Louise Pitre
@louisemireille.bsky.social
Passionate about: early book and print history / early modern English religious culture / the history of libraries / palaeography
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Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social
Backlogs and beyond: AI in primary cataloging workflows | hangingtogether.org/backlogs-and...
Backlogs and beyond: AI in primary cataloging workflows - Hanging Together
Facing backlogs, legacy metadata issues, and language challenges, libraries are exploring how AI may offer practical support—while keeping human expertise central.
hangingtogether.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Backlogs and beyond: AI in primary cataloging workflows | hangingtogether.org/backlogs-and...
The first day of class can be scary even as an adult and even for something as fun as a @rarebookschool.bsky.social course on the Hand-Press period. We had our first class this afternoon and it was delightful. Not scary at all.
We're accepting applications for our fall online course, A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period. The course, taught by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, runs Sundays, 10/19-12/14. Application deadline is Fri 10/10. More at rarebookschool.org/fall-online-course-thinking-bibliographically
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The first day of class can be scary even as an adult and even for something as fun as a @rarebookschool.bsky.social course on the Hand-Press period. We had our first class this afternoon and it was delightful. Not scary at all.
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Center For Research #Libraries (#CRL) Pilots #AI to Accelerate #Metadata Production www.crl.edu/crl-pilots-a...
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Center For Research #Libraries (#CRL) Pilots #AI to Accelerate #Metadata Production www.crl.edu/crl-pilots-a...
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We're delighted that so many people have already signed up for our @zooniverse.bsky.social historic wills transcribathon on Thursday 24 July! 📜✍️
⏳ Sign up for your free place at: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
#Skystorians #history #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
⏳ Sign up for your free place at: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
#Skystorians #history #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
We're delighted that so many people have already signed up for our @zooniverse.bsky.social historic wills transcribathon on Thursday 24 July! 📜✍️
⏳ Sign up for your free place at: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
#Skystorians #history #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
⏳ Sign up for your free place at: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com
#Skystorians #history #EarlyModern @uoearchhist.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
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#ALAAC25 🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, as an ALA Annual Featured Speaker! She will be joined by author Kwame Alexander! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most influential voices in our field!
Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...
Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...
June 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#ALAAC25 🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, as an ALA Annual Featured Speaker! She will be joined by author Kwame Alexander! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most influential voices in our field!
Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...
Register Now! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...
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"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted."
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump
Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, ...
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June 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Democracies are not to be taken for granted, and the institutions that support democracy should not be taken for granted."
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Spectacular interview with Dr. Carla Hayden on @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social today.
www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...
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We're delighted that our project has been featured in a brand new @zooniverse.bsky.social video! 📽️📼
Researchers @jwhittle.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social & @bhamhistory.bsky.social explain what it's all about📜
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🧵1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkN...
Researchers @jwhittle.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social & @bhamhistory.bsky.social explain what it's all about📜
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🧵1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkN...
Around the Zoo- The Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790
YouTube video by The Zooniverse
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June 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're delighted that our project has been featured in a brand new @zooniverse.bsky.social video! 📽️📼
Researchers @jwhittle.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social & @bhamhistory.bsky.social explain what it's all about📜
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🧵1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkN...
Researchers @jwhittle.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social & @bhamhistory.bsky.social explain what it's all about📜
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
🧵1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkN...
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Some lovely ampersands here! I think the fourth one, down at the bottom, is my favourite. (And of course, the ampersand′s birth and evolution are covered at Shady Characters: shadycharacters.co.uk/series/the-a...)
June 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Some lovely ampersands here! I think the fourth one, down at the bottom, is my favourite. (And of course, the ampersand′s birth and evolution are covered at Shady Characters: shadycharacters.co.uk/series/the-a...)
This year's six Gifford Lectures by Dr. Alexandra Walsham on Religious Movements: Motion and Emotion in Early Modern Christian History were beautiful contributions to our understanding of early modern European religious culture. The RSE has posted the seminar session: www.youtube.com/live/J1TaJ3D...
RSE Gifford Seminar 2025 | Motion and emotion in early modern Christian history
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This year's six Gifford Lectures by Dr. Alexandra Walsham on Religious Movements: Motion and Emotion in Early Modern Christian History were beautiful contributions to our understanding of early modern European religious culture. The RSE has posted the seminar session: www.youtube.com/live/J1TaJ3D...
Beautiful.
👀 Watch government transparency in action—frame by frame.
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
We just launched a live feed from the microfiche digitization lab!
📽️ Real-time scanning of government documents & records for Democracy's Library. ⤵️
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Ever wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real ti...
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May 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Beautiful.
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Wanna learn how to improve cataloguing and discoverability of the pre-modern manuscript fragments in your library's collection? You're in luck! There are still a few spots available in my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course on that very subject. Apply today! rarebookschool.org/courses/libr...
Medieval Manuscript Fragments: Cataloging & Discoverability | Rare Book School
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 20–25 July 2025 Format: in person, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA Fee: $1,495 The study of medieval manuscript fragments has developed into its own ...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wanna learn how to improve cataloguing and discoverability of the pre-modern manuscript fragments in your library's collection? You're in luck! There are still a few spots available in my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course on that very subject. Apply today! rarebookschool.org/courses/libr...
