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girlinthe.bsky.social
Mega excited that @awickenden.bsky.social and @samuscript.bsky.social are speaking on 9 December for @rcpmuseum.bsky.social winter lectures. Online, 6pm GMT, £5, book now: history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k... #LibraryHistory #GLAM📚
history.rcp.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
rcpmuseum.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce a virtual winter lectures for exhibition 'A body of knowledge' is open to book 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...

🗓️ 6pm GMT, 9 Dec, £5
😍 Featuring a virtual exhibition tour & fascinating lectures from @awickenden.bsky.social & @samuscript.bsky.social!

#LibraryHistory
Image of an open anatomy book showing a skeleton and other books in cases in the exhibition. Open books in cases in the exhibition, the nearest book is in Arabic.
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Continuing the #StephenGirard #library Yellow Fever theme, here's another work by Jean Devèze, featuring an inscription to Girard on the half-title page.

#rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #books #libraryhistory #PortraitofaCitizen
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
wordinwilderness.bsky.social
My years at the @rosenbachmuseum.bsky.social have turned me into a big fan of rare book glamor shots, so I'm excited to feature many in my forthcoming book "Portrait of a Citizen." Here's a volume of Voltaire from Stephen Girard's library.

#rarebooks #libraries #libraryhistory
October 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
girlinthe.bsky.social
Thoughts by me about the place of libraries, what makes them amazing and what makes them troublesome. #GLAM #rarebooks #libraryhistory 📚
rcpmuseum.bsky.social RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · Oct 10
To celebrate the launch of exhibition 'A Body of Knowledge', lead curator & rare books librarian Katie Birkwood shares her thoughts reflecting upon a career in libraries, the RCP library specifically & the exhibition:

👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/librari...

@rcphysicians.bsky.social #BodyOfKnowledge
Katie Birkwood delivering a speech in the Dorchester Library. An open book showing illustrations of roosters in a display case. The smallest book in the RCP library open showing an illustration of a skeleton. Katie Birkwood standing next to the famous displayed anatomical text by Andreas Vesalius in the exhibition.
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
wordinwilderness.bsky.social
One of Stephen Girard's notable acts of volunteerism was his work during Philadelphia's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. This book's author, the famed publisher Mathew Carey, presented it to Girard in 1830, shortly before the merchant-banker's death.

#rarebooks #PortraitofaCitizen #libraryhistory
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
ejjohnson.bsky.social
And for additional info about Raphael's books, see José del Castillo Utrilla, "Los códices de Marcatelli conservados en la Biblioteca Universitaria de Sevilla," in Historia, Instituciones, Documents 6 (Sevilla, 1979): 33-48. #LibraryHistory
November 15, 2024 at 8:05 PM
harryspillane.bsky.social
This new blog post develops some references to Parker's use of heraldry made in my previous blog post exploring Parker's use of portraiture

@corpuscambridge.bsky.social

#bookhistory #libraryhistory #earlymodern #medieval

www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/mat...
Matthew Parker’s Portrait
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ the old adage tells us. Despite being the first portrait engraved in England, the portrait of Matthew Parker (1504–1575) from the College Statutes (CCCC MS 582) h...
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
girlinthe.bsky.social
Online talk this lunchtime: Dr Michelle Craig on William Hunter's library in Glasgow. 1pm. Free. #LibraryHistory www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-foc...
Friday Focus - Recataloguing the library of Dr William Hunter
Join us for this week's Friday Focus with book historian Dr. Michelle Craig who'll discuss her work on William Hunter's library
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 22, 2023 at 10:32 AM
the6books.bsky.social
the6books visits the #TorontoReferenceLibrary!

Always a pleasure, thank you TPL.

#TorontoPublicLibrary
#TPL
#RaymondMoriyama
#books #library #history #the6 #Toronto #libraryhistory

Citations: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
balibra76.bsky.social
Feeling energized by a 3-hour lunch I had with a #libraryhistory colleague. Lots of thoughts about how our field can acculturate scholars to be generous and supportive, instead of cut-throat and competitive, all while continuing to generate high-quality and insightful #research.
July 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
librarylandia.bsky.social
Libraryland, things are bleak right now and we have also stood up for what's right before. If you don't know the story of the #ConnecticutFour please give this a read - or listen: www.courant.com/2016/09/28/l...

