Kate Long
@gingeykate.bsky.social
Libraries. Archives. Fun finds. Digital projects. Interested in all things history of the book and print culture. Low-key paper nerd. Research Services Archivist. she/her.
📣 Call for Applications!
No institutional affiliation needed!
Robert & Judith Raymo Chaucer Travel Fellowship for the use of books & materials in the Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection in Smith College Special Collections.
⏳️ Due Jan 5, 2026
More info: libraries.smith.edu/special-coll...
No institutional affiliation needed!
Robert & Judith Raymo Chaucer Travel Fellowship for the use of books & materials in the Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection in Smith College Special Collections.
⏳️ Due Jan 5, 2026
More info: libraries.smith.edu/special-coll...
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📣 Call for Applications!
No institutional affiliation needed!
Robert & Judith Raymo Chaucer Travel Fellowship for the use of books & materials in the Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection in Smith College Special Collections.
⏳️ Due Jan 5, 2026
More info: libraries.smith.edu/special-coll...
No institutional affiliation needed!
Robert & Judith Raymo Chaucer Travel Fellowship for the use of books & materials in the Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection in Smith College Special Collections.
⏳️ Due Jan 5, 2026
More info: libraries.smith.edu/special-coll...
The AI overviews continue to baffle. At least they're both correct?
September 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The AI overviews continue to baffle. At least they're both correct?
Best little note from a teacher appeared in the mail today.
"- for making old things cool for young kids
- for sparking wonder"
Immediately hung right by my desk, of course.
"- for making old things cool for young kids
- for sparking wonder"
Immediately hung right by my desk, of course.
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Best little note from a teacher appeared in the mail today.
"- for making old things cool for young kids
- for sparking wonder"
Immediately hung right by my desk, of course.
"- for making old things cool for young kids
- for sparking wonder"
Immediately hung right by my desk, of course.
And that's a wrap on my return to the conference presentation circuit.
March 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
And that's a wrap on my return to the conference presentation circuit.
Despite being inaccurately listed in the finding aid, I can't say I'm disappointed in the contents of this folder.
Meet one of the delightful felines of notable theologian, Mary Daly.
Meet one of the delightful felines of notable theologian, Mary Daly.
March 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Despite being inaccurately listed in the finding aid, I can't say I'm disappointed in the contents of this folder.
Meet one of the delightful felines of notable theologian, Mary Daly.
Meet one of the delightful felines of notable theologian, Mary Daly.
Thinking back to weird covid times when I had to get creative to digitally capture the physicality of materials for an online book studies class using a light pad, a sideways table lamp, a stack of book supports, and a hovercam.
Paper from the Douglass Morse Howell collection, MRBC MS 38, SCSC
Paper from the Douglass Morse Howell collection, MRBC MS 38, SCSC
March 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thinking back to weird covid times when I had to get creative to digitally capture the physicality of materials for an online book studies class using a light pad, a sideways table lamp, a stack of book supports, and a hovercam.
Paper from the Douglass Morse Howell collection, MRBC MS 38, SCSC
Paper from the Douglass Morse Howell collection, MRBC MS 38, SCSC
Please enjoy Lal Tikon, the prophylactic peddling pachyderm. She distributed condoms and family planning pamphlets throughout India in the late 1960s.
Sophia Smith Collection topical files, Smith College Special Collections
Sophia Smith Collection topical files, Smith College Special Collections
February 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Please enjoy Lal Tikon, the prophylactic peddling pachyderm. She distributed condoms and family planning pamphlets throughout India in the late 1960s.
Sophia Smith Collection topical files, Smith College Special Collections
Sophia Smith Collection topical files, Smith College Special Collections
Welcome any opportunity to teach a little bit of book history.
Poke-A-Dot: Who's in the Ocean by Melissa & Doug (2023), personal collection.
Poke-A-Dot: Who's in the Ocean by Melissa & Doug (2023), personal collection.
February 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Welcome any opportunity to teach a little bit of book history.
Poke-A-Dot: Who's in the Ocean by Melissa & Doug (2023), personal collection.
Poke-A-Dot: Who's in the Ocean by Melissa & Doug (2023), personal collection.
"WILL BE THERE TWO TO FOUR FIFTEEN TUESDAY PLEASE DONT MAKE ME TALK"
Telegram from author Munro Leaf to Marion E. Dodd, owner of The Hampshire Bookshop. Hampshire Bookshop records, Smith College Special Collections.
Telegram from author Munro Leaf to Marion E. Dodd, owner of The Hampshire Bookshop. Hampshire Bookshop records, Smith College Special Collections.
February 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"WILL BE THERE TWO TO FOUR FIFTEEN TUESDAY PLEASE DONT MAKE ME TALK"
Telegram from author Munro Leaf to Marion E. Dodd, owner of The Hampshire Bookshop. Hampshire Bookshop records, Smith College Special Collections.
Telegram from author Munro Leaf to Marion E. Dodd, owner of The Hampshire Bookshop. Hampshire Bookshop records, Smith College Special Collections.
Love a children's book that takes a moment to shout out to a very specific audience.
Found in Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
Found in Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Love a children's book that takes a moment to shout out to a very specific audience.
Found in Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
Found in Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
Using "& pasta & pastry & garlic & all good things" for my morning mantra.
Detail from a drawing created as part of one of Phyllis Birkby's environmental fantasy workshops, Phyllis Birkby papers, Smith College.
Detail from a drawing created as part of one of Phyllis Birkby's environmental fantasy workshops, Phyllis Birkby papers, Smith College.
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Using "& pasta & pastry & garlic & all good things" for my morning mantra.
Detail from a drawing created as part of one of Phyllis Birkby's environmental fantasy workshops, Phyllis Birkby papers, Smith College.
Detail from a drawing created as part of one of Phyllis Birkby's environmental fantasy workshops, Phyllis Birkby papers, Smith College.