The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is a North American organization that fosters the study of books and manuscripts.[1] It was constituted from the earlier Bibliographical Society of Chicago (created in 1899) as the national membership began to exceed local membership.[2] The organization publishes the scholarly journal Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America[3] as well as book on topics of bibliographic interest.

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  • In an essay published in Libraries, Books and Culture, Wayne A. Wiegand detailed the politics surrounding the formation of the BSA through its split from the American Library Association and the reconstituting of the Bibliographical Society of Chicago into a national organization.[2]
  • The University of Chicago Press publishes the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America and mainitains access to past issues dating back to the beginning of the journal in 1904.[3]


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Homepage of the Bibliographical Society of America

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  1. ^ a b Mayo, Hope (2018). "Bibliographical Society of America". In McDonald, John D.; Levine-Clark, Michael (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. 463–467. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Wiegand, Wayne A. (1986). "Library Politics and the Organization of the Bibliographical Society of America". Libraries, Books and Culture. 21 (1): 131–157. JSTOR 25541684.
  3. ^ a b "The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America". The University of Chicago Press Journals. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. ^ Van Hoesen, Henry B. (1941). "The Bibliographical Society of America—Its Leaders and Activities, 1904–1939". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 35 (3): 177–202. JSTOR 24297076.
  5. ^ Edelstein, J. M. (1979). "The Bibliographical Society of America, 1904–1979". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 73 (4): 389–422. doi:10.1086/pbsa.73.4.24302580. JSTOR 24302580. S2CID 181114876.
  6. ^ Mayo, Hope (2004). "The Bibliographical Society of America at 100: Past and Future". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 98 (4): 425–448. doi:10.1086/pbsa.98.4.24295738. JSTOR 24295738. S2CID 164130008.
  7. ^ Edelstein, J. M. (1969). "Bibliographical Society of America". In Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Vol. 2. New York: Marcel Dekker. pp. 395–401. Retrieved 26 February 2023.