Today CBA is one of the country’s most prominent non-profit organizations specializing in the book arts with active exhibition and education programs.

[4] The non-profit organization offers over 100 classes and workshops in bookbinding, letterpress printing, paper marbling, typography, and related fields.

[7] This collection documents the distinctive history of the Center’s programmatic and administrative activities as the first non-profit book arts organization of its kind in the United States.

This collection includes ephemera and institutional records relating to historical exhibitions, classes, publications, and events.

Visitors to the organization's website can also purchase letterpress printed poetry broadsides, chapbooks, artist's books and one-of-a-kind bookworks.