Rachel Stein
@rachelstein.bsky.social
Librarian, PhD/diss in book history and early modern Iberian worlds.
NEW Black Press in the U.S. Research Guide: libguides.tulane.edu/black_press/ with detailed section on *Louisiana Black Press.* Many resources behind paywalls, so check your library's database lists. Not the only such resource out there, but we hope it's of use!
February 1, 2024 at 5:23 PM
NEW Black Press in the U.S. Research Guide: libguides.tulane.edu/black_press/ with detailed section on *Louisiana Black Press.* Many resources behind paywalls, so check your library's database lists. Not the only such resource out there, but we hope it's of use!
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Putting together a blog post of new acquisitions and this Aleph-bet chart from Frankfurt c.1730 with lots of woodcuts (familiar from Sifre Minhagim!) and beautiful big type is just making me very happy.
Also, I've always loved the word melupum :)
Also, I've always loved the word melupum :)
January 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Putting together a blog post of new acquisitions and this Aleph-bet chart from Frankfurt c.1730 with lots of woodcuts (familiar from Sifre Minhagim!) and beautiful big type is just making me very happy.
Also, I've always loved the word melupum :)
Also, I've always loved the word melupum :)
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This is related to the imminent launch of a White Paper on Judaica Provenance providing guidance to libraries and book collections.
We've been working for 3 years now to provide best practices for working with Judaic books and manuscripts in a field rife with complications.
We've been working for 3 years now to provide best practices for working with Judaic books and manuscripts in a field rife with complications.
Really interesting series on Zoom abt Jewish books provenance #BookHistory in medieval & modern times, featuring both researchers and curators including @mmargolis.bsky.social @yoelf.bsky.social convened by Penn's Katz Center: katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/who-w...
January 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
This is related to the imminent launch of a White Paper on Judaica Provenance providing guidance to libraries and book collections.
We've been working for 3 years now to provide best practices for working with Judaic books and manuscripts in a field rife with complications.
We've been working for 3 years now to provide best practices for working with Judaic books and manuscripts in a field rife with complications.
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Library folks: please share, apply, and come work with us. It's a good spot, as universities go. I'm on the search committee and happy to talk to anyone.
College of Info Studies at UMD, College Park, invites apps for open rank TT faculty "focused on pursuing novel, innovative, + impactful rsch that examines the changing roles + landscape of libraries of all types in [our] interconnected, diverse, and info-rich world."
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor
The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (the INFO College), invites applications for an open rank tenured or tenure track faculty position focused on pursuing no...
ejobs.umd.edu
January 12, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Library folks: please share, apply, and come work with us. It's a good spot, as universities go. I'm on the search committee and happy to talk to anyone.
Would love to know what keeps more academics from organizing like this. It took the publisher being egregious and meddling with the editorial process—but trust, these publishers are being egregious in their pricing, and we normalize it. Why?
January 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Would love to know what keeps more academics from organizing like this. It took the publisher being egregious and meddling with the editorial process—but trust, these publishers are being egregious in their pricing, and we normalize it. Why?
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📢 Join us at #MLA24 in Philadelphia for a roundtable sponsored by the CLSC Global Hispanophone Forum & a panel co-sponsored with the LLC Colonial Latin America Forum. Don't miss out on thought-provoking discussions! @bibliophilenick.bsky.social @cristinaele.bsky.social @jorgetellez.bsky.social et al
December 19, 2023 at 7:59 PM
📢 Join us at #MLA24 in Philadelphia for a roundtable sponsored by the CLSC Global Hispanophone Forum & a panel co-sponsored with the LLC Colonial Latin America Forum. Don't miss out on thought-provoking discussions! @bibliophilenick.bsky.social @cristinaele.bsky.social @jorgetellez.bsky.social et al
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Hey, lunatics, want to get insufferably deep into collation, debates about bibliographical format, the difference between issue and state?
Join me for Descriptive Bibliography at @CalRBS this coming August.
www.calrbs.org/program/cour...
Join me for Descriptive Bibliography at @CalRBS this coming August.
www.calrbs.org/program/cour...
Descriptive Bibliography – CalRBS
www.calrbs.org
December 12, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Hey, lunatics, want to get insufferably deep into collation, debates about bibliographical format, the difference between issue and state?
Join me for Descriptive Bibliography at @CalRBS this coming August.
www.calrbs.org/program/cour...
Join me for Descriptive Bibliography at @CalRBS this coming August.
www.calrbs.org/program/cour...