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The 2009 Rare Book School (RBS) scholarship application is now available online. Applications will be accepted until 5pm, 1 September 2009. The usual rules apply: students apply for a scholarship generally, rather than for any particular RBS course. Successful applicants in the fall 2009 competition may then use their scholarships for any RBS course offered in 2010 or 2011 to which they are subsequently admitted. Applications are particularly welcomed from those at the beginning of a bookish career, whether as academic, antiquarian bookseller, binder/conservator, or rare book/special collections librarian -- or someone in training to become one of the above. The Scholarship page <http://www.rarebookschool.org/scholarship/> provides more detail, including a link to the complete terms and conditions governing RBS scholarship awards. The current Scholarship Committee comprises: Melissa Mead (Digital and Visual Resources Librarian, University of Rochester) chair, through 2009; Vic Zoschak (Tavistock Books, Alameda, CA) through 2009; Libby Chenault (Librarian, Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina) through 2010; and Ryan L. Roth (Program Director, RBS) through 2011. RBS offers five-day, non-credit courses at various times of the year on topics concerning old and rare books, manuscripts, and special collections. Most of the courses take place in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the school is based. Courses that require access to specialized collections are offered not only in Washington, DC, but also in New York City (at the Grolier Club and Morgan Library & Museum) and in Baltimore (at the Walters Art Museum). For further information about the school, now in its 26th year, visit the RBS website at www.rarebookschool.org. - Ryan L. Roth Program Director, Rare Book School 114 Alderman Library, P.O. Box 400103, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4103 http://www.rarebookschool.org, +1 (434) 924-8851 -- Aimee Babcock-Ellis Graduate Assistant Nonprint Media Services Library 301-405-9236 fax 301-314-9419 http://lib.umd.edu/nonprint/ (cell) 518-225-7127 [log in to unmask]