10, 2025
Announcing: the Search for a New Executive Director
The Bibliographical Society of America is pleased to publish its job posting for the next Executive Director of the organization. + Full story
August 6, 2025
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Call for Proposals: Bibliographical Mysteries at the 2026 BSA Annual Meeting
The Events Planning Sub-Committee of the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) invites our community of bookmakers and sellers, collectors, conservators, curators, educators, librarians, scholars, and students to submit proposals for a session centered on bibliographical mysteries, both those we have been able to solve and those that remain enigmatic. + Full story
August 5, 2025
Get Involved! Call for Volunteers and Committee Members
Nominate yourself or someone else for service on a Committee or Working Group by 1 October. BSA Committee Service is open to people at all stages of BSA membership and is a great way to get started with being more involved! + Full story
June 18, 2025
Call for Nominations for Officers and the Council Class of 2029
Nominate yourself or someone else for service on the BSA Council by 15 August. + Full story
June 4, 2025
Apply for the 2026 New Scholars Program!
The submission portal for the 2025 New Scholars Program opens on 16 June 2025! Applications and letters of recommendation are due 12 September 2025. + Full story
May 6, 2025
BSA Leadership News: Departure of Executive Director Erin McGuirl
On 9 June 2025, Erin McGuirl will leave her position as Executive Director of the Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) to become Curator of the Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College. As the Executive Committee of the BSA prepares for the leadership transition ahead, it extends its sincere and heartfelt thanks to Erin McGuirl for her years of service to the organization. + Full story

Erin McGuirl at the 2025 BSA Annual Meeting
April 21, 2025
Supporter Story: John Neal Hoover
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John Hoover, Past President of the Bibliographical Society of America, 2008-2012, holds the John Neal Hoover 2014 Endowed Directorship at the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association.
April 15, 2025
The 2025 Fellowship Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2025 Fellowship Award Winners! This year, as always, the Society will support the research of individuals from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, working across the allied bookish professions. + Full story
An ornate

Reward of merit (ca. 1850). Library Company of Philadelphia.
April 15, 2025
The 2026 St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize is Open for Submissions
Learn more about the Mercantile Prize: submission deadline, eligibility, and more. + Full story
March 25, 2025
The 2025 Spring Sprint: Fuel the Future of Bibliography!
This spring, we’re aiming to raise $15,000 to support our vital work. Join us for a special on 12 May and get a special tote with your gift of $125 or more! + Full story
Black and white image of two overlapping tote bags with

Tell the world you’re a bibliographer with a limited-edition tote bag when you donate $125 or more!
January 13, 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 Schiller Prize Winner, Dr. Elizabeth Hoiem
Congratulations to Elizabeth Hoiem for The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British Children’s Literature, 1762-1860. An honorable mention was given to Eric Lamore for his scholarly edition of Abigail Field Mott’s The Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano. + Full story
December 19, 2024
Congratulations to the 2025 New Scholars!
Learn more about the 2025 New Scholars: Javiera Barrientos, Sharmeen Mehri, and Jessica Modi. + Full story
December 5, 2024
Announcing the Election Slate for 2025
Learn more about the work of this year’s Nominating Committee and the slate they assembled for the 2025 Council election. + Full story
November 19, 2024
The 2025 Annual Meeting: Morning Panels Announced
Announcing the panel presentations at the 2025 Annual Meeting! + Full story

Book history on a budget in action!
October 11, 2024
Join us for Bibliography Week 2025!
The BSA Officers and members of the Council warmly invite you to attend the Society’s Bibliography Week program and our Annual Meeting from 22 to 24 January 2025! + Full story
Ornate title page page from the Kitab al-fihrist, featuring Arabic script with decorative gold and floral patterns.

Ibn al-Nadim, Kitab al-fihrist (Baghdad, 987-1000). Chester Beatty Library.

September 12, 2024
The September Issue of PBSA
The September issue of PBSA is here! + Full story
August 23, 2024
Call for Nominations to Council
Nominate yourself or someone else for service on the BSA Council by 1 October. + Full story

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