"The goal in the next decade or so should be to prepare students to be discerning users of, and contributors to, all media. An excellent starting point on the Web is the site of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing." -- Edward Tenner, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 9, 2007
British Book Trade Archives (1830-1939)
Publishers' Archives: Albinski List (19th & 20th c., US)
Canadian Publishers' Records Database
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Accessions to UK Repositories: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Reading University Library collections (19th & 20th c., UK)
Scottish Book Trade Archive Inventory
The John Murray Archive, National Library of Scotland
Princeton University Library
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Am. & Brit.)
Lilly Library, Indiana University
Guide to Sale Catalogues in the British Library
The Weedon Guide to Research in Victorian Publishing Records
Book History Online: An International Bibliography (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
ABC for Book Collectors (classic glossary, 8th ed., ILAB)
The Duke Papyrus Archive
Bibliopolis: History of the Printed Book in the Netherlands
British Book Trade Index (BBTI)
National Archives (UK) Research Guide to Stationers' Hall Copyright Records
National Archives (UK) Research Guide to Newspapers and the Press
NYPL Research Guide to the History of Books and Printing (bibliography)
Archives of the American Library Association
Reading Experience Database, 1450-1945
Bibliography for Western Book History (Richard Clement, University of Kansas)
Histories of U.S. Publishers and "Index of Modern Paperback Publishers" (Russell Barnes, Hyde Park Books, Idaho)
Macmillan News Archive, 1962-91
Early Modern Online Bibliography
Private Libraries in Renaissance England: PLRE.Folger database & PLRE Project
DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks
HENRIK: Books and their Owners in Finland to 1809 (Finnish Lit. Soc. & Project Hendrik)
Hibolire: The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading
Dutch Museum of the Book (Museum Meermanno) catalogue
Library History Database: British Isles to 1850 (Robin Alston)
Database of American Libraries before 1876 (Davies Project, Princeton)
Scottish Book Trade Index, National Library of Scotland
American Library Association archives (University of Illinois)
The Atlas of Early Printing (U. of Iowa Libraries)
Publishers' Bindings Online, 1815-1930 (University of Alabama)
Database of Bookbindings (British Library)
American Bookbinders Museum
Waddleton Chronology of Colour Printed Illustrations (Norman Waddleton)
Database of Mid-Victorian Wood-Engraved Illustration (Cardiff University)
Historybooks: British Historians & the Book 1850-1950 (Leslie Howsam)
At the Circulating Library: A Database of Three-Volume Victorian Fiction (Troy Bassett)
British Fiction, 1800-29: A Database of Production, Circulation & Reception (Cardiff University)
Rare Images Database, Diet National Library
Japanese and Chinese Classics Database
19th-c. American Children's Book Trade Directory (American Antiquarian Society)
19th-c. Books on Publishing and the Book Trade (searchable catalogue)
Bibliography of British Books for Children & Adolescents 1470-1770 (Ruth Bottigheimer, SUNY)
The Dicey and Marshall Catalogue (London, 1764) (R. C. Simmons)
Descriptive catalogue of major UK lectures in bibliography, 1895-present (Ian Gadd)
Recent Studies of 18th-c. Book Culture (1989-2003) (James E. May)
Women Printers and Booksellers: A Checklist of Sources (Laura Sue Fuderer)
The Quarterly Review Archive (Jonathan Cutmore)
Obscure Contributors to 19th-century Periodicals
The Curran Index to Wellesley Revisions (Victorian periodicals)
Index to reviews and reviewers in the Athenaeum: 1830-70 and 1872-86
Internet Library of Early Journals
The Spectator Project: A Hypermedia Research Archive of 18th-c. Periodicals
The Image of France, 1795-1880 (database of prints)
The Edmonton Collection of Street Literature (Gary Kelly, Alberta)
The Broadsides Collection (John Hay Library, Brown)
Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts (KB and Museum Meermano)
The Chapbook Collection (Lilly Library, Indiana)
The Digital Scriptorium, database (UC Berkeley)
Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online (Cambridge)
Biblia Sacra bibliography of bibles printed in the Netherlands and Belgium
Codex Sinaiticus Online
Directory of Cartoon Research Libraries (Randall Scott, MSU Libraries)
Bodleian Centre for the Study of the Book (University of Oxford)
Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh
Scottish Centre for the Book, Napier University
Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies, Institute of English Studies, U of London
Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
Program in the History of the Book in American Culture, American Antiquarian Society
Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research (Cardiff University)
Leiden Centre for the Book
University of Iowa Center for the Book
Print Culture in New Zealand: The Otago Project
History of the Book in Canada
History of the Book in Australia
Institut d'histoire du livre, Lyons
Bibliotheca Eruditionis , history of books and reading in Hungary
HoBo (formerly "History of the Book@Oxford"), book history events in the UK
Book History Timetable (Cremers/Knops)
The American Newspaper Repository (Nicholson Baker; in 2004 the repository moved to Duke University Library.)
