Colleen [Redacted]
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Mostly special collections, archives, libraries, museums, history, & technology. (#GLAM).
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26 Conference Program Co-chair for 2026.
I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer.
#RBMS26 Conference Program Co-chair for 2026.
I got to have Henry Booklobster out in my class today!
Thé, Robert, and Bradley Smith. [Henry Booklobster]. Kingston, N.Y.]: [the artist], 2010.
Thé, Robert, and Bradley Smith. [Henry Booklobster]. Kingston, N.Y.]: [the artist], 2010.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I got to have Henry Booklobster out in my class today!
Thé, Robert, and Bradley Smith. [Henry Booklobster]. Kingston, N.Y.]: [the artist], 2010.
Thé, Robert, and Bradley Smith. [Henry Booklobster]. Kingston, N.Y.]: [the artist], 2010.
The visit to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee today included a tour of some of Max Yela's favorite artist's books. Would you want a tour? #rbms26
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The visit to the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee today included a tour of some of Max Yela's favorite artist's books. Would you want a tour? #rbms26
Our next stop is the Marquette University special collections. They have the original Tolkein manuscripts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Plans are in the works for a tour! #rbms26
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Our next stop is the Marquette University special collections. They have the original Tolkein manuscripts for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Plans are in the works for a tour! #rbms26
The Milwaukee Historical Society is asking the important questions in their current exhibition. #rbms26 #Milwaukee
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Milwaukee Historical Society is asking the important questions in their current exhibition. #rbms26 #Milwaukee
The view for the New Members Mixer and the scholarship breakfast at #rbms26 is pretty spectacular. #Milwaukee
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The view for the New Members Mixer and the scholarship breakfast at #rbms26 is pretty spectacular. #Milwaukee
It's not what I was looking for in the journal I was searching, but this ad from 1999 does make it clear how much things have changed.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's not what I was looking for in the journal I was searching, but this ad from 1999 does make it clear how much things have changed.
I gasped when I saw this item (1710-1711?) for sale today from Dean Cooke Rare Books on Ex Libris. The second photo is Francis Smith Medical Recipe book that I had out in class this morning at U. Iowa (1704). I didn't expect to see one so similar! Are these common? Have you ever seen one before?
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I gasped when I saw this item (1710-1711?) for sale today from Dean Cooke Rare Books on Ex Libris. The second photo is Francis Smith Medical Recipe book that I had out in class this morning at U. Iowa (1704). I didn't expect to see one so similar! Are these common? Have you ever seen one before?
Surprising information in the inscription, and a preservation treatment. 📜
blog.thepreservationlab.org/2025/09/a-ti...
blog.thepreservationlab.org/2025/09/a-ti...
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Surprising information in the inscription, and a preservation treatment. 📜
blog.thepreservationlab.org/2025/09/a-ti...
blog.thepreservationlab.org/2025/09/a-ti...
The public library bookmobile is parked on the medical campus today. I love this so much! Everyone should have easy access. 📚
September 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The public library bookmobile is parked on the medical campus today. I love this so much! Everyone should have easy access. 📚
This is delightful. Ballet Des Moines and the Des Moines Public Library partner to make tickets to the ballet available with your library card. 📚
www.balletdesmoines.org/community-ti...
www.balletdesmoines.org/community-ti...
September 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is delightful. Ballet Des Moines and the Des Moines Public Library partner to make tickets to the ballet available with your library card. 📚
www.balletdesmoines.org/community-ti...
www.balletdesmoines.org/community-ti...
Only ~40% can fit in the Des Moines storage facility, so this would require a significant dispersal and downsizing, and as we know no library or achive does well when it is full with no room to shift or for new acquisitions so that is bad for Des Moines as well.
August 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Only ~40% can fit in the Des Moines storage facility, so this would require a significant dispersal and downsizing, and as we know no library or achive does well when it is full with no room to shift or for new acquisitions so that is bad for Des Moines as well.
The Rally to save the State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa city is busting out of the largest meeting room in the public library.
Here is info and a petition. 📜
Here is info and a petition. 📜
August 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Rally to save the State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa city is busting out of the largest meeting room in the public library.
Here is info and a petition. 📜
Here is info and a petition. 📜
Molding the Future with Mold-A-Ramas. The Henry Ford. (from June)
www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog...
www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog...
August 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Molding the Future with Mold-A-Ramas. The Henry Ford. (from June)
www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog...
www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog...
@genevievecogman.bsky.social This adorable book vandalism is playing out on the final pages of The Mortal Word at the Iowa City Public Library.
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
@genevievecogman.bsky.social This adorable book vandalism is playing out on the final pages of The Mortal Word at the Iowa City Public Library.
The cutest vandalism I have ever found in a library book.
Who is the romantic vandal "N"? Did the beloved one ever check out the book and find the note?
I find it fitting that the main character in the vandalized book is a librarian. 📚 #DontWriteInLibraryBooks
#ButIfYouEverDoItHadBetterBeGood
Who is the romantic vandal "N"? Did the beloved one ever check out the book and find the note?
I find it fitting that the main character in the vandalized book is a librarian. 📚 #DontWriteInLibraryBooks
#ButIfYouEverDoItHadBetterBeGood
July 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The cutest vandalism I have ever found in a library book.
Who is the romantic vandal "N"? Did the beloved one ever check out the book and find the note?
I find it fitting that the main character in the vandalized book is a librarian. 📚 #DontWriteInLibraryBooks
#ButIfYouEverDoItHadBetterBeGood
Who is the romantic vandal "N"? Did the beloved one ever check out the book and find the note?
I find it fitting that the main character in the vandalized book is a librarian. 📚 #DontWriteInLibraryBooks
#ButIfYouEverDoItHadBetterBeGood
While I was supposed to take off with the sun overhead, this view of Chicago was pretty spectacular.
July 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
While I was supposed to take off with the sun overhead, this view of Chicago was pretty spectacular.
Goudy type on display at RIT'S Cary Graphic Arts Collection.
#sharp2025
#sharp2025
July 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Goudy type on display at RIT'S Cary Graphic Arts Collection.
#sharp2025
#sharp2025
The research they're doing at the Image Permance Institute was impressive, but I was enchanted by their reference collections. #sharp2025
July 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The research they're doing at the Image Permance Institute was impressive, but I was enchanted by their reference collections. #sharp2025