News & Announcements

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
An older man wearing glasses checks out a book for a young man inside of a book mobile. Black and white photograph.

This photograph shows Ed Roberts helping a young patron check out books at one of the library's bookmobile stops. Ed was a long time volunteer for the library. Tiffin-Seneca Public Library's Photographic History collection.
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.
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
October 5, 2023
Call for PBSA Managing and Reviews Editors
The Editors of The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA) are seeking two people to work with the journal in the roles of and . Visit the linked descriptions to review the required and preferred skills for each role. + Full story
August 11, 2023
Volunteer on a BSA Committee
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June 8, 2023
Call for Nominations for Officers and the Council Class of 2027
The Bibliographical Society of America seeks seven new Officers and Council Members who will be elected at our Annual Meeting on 26 January 2024. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to BSA’s many initiatives, and we welcome new voices and perspectives. + Full story

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