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (Duke University)
The Bookdealer Interviews (Sheila Markham)
Typefoundry: Documents for the History of Types and Letterforms (James Mosley)
19th-Century Schoolbooks: A Demonstration Project (Digital Research Library)
British Periodicals at Minnesota: The Early 19th Century
"Book History and Literacies at Minnesota" (Michael Hancher)
The London Book Trades Project: Researching 18th-c. London Book Production
The King's Printer Project: Politics, Power and the Printed Word in the Reign of James I
Recent and Current ASECS/SHARP Projects in 18th-c. print culture (2002)
Urban Manuscripts Project (Ctr. for Medieval Studies, U. of York)
Manuscripts, Books, and Maps: The Printing Press in a Changing World, (Jones and Mukerji, UCSD)
Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (NCSE)
BibliOdyssey
Textual Studies, 1500-1800 (Kevin Curran)
Pecia: le manuscrit médiéval (Jean-Luc Deuffic)
Scholarly Societies
American Antiquarian Society
American Printing History Association
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Center for the Book, Library of Congress
Early Book Society
Hibolire: The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading
History of Literacy (History of Reading Special Interest Group)
International Comic Arts Forum
International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media
Japan Society of Publishing Studies (Japanese language only)
Library History Group (Great Britain)
Library History Roundtable. American Library Association
Printing Historical Society, London
Society for Book Research in Austria
Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies
William Morris Society
Bibliographical Societies
Bibliographical Society. Great Britain
Bibliographical Society of America
Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand
Bibliographical Society of Canada
Bibliographical Society, University of Virginia
Oxford Bibliographical Society
Professional Associations
American Historical Print Collectors Society
Association for the Recording and Reconstruction of Historical Bookbindings
Briar Press: A Letterpress Community
British Association of Paper Historians
The Grolier Club
Historic Libraries Forum (UK)
IFLA Library History Section
International Association of Paper Historians
Libraries Today (Canadian library history; Lorne Bruce)
Library History Roundtable. American Library Association
Stationers' Hall and Stationers' Company, London
Journalism, Newspapers, Serials, and Periodicals
American Journalism Historians Association
Research Society for American Periodicals
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
Newspapers and Periodicals History Forum of Ireland
J-HISTORY, journalism history discussion
Museums
American Museum of Papermaking
Museu Virtual da Imprensa (Porto, Portugal)
Melbourne Museum of Printing
The National Print Museum of Ireland
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Typographical Collections, University of Amsterdam Library
Manuscripts & Early Printing
Images of Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece
Illuminated Manuscripts at the Bodleian
A Medieval Blockbook (Marianne Hansen)
Incunabula: The Dawn of Western Printing (National Diet Library, Japan)
The Infancy of Printing (Golda Meir Library)
The Gutenberg Bible at the Ransom Center
The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and His Press
Women Printers in Great Britain, 1475-1700 (Lynne Fors, UIUC)
Cultural Readings: Colonization & Print in the Americas (Penn)
The History of Chinese Bookbinding (Colin Chinnery, British Library)
Printing: Renaissance and Reformation (Thomas Cooper Library , Univ. of SC)
Illustration, Typography, Bookbinding, etc.
