Rare Books and Special Collections Group

• Libraries
• Organisations and Societies
• Reference
• Mailing Lists

Libraries

• British Library - information, exhibitions and on-line catalogue; useful page of links to bibliographical organisations and other libraries with significant early printed book holdings worldwide.
• National Library of Scotland - information, exhibitions and on-line catalogues.
• National Library of Wales - with catalogues and on-line resources.
• Consortium of University and Research Libraries (CURL) - including COPAC - the online catalogue of CURL.
• CERL - the Consortium of European Research Libraries.
• Gabriel - the Gateway to Europe's National Libraries.
• The Library of Congress
• The National Library of Canada
• Aberdeen University Historic Collections - including the Aberdeen Bestiary and the Burnet Psalter
• Birmingham University Library Special Collections
• Cambridge University Library - including manuscripts and University archives; and links to other libraries in Cambridge, including Trinity College, St John's College, and Corpus Christi College.
• Durham University Archives & Special Collections
• Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
• Glasgow University Library Special Collections - including exhibitions and manuscripts catalogue
• King's College London Special Collections
• Lambeth Palace Library
• Leeds University Library Special Collections
• Liverpool University Library Special Collections & Archives
• Manchester University John Rylands Library - including virtual tour and exhibitions
• Newcastle University Library Special Collections
• Nottingham University Library Manuscripts & Special Collections
• Oxford University Bodleian Library - and links to other Oxford libraries
• St. Andrews University Special Collections - including photographic database
• St. Bride Printing Library
• Trinity College Library Dublin Early Printed Books and manuscripts
• University College London Special Collections - including digital gallery
• ULL (University of London Library) Historic Collections - including manuscript studies an palaeography pages

• HoBo - dedicated webspace for all History of the Book events and resources throughout the UK.
• CILIP - the main homepage, with links to other special interest groups.
• IFLA - the International Federation of Library Associations.
• Research Libraries Group - the American consortium that supports RLIN (the Research Libraries Information Network).
• The Bibliographical Society - information and events.
• The Bibliographical Society of America
• Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association / Association of College and Research Libraries.
• The Printing Historical Society - information and events.
• The Imprint Society of Reading - associating the resources of Reading University Library and the Department of Typography & Graphic Communications.
• SHARP - the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.

• Directory of web resources for the rare materials cataloguer - many useful sites, including links to medieval manuscript catalogues and sites of general interest, maintained by the Bibliographic Standards Committee of the ALA.
• Cataloguers Reference Shelf - provides information on USMARC and subject cataloguing manuals.
• HPB - the Hand Press Book database.
• OCLC - including their Preservation Resources.
• Cathedral Libraries Catalogue - books printed before 1701 in the libraries of the Anglican cathedrals of England and Wales; including a list of Latin names of printing towns.
• Latin Place Names found in the imprints of books printed before 1801 and their vernacular equivalents in AACR2 form. Sponsored by the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee.
• Early Printed Books Project - a project based at Oxford University to catalogue all books in non-Bodleian libraries printed outside Britain before 1641.
• Aberdeen Bestiary - digitised manuscript from Aberdeen University Library.
• The American Museum of Papermaking - a web site tracing the history, art, and science of papermaking.
• DScriptorium of digital images of medieval manuscripts from Brigham Young University.
• ARTFL - The project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, including the Tres Riches Heures.
• The Canterbury Tales - a digital imaging project based at De Montfort University to make available images of the pre-1500 manuscript and printed texts.
• Hypnerotomachia Poliphili - a web version of the 1499 typographical masterpiece printed by Aldus Manutius
• The COOL Dictionary of Conservation and Book Binding Terms - a dictionary of descriptive terminology.
• The Bookbinding Manual - a bookbinding tutorial.
• Book History Online - BHO is a database in English on the history of the printed book and libraries, containing titles of books and articles on the history of the printed book worldwide.
• Library and Archival Exhibitions on the web - features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials; maintained by the Smithsonian.
• List of selected digital facsimile sites maintained by Early Printed Collections, British Library.
• Digital books about books - site hosted by Oak Knoll linking to a useful selection of digitised texts in the areas of bibliography, bookbinding, typography, book design, history of the book, etc.
• British book trade index - index of the names and brief biographical details and trade details of people who worked in the book trade in England and Wales and who were trading by 1851; maintained at the University of Birmingham.
• Scottish book trade index - an index of printers, publishers, booksellers, bookbinders, printmakers, stationers and papermakers based in Scotland, from the beginnings of Scottish printing to ca. 1850; maintained by the National Library of Scotland.
• Bibliopolis - a national history of the printed book in the Netherlands; databases of images, people, collections, auctions and more

• lis-rarebooks - mailing list for rare books and Special Collections librarians hosted by JISC.
• SHARP_L - the discussion list of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing.
• ExLibris - the archives of the discussion list, and details of subscribing (at the bottom of the page).
• BOOK_ARTS-L - the discussion list of The Books Arts: binding, typography and collecting web site.