Phizz
@phizz.bsky.social
Special Collections Librarian; curator; lapsed D&D warlock; copyright law enthusiast; runner 5.
Today I learned there are AT LEAST 29 active antique bottle clubs across Australia. At a previous online auction this sealed bottle of Tasmanian Fanta sold for AU$45.
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Today I learned there are AT LEAST 29 active antique bottle clubs across Australia. At a previous online auction this sealed bottle of Tasmanian Fanta sold for AU$45.
A colleague shared their favourite artwork in our little library with me today and I just adore it: Onions [art original] by Caroline Peebles, [ca. 1870-ca. 1910], H2010.77/18. We don't know much about Peebles' life but she passed away in 1911, making all her watercolours out of copyright.
August 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A colleague shared their favourite artwork in our little library with me today and I just adore it: Onions [art original] by Caroline Peebles, [ca. 1870-ca. 1910], H2010.77/18. We don't know much about Peebles' life but she passed away in 1911, making all her watercolours out of copyright.
Thank you, Netflix. Yes, I am wonderful; I'm a librarian.
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thank you, Netflix. Yes, I am wonderful; I'm a librarian.
My librarian career is over, folks: I've finally been recruited by the Illuminati.
#dreamsdocometrue #spam
#dreamsdocometrue #spam
July 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My librarian career is over, folks: I've finally been recruited by the Illuminati.
#dreamsdocometrue #spam
#dreamsdocometrue #spam
I am Lady Parsley because of course I am.
July 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I am Lady Parsley because of course I am.
Further proof of the tyranny of stamp addictions.
Yarralumlah, 1952, Argus Ltd H2002.199/749.
#librarian
Yarralumlah, 1952, Argus Ltd H2002.199/749.
#librarian
July 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Further proof of the tyranny of stamp addictions.
Yarralumlah, 1952, Argus Ltd H2002.199/749.
#librarian
Yarralumlah, 1952, Argus Ltd H2002.199/749.
#librarian
Ooh I've got something for that:
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ooh I've got something for that:
I assisted a reference librarian on a VERY important deep dive this morning, finding pictures of giant animals in our collection. This is Goliath, H2004.100/1087, Argus via Acme Newspictures, 1936.
#librarian #gooddog
#librarian #gooddog
June 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I assisted a reference librarian on a VERY important deep dive this morning, finding pictures of giant animals in our collection. This is Goliath, H2004.100/1087, Argus via Acme Newspictures, 1936.
#librarian #gooddog
#librarian #gooddog
Updated list of nazis in the Melbourne area (June). Please share with your community.
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Updated list of nazis in the Melbourne area (June). Please share with your community.
June 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
From the late 1850s until the mid 1990s, this gong was struck to signal the closing of the library for the day. I was allowed to give it a little practice bash today and it's LOUD.
H98.208/1, LTRE262.
#librarian
H98.208/1, LTRE262.
#librarian
May 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
From the late 1850s until the mid 1990s, this gong was struck to signal the closing of the library for the day. I was allowed to give it a little practice bash today and it's LOUD.
H98.208/1, LTRE262.
#librarian
H98.208/1, LTRE262.
#librarian
I spent the morning ferrying around little clumps of matted hair. My job is so glamorous. They're apparently from the camels that carried Burke and Wills on their great ill-fated expedition. H31978.
#burkeandwills #librarian
#burkeandwills #librarian
May 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I spent the morning ferrying around little clumps of matted hair. My job is so glamorous. They're apparently from the camels that carried Burke and Wills on their great ill-fated expedition. H31978.
#burkeandwills #librarian
#burkeandwills #librarian
May 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
After listening to the @ologies.bsky.social episode on Weird Mediaeval Art, I rushed to my teammate and friend, our principal rare books curator, and asked about marginalia snails in our collection. She was so happy to show me this sweet snail wearing a hat ☺️ in a Book of Hours, RARES 096 R66HF.
May 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
After listening to the @ologies.bsky.social episode on Weird Mediaeval Art, I rushed to my teammate and friend, our principal rare books curator, and asked about marginalia snails in our collection. She was so happy to show me this sweet snail wearing a hat ☺️ in a Book of Hours, RARES 096 R66HF.
This fascinating cultural heritage was discovered by our Digital Preservationist on a USB stick. It dates back to 2008 when the internet was all sharp corners and serif fonts, but is still functioning Trojan malware which put our forensic acquisition workstation into lockdown for a day.
#FRED
#FRED
April 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This fascinating cultural heritage was discovered by our Digital Preservationist on a USB stick. It dates back to 2008 when the internet was all sharp corners and serif fonts, but is still functioning Trojan malware which put our forensic acquisition workstation into lockdown for a day.
