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Joint Statement on Librarian/Archivist of Canada
Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize Awarded
President's Letter to Library and Archives Canada
Preliminary Program - 2013 Conference
President's Letters about Library and Archives Canada
Emerging Scholar Prize: Fundraising Drive
Emerging Scholar Prize: Donors
Canada’s Third National Book Collecting Contest
Joint Statement on Librarian/Archivist of Canada
The Bibliographical Society of Canada / Société bibliographique du Canada has added its endorsement to the Joint Statement on Qualities of a Successful Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
Financial Statements 2012
In advance of the 2013 Annual General Meeting in Victoria, the Treasurer is making the financial statements for the year 2012 available for reference.
The annual Review Engagement Report is not a full forensic audit, but an examination of the Society's accounting practices by an outside professional Accountant. It certifies that accepted accounting procedures are being followed and checks for signs of any serious financial problems. The 2012 review reports that our books are in order.
Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize
The members of the Awards Committee are very pleased to announce that Dr. Carole Gerson will be awarded the Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize for 2013. The prize will be awarded at the Society's 68th Annual General Meeting.
A member of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Dr. Gerson is also active in the Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures, the Association for Canadian Studies, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, and the Royal Society of Canada, among others.
Professor in the Department of English at Simon Fraser, Dr. Gerson is among the leading figures of a generation of scholars who have built a more inclusive vision of Canadian literary history. The extent to which she has helped to establish the basic bibliography of early Canadian women writers, develop print and electronic reference tools, and push the boundaries of the field, is truly remarkable. We are pleased to offer this recognition of her many contributions.
Tremaine Fellowship
The members of the Fellowships Committee are very pleased to announce that Dr. Benjamin Lefebvre will be awarded the Tremaine Fellowship for 2013. The prize will be awarded at the Society's 68th Annual General Meeting on 3 June 2013. A member of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Dr. Lefebvre has extensive publications relating to archival collections, rare books and manuscripts. His current project under contract with University of Toronto Press is The L.M. Montgomery Reader. This three-volume critical anthology “aims to expand existing knowledge of L.M. Montgomery’s life writing and critical reception by publishing a representative selection of her own uncollected newspaper and magazine articles along with published commentary on her work, in the form of interviews, journalism, entries in reference books, scholarly articles and book chapters, ads, and reviews.” We are pleased to offer this fellowship to assist with his current research.
President's Letter to Library and Archives Canada
Continuing the Society's ongoing concern with the situation at Library and Archives Canada, the President of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Janet Friskney, has sent a letter to Dr. Daniel Caron. A copy of the letter may be accessed here.
Print Culture @ the Edge
2013 Annual Meeting of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
3-4 June 2013
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Victoria
The program may be found here.
President's Letters about Library and Archives Canada
The President of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, Janet Friskney, has sent a letter to all Members of Parliament expressing the Society's concerns about the current situation at Library and Archives Canada. A copy of the letter may be accessed here.
A second letter, dated 18 November 2012, in response to Minister of Canadian Heritage, James Moore's reply to the Society may be accessed here.
Open Journal System
The Papers/Cahiers of the Society are now available on the Open Journal System, which permits advanced search capabilities. The tables of contents for the most recent issues may be viewed, as well as all past issues in pdf format. To see the new site, click on 'Publications', then 'Journal' in the left sidebar.
Emerging Scholar Prize: Fundraising Drive
The Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) is pleased to announce the creation of the Emerging Scholar Prize. The Prize will be given annually starting in 2014 and will recognize and support a scholar at the beginning of her or his career who is undertaking research in bibliography, book history, or print culture. ....MORE
Emerging Scholar Prize: Donors
The Society wishes to acknowledge the generosity of the following donors:
Sandra Alston
Pat Belier
Fiona Black
Jennifer Connor
C. Gryski
Elizabeth Driver
Patricia Fleming
Janet Friskney
Alan Galey
Carole Gerson
Nicholas Giguère
J. Godolphin
Greta Golick
Jeannine Green
Edna Hajnal
Balfour Halevy
Robin Healey
Marcel Lajeunesse
Geoffrey Little
Bertrum MacDonald
Eli MacLaren
Ian MacLaren
Anne McGaughey
Don McLeod
Roger Meloche
Jacques Michon
Peter Mitham
George Parker
Linda Quirk
Carl Spadoni
Apollonia Steele
Joeée Vincent
Tom Vincent
Germaine Warkentin
Mary Williamson
Joan Winearls
Tremaine Medal
The members of the Tremaine Medal Committee have unanimously recommended
that Professor Marcel Lajeunesse be awarded the Tremaine Medal and
Watters-Morley Prize for 2012. The prize was awarded at the Society's 67th Annual General Meeting.
Member of the Bibliographical Society of Canada since 1983 and Council member from 1983 to 1986, member of associations such as the Groupe de recherche sur l’édition littéraire du Québec, l’Association québécoise d’études de l’imprimé, l’Association pour l’avancement des sciences et techniques de l’information and the Institut de l’Amérique française, M. Lajeunesse’s contributions particularly to the field of the history of the book and libraries in Québec have been numerous and fruitful.
Canada’s Third National Book Collecting Contest
Prizes were awarded to the winning entrants of the third National Book Collecting Contest in Vancouver and Waterloo on May 28, 2012.
The first prize went to Samuel Jang, of Victoria, B.C. for his collection Aesop's Fables.
The second prize winner was David Fernández, of Toronto, Ontario for his collection The Imaginary of Books: Homosexualities, Images, and Texts.
The third prize winner was Gideon Foley, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for his collection Tasteful Books.
The National Book Collecting Contest - Previous Winners
2011:
- Justin Hanisch, A History of Fish
- Gregory Robert Freeman, The Tudors & Stuarts
- Kieran Charles Ryan Fox, Superlative Works from the Subcontinent
2010:
- Charlotte Ashley, The Works (and Quirks) of Alexandre Dumas père
- Vanessa Brown, The L.M. Montgomery Collection in the Forest City
- Naseem Hrab, The Complexities of Ordinary Life: Autobiographical Comics and Graphic Novels
The Bulletin
The Bulletin is published in the spring and fall each year, as the newsletter of the Bibliographical Society of Canada and is distributed to members together with the Papers/Cahiers. Each new issue of the Bulletin will now be made available on the website upon publication. Past issues will be digitized as time permits.
Members wishing to continue to receive the Bulletin in paper form should indicate this on their membership renewal form.