News & Announcements

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. Your generous donations will directly fund over $40,000 in fellowship awards, small grants for community events, and essential staff support in Q2 alone. Get a special tote with your gift of $125 or more! + Full story
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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
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
July 29, 2024
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
July 3, 2024
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
July 3, 2024
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
June 26, 2024
The 2025 Justin G. Schiller Prize is Open for Submissions
Learn more about the Schiller Prize: submission deadline, eligibility, and more. + Full story
June 15, 2024
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
June 1, 2024
The June Issue of PBSA: Special Issue on Queer Bibliography
The June issue of PBSA is here! + Full story
May 13, 2024
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.
April 30, 2024
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
April 11, 2024
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
April 11, 2024
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
April 1, 2024
BSA Members: Discounted Library Access for Print & Digital Resources
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March 28, 2024
The 2023 BSA Annual Report
The Council & Officers are so proud of the Society’s first-ever Annual Report. + Full story
March 11, 2024
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.

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