#FRED
#FRED
Thanks for the musk sticks, Tim Ross 🥰
(If I were allowed to eat at my desk, the bowl would be empty by now. Only shame and mild inconvenience is stopping me.)
(If I were allowed to eat at my desk, the bowl would be empty by now. Only shame and mild inconvenience is stopping me.)
April 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks for the musk sticks, Tim Ross 🥰
(If I were allowed to eat at my desk, the bowl would be empty by now. Only shame and mild inconvenience is stopping me.)
(If I were allowed to eat at my desk, the bowl would be empty by now. Only shame and mild inconvenience is stopping me.)
A new digital exhibition has just been released on Ned Kelly, titled Mouthful of Dust:
www.slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-...
presenting 3D photography of armour, boot, rifle, death mask and the Letter, and new writing from Grace Chan, Cameron Hurst, Wesley Enoch, Sarah Krasnostein, and Nam Le.
www.slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-...
presenting 3D photography of armour, boot, rifle, death mask and the Letter, and new writing from Grace Chan, Cameron Hurst, Wesley Enoch, Sarah Krasnostein, and Nam Le.
April 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A new digital exhibition has just been released on Ned Kelly, titled Mouthful of Dust:
www.slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-...
presenting 3D photography of armour, boot, rifle, death mask and the Letter, and new writing from Grace Chan, Cameron Hurst, Wesley Enoch, Sarah Krasnostein, and Nam Le.
www.slv.vic.gov.au/mouthful-of-...
presenting 3D photography of armour, boot, rifle, death mask and the Letter, and new writing from Grace Chan, Cameron Hurst, Wesley Enoch, Sarah Krasnostein, and Nam Le.
To help us all through our Friday-itis, I present this tidy lil guy and his... well, whatever it is, he's looking at it so adoringly that I can't even bare to insult it. It's his baby; his treasure; his pride and joy. Look at our little guy swoon over it!
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
To help us all through our Friday-itis, I present this tidy lil guy and his... well, whatever it is, he's looking at it so adoringly that I can't even bare to insult it. It's his baby; his treasure; his pride and joy. Look at our little guy swoon over it!
Attending ALIA's Information Online conference today, learning about the NLA's ICIP Protocol implementation. Really liked this quote by James Baldwin, shared in the presentation. #InfoOnline25
March 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Attending ALIA's Information Online conference today, learning about the NLA's ICIP Protocol implementation. Really liked this quote by James Baldwin, shared in the presentation. #InfoOnline25
Interesting tagging technique...
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#italianitalianitalianitalianitalian
March 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Interesting tagging technique...
#italianitalianitalianitalianitalian
#italianitalianitalianitalianitalian
Here it is; the talk of the town. The Whole Pantry by Belle Gibson. Held in my library as Legal Deposit and this week transferred to our Rare collection to prevent it being stolen.
March 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Here it is; the talk of the town. The Whole Pantry by Belle Gibson. Held in my library as Legal Deposit and this week transferred to our Rare collection to prevent it being stolen.
As seen on Instagram by Sam Wallman @ourmembersbeunited and featured by Overland Magazine
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March 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As seen on Instagram by Sam Wallman @ourmembersbeunited and featured by Overland Magazine
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My colleague @terrihonk.bsky.social gave a presentation for Women's History Month today and I'd like to highlight a project she discussed. Our special collections cataloguers are identifying and updating our records to make women's names easier to find, rightfully highlighting their contributions.
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My colleague @terrihonk.bsky.social gave a presentation for Women's History Month today and I'd like to highlight a project she discussed. Our special collections cataloguers are identifying and updating our records to make women's names easier to find, rightfully highlighting their contributions.
"If anyone take away this book, let him die the death; let him be fried in a pan; let the falling sickness and fever seize him; let him be broken on the wheel, and hanged. Amen."
- Arnstein Bible, W. Germany (Arnstein), c. 1172 Harley MS 2798, f. 235v, British Library.
- Arnstein Bible, W. Germany (Arnstein), c. 1172 Harley MS 2798, f. 235v, British Library.
February 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"If anyone take away this book, let him die the death; let him be fried in a pan; let the falling sickness and fever seize him; let him be broken on the wheel, and hanged. Amen."
- Arnstein Bible, W. Germany (Arnstein), c. 1172 Harley MS 2798, f. 235v, British Library.
- Arnstein Bible, W. Germany (Arnstein), c. 1172 Harley MS 2798, f. 235v, British Library.