The Standards of Excellence Seminar in Hand Bookbinding is the annual Guild of Book Workers conference. Held annually at a different location around the country, participants attend presentations by leading experts in the fields related to the book and paper arts.
Tours of binderies, conservation facilities, rare book libraries and papermaking establishments are regularly arranged in conjunction with the event.
The Guild's Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with the seminar. Many well known Vendors also attend the conference and offer high quality tools and supplies for sale throughout the event. The vendor room is open to the public.
Past Standards
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2024 - Providence, RI
| 2023 - San Francisco, CA | 2022 - Atlanta, Georgia
| 2021 - Virtual Standards
| 2019 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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2018 - Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2017 - Tacoma, Washington
| 2016 - Charleston, South Carolina | 2015 - Cleveland, Ohio
| 2014 - Las Vegas, Nevada
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2013 - Washington, DC
| 2012 - Salt Lake City, Utah
| 2011 - Boston, Massachusetts | 2010 - Tucson, Arizona
| 2009 - San Francisco, California
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2008 - Toronto, Ontario This year's Standards was co-hosted by the Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild (CBBAG).
| 2007 - Dallas, Texas The format of this year's Standards was different from previous years. There was the optional Foundation's session before the Seminar began. There were three presentations which all participants attended. Finally, there were three "Roundup" Sessions, of which everyone picked two.
Roundup Sessions
Friday Forum | 2006 - New York City, New York Centennial Celebration There was no Standards Seminar held in 2006. Rather, the Guild held a celebration honoring our organiziation's 100th birthday. The focus was "The Art of the Book in America" and included a two day conference on the history of the Guild and bookbinding in the United States; the opening of the Guild's 100th Anniversary Members Exhibition and Retrospective Exhibition; a dinner cruise around Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty; and many other exciting events. Pictures and reviews are available in the December 2006 and February 2007 GBW Newsletter. | 2005 - Portland, Oregon
Friday Night Forum: | 2004 - Providence, Rhode Island
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2003 - Denver, Colorado
| 2002 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| 2000 - Salt Lake City, Utah
| 1999 - Chicago, Illinois
| 1998 - Greensboro, North Carolina |
1997 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
| 1995 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama
| 1994 - Dallas, Texas
| 1993 - Boston, Massachusetts | 1992 - San Francisco, California
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1991 - Bloomington, Indiana
| 1990 - Washington, DC | 1989 - Portland, Oregon
| 1988 - Chicago, Illinois
| 1987 - Austin, Texas
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1986 - Iowa City, Iowa
| 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| 1984 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| 1983 - Boston, Massachusetts
| 1982 - Washington, DC
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1981 - San Francisco, California
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