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2018 Emerging Scholar Prize – call for applications

The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) invites applications for the Emerging Scholar Prize. The Prize promotes the work of a researcher who is beginning his or her career in the fields of book history and bibliography broadly defined, including the study of the creation, production, publication, distribution, transmission, history, and uses of printed books, manuscripts, or electronic texts. Preference will be given to topics with a Canadian dimension.

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Summer 2017 BSC/SbC Bulletin Now Available Online

The latest issue of the Bulletin (Summer 2017) is now available online. Many thanks to our new Bulletin editor, Philippe Mongeau, for putting it together.

Paper copies will be mailed out shortly to those members who have requested them.

Alexandra Kordoski Carter, Secretary

Bibliographical Society of Canada /Société bibliographique du Canada

The BSC supports the employees of BAnQ

The BSC expresses its enduring support for the employees of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). On 18 July 2017, the BSC sent the following letter of protest to the Ministre de la Culture et des Communications and to the Premier ministre du Québec. #JeSoutiensBAnQ Continue reading “The BSC supports the employees of BAnQ”

Call for Applications: Editor of Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada

The Bibliographical Society of Canada/Société bibliographique du Canada (BSC/SbC) invites applications or expressions of interest for the position of Editor of the Society’s bilingual scholarly journal, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada. The Society and its journal promote the study of the history, description, and transmission of texts in all media and formats, with an emphasis on Canada. Continue reading “Call for Applications: Editor of Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada”

Draft programs now available: BSC-SbC annual meeting and joint day

The draft programs of the annual meeting of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, “Book Historical and Bibliographical Praxis in Canada,” (29 May 2017) and of the special conference “Bound by Three Oceans: Reading, Writing, Printing & Publishing in Canada since Confederation” (30 May 2017) are now available!

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Call For Papers: Joint scholarly event at Congress 2017 with CASBC

BOUND BY THREE OCEANS
Reading, Writing, Printing & Publishing in Canada since Confederation

A one-day scholarly event co-organized by The Bibliographical Society of Canada & The Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
30 May 2017 – Ryerson University

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