CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group
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Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections.
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections
Join the LAI Rare Books Group to learn how climate change affects buildings and special collections in libraries.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections.
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Don't miss this fascinating event @wienerlibrary.bsky.social tomorrow evening!
Last chance to sign up for tomorrow evening's free event, where an expert panel will explore how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for sharing stories of the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities.
Sign up: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/projec...
Sign up: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/projec...
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Don't miss this fascinating event @wienerlibrary.bsky.social tomorrow evening!
#EventNews: The Cranston Lecture 2025
📍St Mary's Church, Reigate
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October, 7.00pm
📚 Bountiful Benevolence: Recent Acquisitions By The Cranston Library by Andrea Thomas
📚 In All 113 Volumes Great & Small - John Seyliard And His Gift To Reigate Publick Library by Hilary Ely
📍St Mary's Church, Reigate
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October, 7.00pm
📚 Bountiful Benevolence: Recent Acquisitions By The Cranston Library by Andrea Thomas
📚 In All 113 Volumes Great & Small - John Seyliard And His Gift To Reigate Publick Library by Hilary Ely
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#EventNews: The Cranston Lecture 2025
📍St Mary's Church, Reigate
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October, 7.00pm
📚 Bountiful Benevolence: Recent Acquisitions By The Cranston Library by Andrea Thomas
📚 In All 113 Volumes Great & Small - John Seyliard And His Gift To Reigate Publick Library by Hilary Ely
📍St Mary's Church, Reigate
🗓️ Tuesday 21st October, 7.00pm
📚 Bountiful Benevolence: Recent Acquisitions By The Cranston Library by Andrea Thomas
📚 In All 113 Volumes Great & Small - John Seyliard And His Gift To Reigate Publick Library by Hilary Ely
This year's #PanizziLectures @britishlibrary.bsky.social
are fast approaching! This year's theme is Books in their Element: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change, and the lectures will be delivered by Isabel Hofmeyr, Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand.
are fast approaching! This year's theme is Books in their Element: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change, and the lectures will be delivered by Isabel Hofmeyr, Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand.
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This year's #PanizziLectures @britishlibrary.bsky.social
are fast approaching! This year's theme is Books in their Element: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change, and the lectures will be delivered by Isabel Hofmeyr, Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand.
are fast approaching! This year's theme is Books in their Element: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change, and the lectures will be delivered by Isabel Hofmeyr, Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Ever wondered what stories lie behind Kew’s collections? 🌍
Today’s the day to find out – it’s #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are here to answer your questions about rare books, explorers’ journals and the care of centuries-old plant records.
Ask below 👇
#AskAnArchivist #KewArchives
Today’s the day to find out – it’s #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are here to answer your questions about rare books, explorers’ journals and the care of centuries-old plant records.
Ask below 👇
#AskAnArchivist #KewArchives
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ever wondered what stories lie behind Kew’s collections? 🌍
Today’s the day to find out – it’s #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are here to answer your questions about rare books, explorers’ journals and the care of centuries-old plant records.
Ask below 👇
#AskAnArchivist #KewArchives
Today’s the day to find out – it’s #AskAnArchivist Day! Our archivists are here to answer your questions about rare books, explorers’ journals and the care of centuries-old plant records.
Ask below 👇
#AskAnArchivist #KewArchives
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Rare book vault flood.
*a true story
*a true story
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Rare book vault flood.
*a true story
*a true story
🦔
Medieval hedgehogs were said to harvest fruit (specifically grapes) by spearing fruit shaken off the tree/vine on their spines. This c1300 image shows one hedgehog in a tree doing the shaking and another hedgehog spearing the fruit. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #hedgehog #hedgehogs
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
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This is a great example of ‘type bite,’ where the handpress operator has pulled the bar with such force that the type ‘bites’ the paper, leaving a raised impression on the verso. This example is from an 1824 court writ. I find this more often on job printed broadsheets than in codices 🗃️ #bookhistory
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is a great example of ‘type bite,’ where the handpress operator has pulled the bar with such force that the type ‘bites’ the paper, leaving a raised impression on the verso. This example is from an 1824 court writ. I find this more often on job printed broadsheets than in codices 🗃️ #bookhistory
Who doesn't love a sewer? Book now to attend this free event at UCL Bloomsbury on Thursday October 23rd, 10:00 - 12:00.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-specia...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-specia...
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Who doesn't love a sewer? Book now to attend this free event at UCL Bloomsbury on Thursday October 23rd, 10:00 - 12:00.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-specia...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-specia...
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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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💀 Discover a skeleton working a printing press in the Peter Isaac Collection! Peter Isaac, an engineer turned printing enthusiast, focused on the English provincial book trade. The collection is being catalogued — more surprises to come! #RareBooks #PrintingHistory #Archives
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
💀 Discover a skeleton working a printing press in the Peter Isaac Collection! Peter Isaac, an engineer turned printing enthusiast, focused on the English provincial book trade. The collection is being catalogued — more surprises to come! #RareBooks #PrintingHistory #Archives
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Happy October! This woodcut of a cat with a mouse is the printer's device of the Venetian printer Melchior Sessa, and was used by his heirs in this 1598 book of sermons.
(Sion A66.0/OS5)
#RareBooks #SionCollege #Cats #Manuscripts
(Sion A66.0/OS5)
#RareBooks #SionCollege #Cats #Manuscripts
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Don't miss the first talk in this year's series of the History Of Libraries Seminar, ✨ tonight ✨ online or in person @warburginstitute.bsky.social!
Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)
Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)
Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Libraries and Delinquency: The Case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)
ies.sas.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Don't miss the first talk in this year's series of the History Of Libraries Seminar, ✨ tonight ✨ online or in person @warburginstitute.bsky.social!
Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)
Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)
Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Booking is open for @cilip.bsky.social Library & Information History conference! It'll be at @natlibscot.bsky.social on 21 November! Featuring a genuinely stellar line-up, all in person. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-of... @cilipscotland.bsky.social @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social
Freedom of Information/Information as Freedom
CILIP Library and Information History Group Conference 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Booking is open for @cilip.bsky.social Library & Information History conference! It'll be at @natlibscot.bsky.social on 21 November! Featuring a genuinely stellar line-up, all in person. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-of... @cilipscotland.bsky.social @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social
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Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602
October 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602
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For #CoffeeWithACodex (Zoom, 12pm Noon ET) On October 2, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1057, an illuminated Ferial psalter containing the psalms, antiphons, hymns, short chapter readings, and other prayers. It was written in Trento c. 1350.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6
Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6
Coffee with a Codex: Ferial Psalter
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For #CoffeeWithACodex (Zoom, 12pm Noon ET) On October 2, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1057, an illuminated Ferial psalter containing the psalms, antiphons, hymns, short chapter readings, and other prayers. It was written in Trento c. 1350.
Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6
Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6
Introducing this year's Holden Lecture: 'Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England'.
🗓️ 30th October
🕕 6:00pm (lecture starts at 6.30pm)
🏫 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
UCL Professor Jason Peacey will explore how ephemeral print materials can unlock crucial historical insights.
🗓️ 30th October
🕕 6:00pm (lecture starts at 6.30pm)
🏫 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
UCL Professor Jason Peacey will explore how ephemeral print materials can unlock crucial historical insights.
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Introducing this year's Holden Lecture: 'Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England'.
🗓️ 30th October
🕕 6:00pm (lecture starts at 6.30pm)
🏫 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
UCL Professor Jason Peacey will explore how ephemeral print materials can unlock crucial historical insights.
🗓️ 30th October
🕕 6:00pm (lecture starts at 6.30pm)
🏫 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
UCL Professor Jason Peacey will explore how ephemeral print materials can unlock crucial historical insights.
Our final speaker is Dr Anna-Maria Sichani from School of Advanced Study, University of London bringing us full circle with her presentation 'Operationalising responsible AI in cultural heritage: policies, practices and opportunities' #RBSCG25
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our final speaker is Dr Anna-Maria Sichani from School of Advanced Study, University of London bringing us full circle with her presentation 'Operationalising responsible AI in cultural heritage: policies, practices and opportunities' #RBSCG25
Carly Richardson and Jennie-Claire Crate from @jisc.bsky.social are now joining us to talk about enhancing discoverability and access for special collections and the role of Jisc’s Archives Hub and Library Hub in metadata transformation and aggregation. #RBSCG25
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Carly Richardson and Jennie-Claire Crate from @jisc.bsky.social are now joining us to talk about enhancing discoverability and access for special collections and the role of Jisc’s Archives Hub and Library Hub in metadata transformation and aggregation. #RBSCG25
Next up is Christine Megowan from the University of Edinburgh and Katie Birkwood from the Royal College
of Physicians, London with their talk 'Interacting with and influencing international standards: Controlled
Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging and others'
of Physicians, London with their talk 'Interacting with and influencing international standards: Controlled
Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging and others'
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Next up is Christine Megowan from the University of Edinburgh and Katie Birkwood from the Royal College
of Physicians, London with their talk 'Interacting with and influencing international standards: Controlled
Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging and others'
of Physicians, London with their talk 'Interacting with and influencing international standards: Controlled
Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging and others'
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So glad that I'm able to attend one day of #RBSCG25 to learn more about AI and cataloguing today. It's an important fixture in the Rare Books calendar! @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
So glad that I'm able to attend one day of #RBSCG25 to learn more about AI and cataloguing today. It's an important fixture in the Rare Books calendar! @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social
Welcome back for Day 3 of #RBSCG25 which is all about AI and metadata transformation 🤖
Kicking us off are Amelie Roper and Suzanne Paul from the University of Cambridge who are introducing us to the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH)
Kicking us off are Amelie Roper and Suzanne Paul from the University of Cambridge who are introducing us to the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH)
September 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Welcome back for Day 3 of #RBSCG25 which is all about AI and metadata transformation 🤖
Kicking us off are Amelie Roper and Suzanne Paul from the University of Cambridge who are introducing us to the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH)
Kicking us off are Amelie Roper and Suzanne Paul from the University of Cambridge who are introducing us to the AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH)
You know the drill:
🕑 2.00pm today
💻 Online via Teams
📚 Day Three of #RBSCG25
We have to say, we've been absolutely loving all of the talks so far, and can't wait for the final four today!
🕑 2.00pm today
💻 Online via Teams
📚 Day Three of #RBSCG25
We have to say, we've been absolutely loving all of the talks so far, and can't wait for the final four today!
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
You know the drill:
🕑 2.00pm today
💻 Online via Teams
📚 Day Three of #RBSCG25
We have to say, we've been absolutely loving all of the talks so far, and can't wait for the final four today!
🕑 2.00pm today
💻 Online via Teams
📚 Day Three of #RBSCG25
We have to say, we've been absolutely loving all of the talks so far, and can't wait for the final four today!
Thank to all of today's speakers; you've certainly generated a lot of conversations with your talks! We're looking forward to continuing those conversations both at Day Three of the conference (from 2.00pm tomorrow) and in the meantime! #RBSCG25
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank to all of today's speakers; you've certainly generated a lot of conversations with your talks! We're looking forward to continuing those conversations both at Day Three of the conference (from 2.00pm tomorrow) and in the meantime! #RBSCG25