American Printing History Association. Encourages the study of printing history and its related arts and skills, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing. APHA is especially, but by no means exclusively, interested in American printing history.
Center for the Book, Library of Congress. Using the resources of the Library of Congress, its mission is to stimulate interest in books and reading, including literacy and library promotion and encouraging the historical study of books, reading, and the printed word.
The Grolier Club. America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts.
The National Print Museum of Ireland. Collects, documents, preserves, exhibits, interprets and makes accessible the material evidence of printing craft and fosters associated skills of the craft in Ireland.
Printing Museum, Tokyo. Its primary objective is to explain the value and potential of printing as a form of communications media, and deepen the general public's understanding and interest in printing.
Melbourne Museum of Printing. Australia's working and teaching museum of typography and printing, specializing in retention of traditional printing, both the equipment and the knowledge.
International Association of Paper Historians. Facilitates communication between paper historians, archivists, librarians, conservators, art historians, specialists in books, printing and technology, associations of the paper and publishing industries, and handicrafts and art dealing with paper.
Stationers' Hall and Stationers' Company, London.A Livery Company of the City of London, connected with the communication industries derived from the original trades, including printing, papermaking, packaging, office products, advertising, design, photography, film and video production and publishing of books, newspapers, periodicals and electronic media.
IFLA Library History Special Interest Group. Part of the international body representing the interests of library and information servicesand their users, this group concentrates on themes of library history, and experience of general significance, and theoretical foundations of the field.
Library History Roundtable. Part of the ALA, to encourage research and publication on library history and promote awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship.
SHARP-L. The discussion group of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
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Organization Liaisons
SHARP works in concert with a number of scholarly organizations around the world to encourage the study of book history, broadening our resources and allowing us to share information. As part of this scholarly outreach, many SHARP members serve as liaisons to scholarly organizations. Their role is to facilitate communications between the organizations in a variety of ways. A list of current liaisons is available online.
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