Erika Giddens
@egiddens.bsky.social
rare books, reference, she/her, hi! views my own
Happy Halloween from the reading room copy of the Folger Edition of Julius Caesar
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Halloween from the reading room copy of the Folger Edition of Julius Caesar
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I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize! Stay tuned this week for more on the fascinating winning collection and honorable mentions:
themillions.com/2025/09/meet...
themillions.com/2025/09/meet...
September 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize! Stay tuned this week for more on the fascinating winning collection and honorable mentions:
themillions.com/2025/09/meet...
themillions.com/2025/09/meet...
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I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession.
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...
RBMS Mentoring Program
The Mentoring Program, administered by the Membership and Professional Development Committee, is designed to facilitate communication between RBMS members and to support their professional developm…
rbms.info
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession.
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...
RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜
rbms.info/committees/m...
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Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
www.oxforddnb.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
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When I say “technology” I mean the codex
it annoys me so much that nowadays when people say "technology" they mean "another website" rather than, say, the interface between steel wheel and steel rail
the tech industry (can we rename it please?) has turned everyone's brain into soup
the tech industry (can we rename it please?) has turned everyone's brain into soup
August 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
When I say “technology” I mean the codex
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I cannot overstate how influential Fobazi Ettarh’s work has been for me and others in libraryland. If you can support her and her wife in appreciation, now is the time!
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I cannot overstate how influential Fobazi Ettarh’s work has been for me and others in libraryland. If you can support her and her wife in appreciation, now is the time!
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Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
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I’m thinking a lot about what Fobazi Ettarh called “vocational awe” in librarianship, where the mythos & idealization of the “sacred” nature of the work leads to under-compensation (“not for the money”), job creep, martyrdom & burnout, silences marginalized folks, & more.
Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m thinking a lot about what Fobazi Ettarh called “vocational awe” in librarianship, where the mythos & idealization of the “sacred” nature of the work leads to under-compensation (“not for the money”), job creep, martyrdom & burnout, silences marginalized folks, & more.
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Hello, I’m a special collections librarian in a film. I can’t go two appearances without shushing someone, and I insist people handle the collections with white gloves. I use the Dewey Decimal System for the manuscripts. I am either a spinster or a bombshell.
Hello, I'm an English Professor in a film. I have only ever read Moby Dick, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I quote them extensively in ways that let you know the film writers were English majors.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.
July 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Hello, I’m a special collections librarian in a film. I can’t go two appearances without shushing someone, and I insist people handle the collections with white gloves. I use the Dewey Decimal System for the manuscripts. I am either a spinster or a bombshell.
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Historians! What are your favorite things to give grad students on how to read?
July 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Historians! What are your favorite things to give grad students on how to read?
Recently learned I have a 5 star Uber rider rating. Can I put this on my CV? Should I put it in my bio? I am perfect at taking Ubers. Everyone needs to know
July 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Recently learned I have a 5 star Uber rider rating. Can I put this on my CV? Should I put it in my bio? I am perfect at taking Ubers. Everyone needs to know
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Me whenever I watch a piece of media where people have archival materials or records and there's nary an #archivist nor records manager to be seen. 📜 #GLAMS #archives
July 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Me whenever I watch a piece of media where people have archival materials or records and there's nary an #archivist nor records manager to be seen. 📜 #GLAMS #archives
DC comic cover of the day.
If you see this post a DC comic cover you love.
First romance comic I ever bought!
If you see this post a DC comic cover you love.
First romance comic I ever bought!
July 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
DC comic cover of the day.
If you see this post a DC comic cover you love.
First romance comic I ever bought!
If you see this post a DC comic cover you love.
First romance comic I ever bought!
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‘Tis the season!
July 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘Tis the season!
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Please apply, especially early career and independant scholars! Come visit #Antwerp and use our magnificent collections!
Studying #earlymodern #bookhistory, #rarebooks, or print culture? Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus & the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library offer unmatched treasures.
Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
Fellowship Programme | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...
museumplantinmoretus.be
July 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Please apply, especially early career and independant scholars! Come visit #Antwerp and use our magnificent collections!
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Researchers!
Short-term fellowships for working with Beinecke Library (and all Yale special collections) are open for applications.
Deadline is July 31.
beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...
Short-term fellowships for working with Beinecke Library (and all Yale special collections) are open for applications.
Deadline is July 31.
beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...
Fellowships
beinecke.library.yale.edu
July 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Researchers!
Short-term fellowships for working with Beinecke Library (and all Yale special collections) are open for applications.
Deadline is July 31.
beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...
Short-term fellowships for working with Beinecke Library (and all Yale special collections) are open for applications.
Deadline is July 31.
beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...
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If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
New blog post about my favorite book of doodles! “In which a 16th century monk flips me off, and we all pick out our next tattoos.”
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Adages and Annotations | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
July 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
New blog post about my favorite book of doodles! “In which a 16th century monk flips me off, and we all pick out our next tattoos.”
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Happy RBMS week! I’m tuning in virtually. If you’re attending in person, please do one of those elbow taps to everyone you see for me
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Happy RBMS week! I’m tuning in virtually. If you’re attending in person, please do one of those elbow taps to everyone you see for me
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Reference librarians all have to take a course in omniscience as part of their training.
June 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reference librarians all have to take a course in omniscience as part of their training.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance
June 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance
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old ads used to be so cool. baffling lie. four kinds of typesetting. ends in a demand
May 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
old ads used to be so cool. baffling lie. four kinds of typesetting. ends in a demand
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.