News & Announcements

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.

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

August 19, 2024

Get Involved! Call for Volunteers

Nominate yourself or someone else for service on a Committee or Working Group by 1 October. + Full story

August 12, 2024

Call for Proposals: The 2025 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 the myriad ways we activate bibliographical histories and practices. + Full story

Call for Papers: BSA @ the 2025 College Art Association Conference

Attending CAA 2025? Present on the BSA panel, The Material Text in Latin America: Local Traditions and Intercultural Dialogue + Full story

A Message to PBSA Readers from Jesse R. Erickson

A special message to BSA members and PBSA readers from Jesse R. Erickson, marking the conclusion of his term as Co-Editor of the journal. + Full story

Jesse R. Erickson by Daniel Shea

Jonathan Senchyne Appointed Associate Editor of PBSA

We are delighted to share with you the happy news that Jonathan Senchyne has been named PBSA Associate Editor and began work with the journal on 1 July. + Full story

The 2025 Justin G. Schiller Prize is Open for Submissions

Learn more about the Schiller Prize: submission deadline, eligibility, and more. + Full story

Apply for the 2025 New Scholars Program!

The submission portal for the 2025 New Scholars Program opens on June 15, 2024! Applications and letters of recommendation are due 10 September 2024. + Full story

The June Issue of PBSA: Special Issue on Queer Bibliography

The June issue of PBSA is here! + Full story

Hello, world! The new bibsocamer.org is here.

The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is proud to announce the launch of its newly redesigned website, a significant leap forward in the organization’s digital presence. + Full story

Polaroid photograph of Earth from space. — First Earth Rise, Apollo 8, 1968. New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Apply for Events Funding by July 24, 2024

BSA events present the study of material texts to our community, bringing people and ideas together. If you have an event in mind, you can submit a proposal for your event to be funded by BSA and also request modest administrative support. Proposals for events scheduled between June and September of 2024 are due July 24, 2024. + Full story

Call for PBSA Associate Editor

The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) seeks a new Associate Editor to join the editorial team for The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA). The Associate Editor will work closely with Editor Sarah Werner—along with the Managing Editor, Reviews Editor, and University of Chicago Press—in all aspects of producing the quarterly journal that is the flagship publication of BSA. + Full story

Thank You to Jesse R. Erickson

As BSA looks to name an Associate Editor to collaborate with Sarah Werner on future issues, I want to take this moment to thank Jesse for his service and to recognize his transformative leadership of a major part of our organization’s identity. + Full story

BSA Members: Discounted Library Access for Print & Digital Resources

The 2023 BSA Annual Report

The Council & Officers are so proud of the Society’s first-ever Annual Report. + Full story

The March 2024 Issue of PBSA

The March 2024 issue of PBSA is here! Find out what’s inside or login to read the journal online. + Full story

January 27, 2024

The 2024 Fellowship Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2024 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

Detail of a pen in De omni rerum fossilium, 1565. Folger Digital Image 6742. — Conrad Gessner. De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huvivmodi, libri aliquotm plerique nunc primum editi. Zurich, 1565 (Detail).

January 27, 2024

Congratulations to the 2024 Mitchell Prize Winner, Dr. Kelly Plante

Congratulations to Kelly Plante for her award-winning dissertation, Death Writing: Gender and Necropolitics in the Atlantic World (1660–1840) (Wayne State University, 2023). An honorable mention was given to Dr. Hazel Wilkinson, or her work ‘The Complete Spectator: A Bibliographical History’. + Full story

Photograph of Dr. Kelly Plante, winner of the 2024 Mitchell Prize. — Dr. Kelly Plante, winner of the 2024 Mitchell Prize.

January 27, 2024

Congratulations to the 2024 New Scholars!

Announcing the 2024 New Scholars. + Full story

December 6, 2023

Announcing the Slate for the Upcoming Election of the Council

The Nominating Committee is proud to present the Slate of Officers and members of the Council Class of 2027. + Full story