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Bob Schmidt
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Miami University Archives
Oxford, Ohio 45056
513-529-6720
rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu

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       [Cross-posted. Please excuse any
duplication.]

RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its
Summer Sessions 2000, a
collection of five-day, non-credit courses on
topics concerning rare
books, manuscripts, the history of books and
printing, and special collections to
be held at the University of Virginia from 19 June
- 30 June and 24 July - 11
August 2000.
         THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
prerequisites for RBS courses
vary. Some courses are primarily directed toward
research librarians and
archivists. Others are intended for academics,
persons working in the antiquarian book
trade, bookbinders and conservators, professional
and avocational students
of the history of books and printing, book
collectors, and others with an
interest in the subjects being treated.
         THE TUITION FOR EACH FIVE-DAY COURSE is
$690. Air-conditioned
dormitory housing (about $35/night) will be
offered on the historic Central Grounds
of the University, and nearby hotel accommodations
are readily available.
         FOR AN APPLICATION FORM and electronic
copies of the complete
brochure and the RBS Expanded Course Descriptions
(ECDs), providing additional
details about the courses offered and other
information about RBS, visit our Web
site at:


http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks

Or write Rare Book School, 114 Alderman Library,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498; fax 804/924-8824;
email
oldbooks@virginia.edu;
or telephone 804/924-8851.

Subscribers to the archives list may find the
following Rare Book School
courses to be of particular interest:


25. IMPLEMENTING ENCODED ARCHIVAL DESCRIPTION
(SESSION I). (MONDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 26-30)
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) provides
standardized
machine-readable access to primary resource
materials. This course is
aimed at archivists, librarians, and museum
personnel who would like an
introduction to EAD that includes an extensive
supervised hands-on component. Students
will learn SGML encoding techniques in part using
examples selected from among
their own institutions finding aids. Topics: the
context out of which EAD
emerged; introduction to the use of SGML authoring
tools and browsers; the
conversion of existing finding aids to EAD.
Offered again as Session II, July 31 -
August 4. Instructor: Daniel Pitti.

DANIEL PITTI became Project Director at the
University of Virginias
Institute for Advanced Technology in 1997, before
which he was Librarian for
Advanced Technologies at the University of
California, Berkeley. He was the
Coordinator of the Encoded Archival Description
initiative.


54. VISUAL MATERIALS CATALOGING. (MONDAY-FRIDAY,
AUGUST 7-11) Aimed at
librarians and archivists who catalog published
and unpublished visual
materials. The emphasis will be on C19 and C20
prints and photographs
being handled either as single items or as
collections. Topics include:
descriptive and subject cataloging; form and genre
access; special problems in
physical description; comparison of Graphic
Materials, AACR2 (Chapter 8), and APPM
guidelines; the relationship between physical
processing and cataloging;
establishing institutional priorities. Instructor:
Helena Zinkham.

HELENA ZINKHAM worked as a reference and technical
services librarian at
both the Maryland and NewYork Historical societies
before joining the Prints
and Photographs Division of the Library of
Congress, where she is head of the
Technical Services Section.


Book Arts Press                 Phone:
804/924-8851
114 Alderman Library            Fax: 804/924-8824
University of Virginia          Email:
oldbooks@virginia.edu
Charlottesville, VA  22903              URL:
<www.virginia.edu/oldbooks>

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