Graphic Design: Typography (Jeffrey Barr, University of South Florida Libraries)
Finales de libro: Exposici? de colofones (University of Salamanca)
The Illustrated Book, 1780-1830 (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Unseen Hands: Women Printers, Binders, & Book Designers, (Rebecca W. Davidson, Princeton University Library)
A History of Wood Engraving (University of North Texas Libraries)
Plants in Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery, Chicago Botanic Garden
Cary Graphic Arts Collection, library of printing history, Rochester Institute of Technology
Color Printing in the 19th Century (U. of Delaware)
19th, 20th, 21st Century
The Word on the Street, broadsides in the collection of the National Library of Scotland
Concise History of the British Newspaper since 1620
Nineteenth-Century American Children & What They Read, (Pat Pflieger)
Nineteenth-Century Girls' Series, (Deidre Johnson)
Victorian Periodicals and the Empire
The Keepsake for 1829 (Romantic Circles)
Forget Me Not: A Hypertextual Archive (Katherine Harris)
The Wonderful World of Pop-Up and Movable Books, 1811-1996 (U. of North Texas)
Books Go to War: Armed Services Editions in WWII (Book Arts Press)
Is it a Book? (Karen Drayne, Barbara Davison, Emily-Jane Dawson, U. Maryland)
Bibliotheca Canadiana: A Historical Survey of Canadian Bibliography (McGill University Library)
The Mosher Press (Millersville University)
Syllabi
The Tanselle Syllabi (Rare Book School)
History of the Book, (Erik Delfino, Catholic University)
History of the Book, (Kate Martinson, Luther College)
History of the Book, 1450 to the Present, (Joel Silver, Indiana)
History of the Book, (William C. Robinson, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
History of the Book, (Bertrum MacDonald)
Topics in the History of Books and Printing, 1400-1800, graduate seminar (Ryan and Traister, UPenn)
History of Books and Printing, 1800-1950, undergraduate syllabus (Daniel Traister)
History of the Book in Britain and Europe, (Jonathan Rose)
History of the Book in France, from the Ancien Regime to the Present, (Willa Silverman, Penn State University)
The Culture of the Book, (Nancy Mace, U.S. Naval Academy)
History of Reading, (David Pearson and Nell Duke, Michigan State University)
Medieval Orality & Literacy, (Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv)
Knowledge, Literacy, and the Politics of Information in Early Modern England, (Sabrina Baron, University of Maryland)
Shakespeare and the Material Book, (Douglas A. Brooks, Texas A&M)
Street Ballads, (Michael Hancher, University of Minnesota)
Print, Literacy & Power in America to 1900, (Mary Kay Duggan, U.C., Berkeley)
Victorian Studies: Illustrated Periodicals, syllabus, bibliography (Michael Hancher, Univ. of Minnesota)
The Profession of Authorship in 19th-Century America, (Sherry J. Linkon, Youngstown State Univ.)
American Literary Circles: The Atlantic Monthly Circle, (Sherry J. Linkon, YSU)
American Literary Genres: The Bestseller, (Sherry J. Linkon, YSU)
Bestsellers in America, 1790 to the Present, (Paul Gutjahr, Indiana University)
Popular Fictions: Bestsellers from the Greeks to Grisham, (Ryan and Traister, UPenn)
Survey of Publishing, Text to Hypertext, (James C. Morrison, Harvard University)
The History of the Book and Its Forms, (Deborah McGrady, Tulane University)
Technology of the Book, (Dino Felluga, Purdue University)
Technologies of the Word, (Robert M. Fowler, Baldwin-Wallace College)
Transitions in Media: Manuscript to Print, 1450; Print to Digital, Today, (Mary Kay Duggan, Berkeley)
Electronic Resources
The iSchool podcast: Public lectures on book history, (University of Toronto)
Technology of the Book Web Ring, (Dino Felluga, Purdue University)
Degree Programs
Graduate Program in Book History and Print Culture, University of Toronto
Ph.D. minor in Print Culture History, CHPCM, University of Wisconsin
MA/PhD Program in History and Culture: Book History Concentration, Drew University
Gutenberg Institute for Book and Media Sciences, MA and PhD program, Mainz, Germany
History of Text Technologies, Florida State University
Master's Programme: 'Text and Book', University of Birmingham
MA in Literature and Publishing National University of Ireland at Galway
MA in Publishing, with book history modules Oxford Brookes University
MSc in Material Cultures and the History of the Book, CHB, University of Edinburgh
"Book and Byte: Book and Digital Media Studies," Master's Programme at Leiden University
Book and Manuscript Studies, MA Programme at University of Amsterdam
Traditional graduate degree programs with strong "book studies" components, Center for the Book, University of Iowa
Book and Media Studies undergraduate program, University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto
Non-Degree Programs
Rare Book School at the University of Virginia
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
Book History Colloquium at Columbia, Fall 2009 schedule
Edinburgh Book History Seminars. Center for the History of the Book, Autumn 2009 schedule
Rutgers Seminar in the History of the Book, 2009-2010
Margins of Print: Ephemera, Print Culture and Lost Histories of the Newspaper, U. of Nottingham, 10 January 2010
Joint Journalism Historians Conference, CUNY, New York, 13 March 2010
Retailing and Distribution of Books and Printed Material: Historical Perspectives, CHORD Workshop, U. of Wolverhampton, 17 March 2010
Correspondence: Travel, Writing, and Literatures of Exploration, c. 1750-c. 1850, University of Edinburgh, 7-10 April 2010
Transcending Boundaries in Europe in the Period of the Belle Epoque, Mons, France, 20-21 May 2010