#LibraryHistory #IntellectualFreedom #PatriotAct
Librarians Stand Again Against FBI Overreach
We are the four librarians who fought a government gag order a decade ago when FBI agents demanded library records under the Patriot Act and told us, under penalty of criminal prosecution, that we …
www.courant.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
zbrookman.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! 👋 More posts ("skeets", apparently) on the way... in the meantime, please enjoy my latest, from Library & Information History: doi.org/10.3366/lih....

#earlymodern #bookhistory #libraryhistory
November 18, 2024 at 10:51 AM
natvacalebre.bsky.social
📢 The program for our upcoming workshop "Turning Page(s)" is now available! Join us on December 6th at the Arnamagnæan Institute or online via Zoom (link in the first rwply) for a full day of insightful talks on the history of books, libraries, and more.
Register now! #BookHistory #LibraryHistory
Program of the workshop "Turning Page(s): Nee Horizons in Book and Library History", Copenhagen, Arnamagnæan Institute, December 6th 2024
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
balibra76.bsky.social
So happy that my colleague and friend Eric Novotny won #ALA #LHRT 's Innovation and Advocacy in #LibraryHistory award! Richly deserved! www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Eric C. Novotny selected as the recipient of the LHRT Innovation and Advocacy in Library History Award
The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association has named Eric C. Novotny as the recipient of the 2025 Innovation and Advocacy in Library History Award.
www.ala.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
librarycolleen.bsky.social
History of Antonio Panizzi, Keeper of Printed Books and Librarian at the British Museum, 1830s - 📜 #history #LibraryHistory
crusoesbooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/a...
Ambient Reading
‘The swing-doors swung open; and there one stood under the vast dome.’ IN THE 1830s, the Italian political dissident Antonio Panizzi became Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum…
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August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
mxcountylibrary.bsky.social
📼✨ #ThrowbackThursday ✨📼

Flashback to 1991 when the Ailsa Craig Library made headlines for launching its brand-new video collection—a whopping 56 VHS tapes ready to borrow! They even threw in the popcorn (while supplies lasted!).🎬💛

#LibraryHistory #LibraryLove #OntarioLibraries
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
sujeilugo.bsky.social
Today's mail!! Finally got Belle Da Costa Green: A Librarian's Legacy (2024) published by The Morgan Library & Museum/DelMonico Books #librarians #libraryhistory #blacklibrarianship
June 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
iholowaty.bsky.social
Oh, this is just wonderful! 😂 #libraryhistory
wokestudies.bsky.social Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Oct 11
"Do not bring dogs within the portals" and other Library Rules.
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · Oct 11
Hertfordshire County Council rules for library use, 1930
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
wordinwilderness.bsky.social
For the past eight years, I’ve been working on a project that connects maritime history to a library assembled by merchant Stephen Girard. His vessel the ROUSSEAU, seen here, reflects his cheeky approach to naming ships for controversial philosophes.

#maritimehistory #bookhistory #libraryhistory
September 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
svanimpe.bsky.social
#StampShaming #LibraryHistory #BookHistory
dbellingradt.bsky.social Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Apr 17
Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books.

To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The detail is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235 (page: 1r). Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235 A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The page (1r) is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235. Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235
April 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
balibra76.bsky.social
Visited the #Connecticut State #Library today. A great place for a #libraryhistory nerd. Cool 1910s design!
Beaux-arts style exterior of the library, which shares space with the Supreme Court. Interior of the library. Most of the architectural elements that look like wood are actual painted metal, to protect against fire. Although the chairs are made of oak, the desk and reading light are mostly metal. A weighted door that slides closed if there is a fire.
June 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
bibliomaria.bsky.social
December 6: Free online & in-person #BookHistory and #LibraryHistory workshop! Hosted by the Arnamagnaean Institute Cophenhagen.
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November 11, 2024 at 1:23 PM
superteadrinker.bsky.social
Another lazy question: is there a Cambridge equivalent to Morgan's 'Oxford Libraries Outside the Bodleian'?
#BookHistory #LibraryHistory #Booksky #Libhist
December 1, 2024 at 3:01 PM
natvacalebre.bsky.social
We have seen how well-established topics like early modern #book production, #marginalia, and #libraryhistory can be transformed through the application of new #methodologies and perspectives.
December 6, 2024 at 9:06 PM