by georgiareeves | Jun 17, 2020 | History of the Book, Summer Schools
Professor Simon Eliot, founding Director of the London Rare Books School, reflects on the origins and history of the School: The first London Rare Books School ran in 2007. As its founding director, what motivated you to establish it? Looking back on the origins of...
by georgiareeves | Jun 15, 2020 | Summer Schools
Karen Attar selects a book from among the many treasures found in the Special Collections in Senate House Library, and reveals its interest for a number of London Rare Books School courses From the inception of the London Rare Books School, the examination of physical...
by nazraabdi | Jul 9, 2018 | Events, Summer Schools
This blog post by Dr Karen Attar is part of the The London Rare Books School which took place 18 June-6 July. The annual summer school consists of a series of five-day, intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects taught in and around Senate House,...
by chrisa | Aug 16, 2016 | Summer Schools
Alexandra Wingate (College of William and Mary, Virginia) The London Rare Books School (LRBS) is the closest thing an aspiring rare books librarian could have to Hogwarts. It’s held in an amazing building, run and taught by remarkable people, and covers all those...