Politics, Libraries and Culture: Historical Perspectives. Library History Roundtable Research Forum. ALA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 24-29 June 2010
Records, Archives and Technology: Interdependence over Time, I-CHORA conference, London, 1-3 July 2010
The Book Trade in Early Modern Britain, Print Networks Conference, 6-7 July 2010
To Deprave and Corrupt: Forbidden, Hidden and Censored Books. BSANZ Conference, 14-16 July 2010
Edinburgh Book History Seminars: Material Culture, Centre for the History of the Book, 16-18 July 2010
SALALM LV Pre-Conference Workshop. History of the Book in Mexico. John Carter Brown Library, 22 July 2010
SHARP 2010: Book Culture from Below Helsinki, Finland, 17-21 August 2010
The Material Book and the Historical Disciplines: Convergences and Conflicts. SHARP session at International Committee of Historical Sciences, Amsterdam, 26 August 2010
The Perils of Print Culture, Trinity College Dublin, 10-12 September 2010
Libraries in the History of Print Culture, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-12 September 2010
Material Cultures of Periodicals. Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Conference. Yale University, 11-12 September 2010
Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture. Victoria University in the University of Toronto, 22-24 October 2010
Editing Modernism in Canada: Conference on Editorial Problems. University of Toronto, 23-24 October 2010
Calls for Papers, Fellowship Applications, Prizes and Awards
SHARP 2010: Book Culture from Below Helsinki, Finland, 17-21 August 2010. Submit proposals by 30 November 2009
Edinburgh Book History Seminars: Material Culture, Centre for the History of the Book, 16-18 July 2010. Submit proposals by 30 November 2009
Politics, Libraries and Culture: Historical Perspectives. Library History Roundtable Research Forum. ALA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Submit proposals by 30 November 2009
Bibliographical Society of America 2010 Fellowship Program. Applications due 1 December 2009
ProQuest-Research Society for American Periodicals Prize Award for best article on American periodicals. Applications due by 1 December 2009
The Perils of Print Culture, Trinity College Dublin, 10-12 September 2010. Submit proposals by 11 December 2009
Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture. Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Submission deadline: 15 December 2009
Joint Journalism Historians Conference, CUNY, New York, 13 March 2010. Submit proposals by 7 January 2010
Executive Committee Membership. International Comic Arts Forum. Submit Application by 4 January 2010
Visiting Research Fellowships. American Antiquarian Society. Application deadline 15 January 2010
Lewis Walpole Library Fellowships and Travel Grants for 18th Century Studies. Submit applications by 18 January 2010
Retailing and Distribution of Books and Printed Material: Historical Perspectives, University of Wolverhampton. Submit proposals by 22 January 2010
Libraries in the History of Print Culture, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-12 September 2010. Submission deadline 31 January 2010
Transcending Boundaries in Europe in the Period of the Belle Epoque, Mons, France, 20-21 May 2010. Submit abstract by 31 January 2010
Material Cultures of Periodicals. Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Conference. Submission deadline: 1 February 2010
To Deprave and Corrupt: Forbidden, Hidden and Censored Books. BSANZ Conference, 14-16 July 2010. Submit abstracts by 26 February 2010
The Book Trade in Early Modern Britain, Print Networks Conference, 6-7 July 2010. Submit abstracts or applications for Conference Fellowships by 28 February 2010
Editing Modernism in Canada: Conference on Editorial Problems. Submission deadline 15 March 2010
Old Left, New Modernisms. Special issue of Canadian Literature. Submission deadline: 1 June 2010
Contribute to Research, Journals
Reading Experience Database project, charting the history of reading in Britain, 1450-1945
Library and Information History. See journal website for more information.
Library of the Written Word (Brill)
Series on Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Book History (Brepols Publishers, Belgium)
Studies in the History of MSS and Printed Books (EBS)
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book (University of Massachusetts Press)
Material Texts (Penn Press)
Penn State Series in the History of the Book (Penn State Press)
Studies in Book and Print Culture (University of Toronto Press)
American Journalism
American Periodicals
Bibliologia : An International Journal of Bibliography, Library Science, History of Typography and the Book
The Book Collector
Book History, SHARP's journal seeks submissions
Convergence: A Journal of Research into New Media
Discipline del libro
Fine Books & Collections (formerly OP)
Journal of the Early Book Society
Journal of the Printing Historical Society
Libraries and the Cultural Record
The Library
The Library Quarterly
Library and Information History
Media History
Media History Monographs, online journal
Mémoires du livre, online journal
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada (now freely available online in full text)
Paradigm: Journal of the Textbook Colloquium
Printing History, journal of the APHA
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
Publishing History (with article index)
Quadrat
Rare Book Review
Studies in Bibliography
Victorian Periodicals Review
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