Application Forms

Available as a Word .doc file. To download the form, click the right button on your mouse, select "save file as".

If for whatever reason you are unable to download an application form, please contact the CALRBS administrator.

Submit a separate application for each course in which you wish to enroll. Please do not send payment with this application: no payment is due until you have been notified of admission. The application may be returned either by post, email or fax. It will be acknowledged via email upon receipt.

Detail

A Statement of Purpose and Letter of Recommendation are required parts of the application.

For the Statement of Purpose, describe your background or interest in the area, any work you have done in a relevant field, independent study in which you have been engaged, or whatever additional information you think would be helpful to your instructor(s) in evaluating your preparation and your aptitude for this course. Be sure to address any specific qualifications or other matters mentioned in the descriptions of your course.

The Letter of Recommendation needs to be from your current or most recent employer or course advisor.

*Applicants to the CALRBS course --Rare Book Cataloging-- are requested to submit 1-3 typical bibliographic records of materials they currently are cataloging, preferably original cataloging of modern books or serials, along with their application, statement of purpose and letter of recommendation.

Enrollment

Students will be admitted on a rolling basis until the course is full. All applications must be submitted by July 3rd, 2010.  If you wish to submit an application after July 3rd please contact the CALRBS administrator. You will be notified both via email and U.S. mail when an admissions decision has been made.

Tuition for CALRBS 2010 courses is $995. If a student takes a course in week 1 and week 2, the tuition is $1,800 for both courses.

Address

Please send completed applications to:
The California Rare Book School
254 GSEIS Building Box 951520,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520

Fax
310.206.4460