Yuzhou
@baiy.bsky.social
Beijinger roaming in Massachusetts, special collections librarian doing trivial things
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Yuzhou
@baiy.bsky.social
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We had a prestigious guest inspecting our microfilm room today. Meet Remy, resident scholar of the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
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CFP: 14th Annual ESPRit conference: “Periodicals and the World”
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
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9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
Periodicals and the World
Since their inception, periodicals have travelled across regions, reporting on local and global events and developments, and shaping public discourse on wh...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
CFP: 14th Annual ESPRit conference: “Periodicals and the World”
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
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Bringing rare books to students of a Chinese language class that focused on Chinese food culture:
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bringing rare books to students of a Chinese language class that focused on Chinese food culture:
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
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Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
The high court turned down a petition from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who objected on religious grounds to issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
ILS Panel on “New #BookHistory Research with Internet Data”: internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok ... events.iu.edu/siceiub/even...
ILS Panel on “New Book History Research with Internet Data”
This is a panel on “Book History with Internet Data”, with 8 panelists from different IMLS/iSchools, funded by SHARP.
events.iu.edu
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ILS Panel on “New #BookHistory Research with Internet Data”: internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok ... events.iu.edu/siceiub/even...
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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What A Week for Libraries
Your donations and support helped make these wins possible!
www.everylibrary.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
It's only Thursday morning and my grammar is already tanking.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's only Thursday morning and my grammar is already tanking.
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"Can they read whole books anymore?" --> "How can we create the conditions that make reading whole books seem fun, easy, doable, rewarding?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Can they read whole books anymore?" --> "How can we create the conditions that make reading whole books seem fun, easy, doable, rewarding?"
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How did socialist projects of making antibiotics and building atom bombs amount to the primitive accumulation of "scientific capital" in the People's Republic?
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How did socialist projects of making antibiotics and building atom bombs amount to the primitive accumulation of "scientific capital" in the People's Republic?
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
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In this as in so many other areas of American life, China has been the model
nowadays every app wants to be a platform, and platform logic requires that they become the *only* platform.
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
that's why they all start as Specific: The Tool That Does A Thing and five years later announce they're rebranding as Totalizr: We Manage Your Life
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
In this as in so many other areas of American life, China has been the model
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We are sad to share that Janet Theiss, historian of China at the University of Utah and AAS East & Inner Asia Council Chair, has passed away. Janet has been a longtime AAS member and a leader in the field of Qing Studies. Our deepest sympathies go out to her family & colleagues.
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We are sad to share that Janet Theiss, historian of China at the University of Utah and AAS East & Inner Asia Council Chair, has passed away. Janet has been a longtime AAS member and a leader in the field of Qing Studies. Our deepest sympathies go out to her family & colleagues.
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Mongolian Association for Manchu Studies is co-organizing a Manchu studies International conference w/ Eotvos Lorand University.
Dunno if I mentioned it here, but National Library of Mongolia has a treasure trove of Manchu-language documents, w/out which "Manchu studies" is rather incomplete IMO 🤔
Dunno if I mentioned it here, but National Library of Mongolia has a treasure trove of Manchu-language documents, w/out which "Manchu studies" is rather incomplete IMO 🤔
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Mongolian Association for Manchu Studies is co-organizing a Manchu studies International conference w/ Eotvos Lorand University.
Dunno if I mentioned it here, but National Library of Mongolia has a treasure trove of Manchu-language documents, w/out which "Manchu studies" is rather incomplete IMO 🤔
Dunno if I mentioned it here, but National Library of Mongolia has a treasure trove of Manchu-language documents, w/out which "Manchu studies" is rather incomplete IMO 🤔
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Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles
Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles
Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Radio Free Asia says it is halting its news operations due to funding troubles
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The 2026 RBMS Conference, "Advocacy" CFP is live! The conference will be in June in Milwaukee, and online.
Submit your proposals by December 12th! 📜 #SpecialCollections #Archives web.cvent.com/event/0F0104...
Submit your proposals by December 12th! 📜 #SpecialCollections #Archives web.cvent.com/event/0F0104...
RBMS 2026. Online registration by Cvent
Join us for the RBMS Conference and be part of a transformative experience. Help create a more inclusive future for rare book and manuscript libraries.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The 2026 RBMS Conference, "Advocacy" CFP is live! The conference will be in June in Milwaukee, and online.
Submit your proposals by December 12th! 📜 #SpecialCollections #Archives web.cvent.com/event/0F0104...
Submit your proposals by December 12th! 📜 #SpecialCollections #Archives web.cvent.com/event/0F0104...
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3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
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'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests"
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
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You know what ys the coolest thinge? Libraryes.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
You know what ys the coolest thinge? Libraryes.
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when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
Tripitaka Koreana - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
"We recognize that some potential financial risks may lie ahead—but weakening the institution from within by eliminating staff before any major loss has occurred is not protection; it is self-inflicted harm." huctw.org/petition-to-...
Petition to Protect Harvard Jobs and Programs - HUCTW
Sign our petition below to let University leaders know that the Harvard community is united in the fight to protect University staff and projects from drastic budget cuts. Everyone in
huctw.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"We recognize that some potential financial risks may lie ahead—but weakening the institution from within by eliminating staff before any major loss has occurred is not protection; it is self-inflicted harm." huctw.org/petition-to-...
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JOB: Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
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$53,000 salary
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at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
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$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
The University of Southern Maine is committed to building a culturally diverse team of leaders, faculty, and staff. Multilingual applicants would be an asset to this role. Women, minorities, individua...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
JOB: Cartographic Cataloging Librarian
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
at Osher Map Library, Portland, Maine
fa-ewca-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
$53,000 salary
cc @archivesgig.bsky.social #maps
Preservation nightmare.
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Preservation nightmare.
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Would you like to potentially host a Summer 2026 MLIS student for a 150 hour for-credit practicum placement?
It is particularly difficult to find online options for students who are interested in gaining more library/cultural heritage work experience. Let me know if you have ideas! 📚📜
It is particularly difficult to find online options for students who are interested in gaining more library/cultural heritage work experience. Let me know if you have ideas! 📚📜
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Would you like to potentially host a Summer 2026 MLIS student for a 150 hour for-credit practicum placement?
It is particularly difficult to find online options for students who are interested in gaining more library/cultural heritage work experience. Let me know if you have ideas! 📚📜
It is particularly difficult to find online options for students who are interested in gaining more library/cultural heritage work experience. Let me know if you have ideas! 📚📜
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History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
Additional duties as assigned
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 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Additional duties as assigned
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though Flower Bouquet in the Polished Mirror 品花寶鑑 (1849) is not, as is sometimes claimed, an "ancient gay encyclopedia," it is one of the greatest queer novels of the nineteenth century, and it still does not have an English-language wikipedia entry
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Reflections on Flower Bouquet in the Polished Mirror 品花寶鑑 (1849) | kmichaelwilson
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October 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
though Flower Bouquet in the Polished Mirror 品花寶鑑 (1849) is not, as is sometimes claimed, an "ancient gay encyclopedia," it is one of the greatest queer novels of the nineteenth century, and it still does not have an English-language wikipedia entry
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Back to Princeton. First stop:
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Back to Princeton. First stop: