Our Annual Meeting

At the BSA Annual Meeting, gather to celebrate and share bibliographical scholarship. At public lectures, workshops, and talks we talk about bibliographical practice and its relevance to research, pedagogy, scholarship, and public humanities discourse.

Held during Bibliography Week at the end of January each year, the Annual Meeting highlights cutting-edge work in the field of bibliographical studies with a keynote lecture by an established scholar in the field, along with a panel of presentations by emerging bibliographers as part of the New Scholars Program.

The BSA offers a blend of virtual, hybrid, and in-person events throughout Bibliography Week that are free and open to the public with registration. Consult last year’s calendar to get a sense of what you can expect during Bibliography Week.

The 2025 Annual Meeting ↑

The BSA Officers and members of the Council warmly invite you to attend the Society’s Annual Meeting on 24 January 2025!

The Annual Meeting features the New Scholars Program, a keynote lecture, and for the first time ever, synchronous panel presentations in the morning. Details about the New Scholars program will be shared in November 2024.

Registration for the Annual Meeting is required, opening November 2024.

The 2025 Keynote by Dr. Ahmed El Shamsy

Bibliography after Empire: Documenting and Classifying Knowledge in the Tenth-Century Muslim World

Visit our events calendar at the link below for more detailed program information.

Sponsored by the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

Registration

Registration for the BSA Annual Meeting and all other Bibliography Week events is required; most events are free to attend. Please visit the Events Calendar for registration links, which are usually posted in November for January events.

Plan Your Trip

Travel to New York in late January is affordable and easy! Visit our local arrangements page for recommendations to accommodate most budgets. Because the week’s activities are planned by several institutions and hotel rates are at their lowest point of the year, the Society does not reserve a block of rooms at one hotel.

Sponsor Bibliography Week ↑

Become a sponsor of a BSA Bibliography Week Event and introduce yourself and your business to our broad audience of collectors, curators, scholars, and students!

We also welcome individual sponsors of the Annual Meeting, who can be acknowledged by name or anonymously.

As a BSA Annual Meeting or Bibliography Week Sponsor, your business will be featured prominently on registration pages and on BibliographyWeek.org. Sponsorship opportunities start at $250: there are options available for every budget.

How to become a sponsor:

  • Peruse sponsorship options and select the one that suits you best.

  • If you wish to partner with another business for a session sponsorship or higher, organize that collaboration before processing your payment. Share that information in your payment form.

  • Pay online with your credit card using our secure form. Simply enter the amount of your sponsorship and confirm your choice in writing in the “Donor Restriction Information” field. You can also contact me (erin.mcguirl@bibsocamer.org) to receive an invoice to pay by check or ACH.

Future Dates ↑

Upcoming dates for Bibliography Week are:

  • 20–25 January 2025

  • 19–24 January 2026

  • 24–30 January 2027