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
May 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
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Libraries told us the challenges in digital collection stewardship—so we built a solution with our community.
Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: A cloud-based platform integrating processing, digital asset management, preservation, and access.
Read the announcement: bit.ly/4cjfr00
Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: A cloud-based platform integrating processing, digital asset management, preservation, and access.
Read the announcement: bit.ly/4cjfr00
April 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Libraries told us the challenges in digital collection stewardship—so we built a solution with our community.
Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: A cloud-based platform integrating processing, digital asset management, preservation, and access.
Read the announcement: bit.ly/4cjfr00
Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: A cloud-based platform integrating processing, digital asset management, preservation, and access.
Read the announcement: bit.ly/4cjfr00
"The men were not allowed into offices and left soon after, the employee said, adding that the Library of Congress is a legislative branch agency, and has not yet received direction from Congress on how to move forward."
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"The men were not allowed into offices and left soon after, the employee said, adding that the Library of Congress is a legislative branch agency, and has not yet received direction from Congress on how to move forward."
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BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
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“They targeted the wrong profession. If anyone thought that we were quiet and we were going to stand back, they didn’t know us.” — ALA President Cindy Hohl
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: Trump is slashing library funds. California is a target
Amid the chaos of government cuts, the defunding of grants to libraries has gone largely unnoticed. But California wasn't spared.
www.latimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“They targeted the wrong profession. If anyone thought that we were quiet and we were going to stand back, they didn’t know us.” — ALA President Cindy Hohl
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Registration open! Excited about this roundtable bringing together the brains of @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social & Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust
19 May, 6-8pm, @rshc.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-t...
19 May, 6-8pm, @rshc.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-t...
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Registration open! Excited about this roundtable bringing together the brains of @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social & Ansar Ahmed Ullah from the Swadhinata Trust
19 May, 6-8pm, @rshc.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-t...
19 May, 6-8pm, @rshc.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-t...
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Interlibrary loans suspended in South Dakota.
Without federal library funding, libraries across the state may be forced to halt or charge for sharing books—a service vital to students, families, and rural communities.
southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/04/15/s...
#ForOurLibraries
Without federal library funding, libraries across the state may be forced to halt or charge for sharing books—a service vital to students, families, and rural communities.
southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/04/15/s...
#ForOurLibraries
‘After all our hard work’: Federal fallout leads to suspension of interlibrary loan courier service • South Dakota Searchlight
The State Library cannot renew its contract with the courier service due to “the uncertainty” surrounding federal funding.
southdakotasearchlight.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Interlibrary loans suspended in South Dakota.
Without federal library funding, libraries across the state may be forced to halt or charge for sharing books—a service vital to students, families, and rural communities.
southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/04/15/s...
#ForOurLibraries
Without federal library funding, libraries across the state may be forced to halt or charge for sharing books—a service vital to students, families, and rural communities.
southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/04/15/s...
#ForOurLibraries
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The National Endowment for the Humanities is an essential force for good. Rare Book School affirms the vital importance of @nehgov.bsky.social in supporting programs and grants that enrich the cultural understandings of our citizens, our communities, and our nation.
April 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an essential force for good. Rare Book School affirms the vital importance of @nehgov.bsky.social in supporting programs and grants that enrich the cultural understandings of our citizens, our communities, and our nation.
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Please read this post that my colleague and collaborator, the amazing @patriciaingham.bsky.social, wrote about our 2024–2027 NEH grant that was terminated by DOGE last week #medievalsky #humanitiesinitiatives
(cc @altnehgov.bsky.social)
(cc @altnehgov.bsky.social)
A post on our situation at IU, now up on Dailykos www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
DOGE terminated our NEH project grant, and what that means.
On Thursday evening we received notification that our open 3-year NEH grant, “Establishing an undergraduate Book Studies minor at Indiana University” was terminated, effective immediately. We were one...
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April 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Please read this post that my colleague and collaborator, the amazing @patriciaingham.bsky.social, wrote about our 2024–2027 NEH grant that was terminated by DOGE last week #medievalsky #humanitiesinitiatives
(cc @altnehgov.bsky.social)
(cc @altnehgov.bsky.social)
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The IES runs an MA/MRes in the History of the Book
This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about books and book history in the heart of literary London, and to make the most of our extensive network in the book trade and libraries sector
Learn more here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-and-tr...
This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about books and book history in the heart of literary London, and to make the most of our extensive network in the book trade and libraries sector
Learn more here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-and-tr...
MA/MRes in the History of the Book
ies.sas.ac.uk
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The IES runs an MA/MRes in the History of the Book
This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about books and book history in the heart of literary London, and to make the most of our extensive network in the book trade and libraries sector
Learn more here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-and-tr...
This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about books and book history in the heart of literary London, and to make the most of our extensive network in the book trade and libraries sector
Learn more here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-and-tr...