The latest issue of the Bulletin (Winter 2018) is now available online on the website at https://www.bsc-sbc.ca/en/publications/#bulletin. Many thanks to all who submitted texts for the issue, which I hope you will all enjoy.
Category: News
Congratulating the BSC-SbC Emerging Scholar 2018
The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) is pleased to announce that Laura Gerlitz, a student in the third year of the Master of Library and Information Studies and Master of Arts in Humanities Computing program at the University of Alberta, has been selected as the recipient of the Emerging Scholar Prize.
Her paper, “‘How to Sell a Harlequin: Bringing the Digital Humanities into Reader’s Advisory,” will be presented at the BSC’s annual conference in May 2018.
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Draft programs now available for the 2018 BSC-SbC annual conference
The draft programme of the annual conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, “The Book at the Crossroads of Diversities” is now available. https://www.bsc-sbc.ca/en/conference/2018-annual-meeting-of-the-bibliographical-society-of-canada/ Participants will explore the many facets of the book that have made it such an enduring conveyor of the diversities upon which Canadian culture has been built.
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2018 Marie Tremaine Fellowship Awarded
The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) Fellowships committee is happy to announce it has awarded the 2018 Marie Tremaine Fellowship to Joseph LaBine.
The BSC Remembers William F. E. Morley
The Bibliographical Society of Canada celebrates the life and mourns the passing of William F.E. Morley. Bibliographer, author, and veteran, he left an indelible mark on our Society and on the field of bibliographical studies and librarianship in Canada.
A Tribute to Francess Halpenny (1919-2017)
The BSC-SbC honours the life and contributions of Francess Halpenny, a formative figure in the world of publishing and librarianship in Canada whose career spanned over sixty years.
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Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
The Book at the Crossroads of Diversities
The Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Regina
28-29 May 2018
Over the centuries, the book has played a pivotal role in capturing, preserving and passing on voices to succeeding generations of readers. At Congress 2018 bibliographers and book historians will gather at the annual conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada to explore the many facets of the book that have made it such an enduring conveyor of the diversities upon which Canadian culture has been built. Continue reading “Call for Papers: Annual Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada”
Appointment of Editor of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) is pleased to announced that Dr Ruth Bradley-St-Cyr has been appointed editor of the Society’s bilingual, peer-reviewed journal, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique du Canada. Continue reading “Appointment of Editor of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada”
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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2018 Marie Tremaine Fellowship call for applications
The Bibliographical Society of Canada invites applications for the Marie Tremaine Fellowship. Deadline for application: December 15, 2017
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