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Professional Organizations TOP
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)
$38/year student membership - Bibliographical Society of America (BSA)
$80/year Partner membership - American Printing History Association (APHA)
$20/year student membership - Society of American Archivists (SAA)
$55/year student membership - Society of California Archivists (SCA)
$20/year student membership - Los Angeles Archivists Collective
No membership fees - College Book Art Association (CBAA)
$20/year student membership - The Book Club of California
$25/year student membership - Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA)
- Fine Press Book Association (FPBA)
$25/year student membership - The Guild of Book Workers
$30/year student membership - Book Arts Guild (BAG)
$20/year membership - Los Angeles Printmaking Society (LAPS)
$15/year student membership
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Internships and Work Study TOP
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Student opportunities are frequently available at the Clark Library.
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) at Library Special Collections
Job openings are sent out on IS-ANNOUNCE and posted to the UCLA Library student jobs webpage at the beginning of each quarter.
Library Special Collections for Medicine and the Sciences (Biomedical Library)
Send inquiries to Russell Johnson, Curator of History & Special Collections for the Sciences, if you would like to intern at Biomed.
Project Manager for California Rare Book School
This 10hr/wk position opens up at the beginning of each school year. Monitor IS-ANNOUNCE for the job posting.
Getty Graduate Internship Program
The Getty Trust offers full-time, 12 month, paid internships in special collections at the Getty Research Institute. The deadline for applications is November 1 for each cycle.
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Scholarships, Awards, etc. TOP
- RBMS Conference Scholarships
- RBMS Mentoring Program
- SAA Student Scholarships
- SAA Travel Awards
- ARL/SAA Mosaic Program
- IMLS-RBS Fellowship Program
- Mark Samuels Lasner Fellowship in Printing History (APHA)
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Continuing Education TOP
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Book Fairs TOP
- California International Antiquarian Book Fair
- Los Angeles Printers Fair
- Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair
- L.A. Zine Fest
- Pasadena Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair
- Rare Books LA
- Los Angeles Fine Print Fair
- ACID-FREE Los Angeles Art Book Market
- SFV Art Book Fair
- Otis MFA GD Art Book Fair
- Independent Art Book Fair
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Southern California Antiquarian Booksellers TOP
- Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)
- Dawson’s Book Shop (Los Angeles, CA)
- Walter Reuben, Inc. (West Hollywood, CA)
- John Howell for Books (Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles)
- ReadInk Books (Arlington Heights, Los Angeles)
- Biblioctopus Rare Books (Century City, Los Angeles)
- Michael R. Thompson Rare Books (Beverly Grove, Los Angeles)
- Bookbid Rare Books (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Golden Legend, Inc. (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Locus Solus Rare Books (Eagle Rock, Los Angeles)
- Vagabond Books (Pasadena, CA)
- Davar Antiquarian Books (Downey, CA)
- B & L Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (Sherman Oaks, CA)
- David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (Calabasas, CA)
- Bill Leone, Bookseller (Palos Verdes Estates, CA)
- James Graham, Bookseller (Palm Desert, CA)
- Walkabout Books (Laguna Hills, CA)
- Barry Lawrence Rudderman Antique Maps (La Jolla, CA)
- Scott Emerson Books (El Cajon, CA)
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Artists’ Books Shops TOP
- Ooga Booga (Chinatown, Los Angeles)
- 23 Sandy Gallery (Portland, OR)
- Abecedarian Gallery (Denver, CO)
- Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC (Birmingham, AL)
- Printed Matter (New York, NY)
- Booklyn Artists Alliance (Brooklyn, NY)
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Art Supplies TOP
- Hiromi Paper (Culver City, CA)
- Kelly Paper (multiple locations)
- Dick Blick Art Materials (multiple locations)
- Riso Art Supply (Chinatown, Los Angeles)
- Conservation Resources International, LLC (Springfield, VA)
- TALAS Conservation, Archival & Bookbinding Supplies (Brooklyn, NY)
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Other Local Resources TOP
- International Printing Museum (Carson, CA)
- BookArtsLA (Mar Vista, Los Angeles)
- Print Shop LA (Downtown, Los Angeles)
- TypeThursday (Downtown, Los Angeles)
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Book Arts Programs, Centers, and Foundations TOP
- Archetype Press at Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA)
- Otis College of Art and Design Book Arts Minor (Westchester, Los Angeles)
- Books Arts Emphasis at UCSB College of Creative Studies (Santa Barbara, CA)
- Scripps College Press (Claremont, CA)
- San Diego Book Arts (Encinitas, CA)
- San Francisco Center for the Book (San Francisco, CA)
- Pacific Center for the Book Arts (San Franisco, CA)
- Codex Foundation (Berkeley, CA)
- Mills College MFA in Book Art (Oakland, CA)
- University of Iowa Center for the Book (Iowa City, IA)
- Minnesota Center for Book Arts (Minneapolis, MN)
- Kalamazoo Book Arts Center (Kalamazoo, MI)
- North Bennet St. School 2-Year Bookbinding Program (Boston, MA)
- Center for Book Arts (New York, NY)
- Purgatory Pie Press (Brooklyn, NY)
- Women’s Studio Workshop (Rosendale, NY)
- Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester, NY)
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Publishers TOP
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Journals TOP
- RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage
- The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America (PBSA)
- Printing History
- JAB (The Journal of Artists’ Books)
- Umbrella
- The Bonefolder
- The Guild of Bookworkers Journal
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Online Resources TOP
- Artists’ Books Online
- Briar Press
- The Book Arts Web (Philobiblon)
- Directory of Artists’ Books Collections
- SF Book Arts
- A History of Typesetting
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Mailing Lists TOP
- Archives & Archivists List
- Book_Arts-L
- DCRM-L
- EXLIBRIS-L
- Los Angeles Archivists Collective Mailing List
- RBMS-L
- SHARP-L
- West_Arch