The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia was founded in 1947 to promote interest in books and manuscripts, maps, printing, the graphic arts, and bibliography and textual criticism. The BSUVa sponsors exhibitions, lectures, and a student book collecting contest, but its international reach was established by its active publication program. In addition to 180 separate publications, the BSUVa, in conjunction with the University Press of Virginia, is the publisher of the renowned international bibliographical journal Studies in Bibliography, edited by David L. Vander Meulen.