Membership
Membership in the Society of Bead Researchers is open to all persons and organizations involved in the study of beads and beadwork, as well as those interested in keeping abreast of current trends in bead research.
Membership includes the annual peer-reviewed journal, Beads, and the biannual newsletter, The Bead Forum.
What You Get With Your Membership
In Spring and Autumn, you will receive The Bead Forum as an attachment via email. At year’s end, you will be sent a link via email directing your to a PDF of Beads: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, located on our journal archive at the University of Oregon. Following purchase of your membership, you will need to register so that you are part of the list of those with permission to access the download. To register, go to beadresearchjournal.org and click Register. Be sure your email address is the same for both your order and your registration.
To purchase a membership, you may click on the preferred membership level below or, if you choose to pay by check or money order, print out a membership order form to fill out and send in.
Our Membership Levels
We offer four levels of membership. Two are individual levels and two are for those wishing to contribute more in their membership dues to help support the work of the Society. These levels will be described further below.
Individual or Institution, Worldwide (Digital Only): $25 US
The basic digital-only membership in the Society of Bead Researchers for members throughout the world.
Individual or Institutional, Digital+, For Select Countries Only: $60 US
This membership level replaces the Sustaining rate of years past. Digital+ is available only to members in those countries where our print-on-demand fulfillment company has facilities for printing and shipping. Currently, those countries are the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and India. If you do not live in one of these countries, but would like a Digital+ membership, please consider the Patron level just below. (Alternatively, you could choose Digital-only and upload the file to the print-on-demand company of your choice.)
Patron: $100 US
This level and the one just below are for those members who wish to join at a higher rate so as to support the work of the Society. Formerly we had no extra benefit to offer, other than our gratitude. We are happy now to be able to offer an additional benefit, that of a printed copy of Beads on publication, via print-on-demand.
Benefactor: $150 US
That noted in the Patron level is true here as well.
Should you wish to pay with a money order or check, you may download a membership order form to fill out and return with your payment. This form may also be used to purchase printed back issues of Beads: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers.