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Katy @katy-katy.bsky.social · 1d

Rare book vault flood.

*a true story

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

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.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 18h

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Flustered Duck @flusteredduck.bsky.social · 1d

Medieval hedgehogs were said to harvest fruit (specifically grapes) by spearing fruit shaken off the tree/vine on their spines. This c1300 image shows one hedgehog in a tree doing the shaking and another hedgehog spearing the fruit. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #hedgehog #hedgehogs

In the foreground, a spiky brown hedgehog in a tight ball is spearing red fruit on its spine tips on the ground. Behind it, another brown hedgehog is stretched at length in a green tree shaking the red fruit down. Its notable that the hedgehog in the tree has a pointed snout while the hedgehog on the ground has a much more pig-like head. Image from Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404 (Rothschild Canticles), folio 176r.

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great example of ‘type bite,’ where the handpress operator has pulled the bar with such force that the type ‘bites’ the paper, leaving a raised impression on the verso. This example is from an 1824 court writ. I find this more often on job printed broadsheets than in codices 🗃️ #bookhistory

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 23h

Who doesn't love a sewer? Book now to attend this free event at UCL Bloomsbury on Thursday October 23rd, 10:00 - 12:00.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ucl-specia...

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 7d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social · 7d

💀 Discover a skeleton working a printing press in the Peter Isaac Collection! Peter Isaac, an engineer turned printing enthusiast, focused on the English provincial book trade. The collection is being catalogued — more surprises to come! #RareBooks #PrintingHistory #Archives

Printed illustration of a skeleton operating a printing press.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 7d

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 13d

Happy October! This woodcut of a cat with a mouse is the printer's device of the Venetian printer Melchior Sessa, and was used by his heirs in this 1598 book of sermons.

(Sion A66.0/OS5)

#RareBooks #SionCollege #Cats #Manuscripts

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss the first talk in this year's series of the History Of Libraries Seminar, ✨ tonight ✨ online or in person @warburginstitute.bsky.social!

Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)

Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Libraries and Delinquency: The Case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)

ies.sas.ac.uk

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Jill Dye @jilld17.bsky.social · 12d

Booking is open for @cilip.bsky.social Library & Information History conference! It'll be at @natlibscot.bsky.social on 21 November! Featuring a genuinely stellar line-up, all in person. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freedom-of... @cilipscotland.bsky.social @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social

Freedom of Information/Information as Freedom

CILIP Library and Information History Group Conference 2025

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 13d

Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 16d

For #CoffeeWithACodex (Zoom, 12pm Noon ET) On October 2, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1057, an illuminated Ferial psalter containing the psalms, antiphons, hymns, short chapter readings, and other prayers. It was written in Trento c. 1350.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6

Coffee with a Codex: Ferial Psalter

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 14d

The Holden Lecture is free to attend, but booking is essential to guarantee your place.

Booking and more info here: www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...

www.london.ac.uk

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Spineless Wonders runs until Saturday, 29 November, and is free to visit.

Make sure to drop it and explore before the Holden Lecture! (This isn't obligatory, but we're sure it will increase your enjoyment!)

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Inspired by the Spineless Wonders exhibition at Senate House, the Holden Lecture will explore how the most temporary of historical documents, ephemeral prints, can provide enduring insights invisible in traditional sources in relation to Britain's Post Office during the Restoration period.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 14d

Introducing this year's Holden Lecture: 'Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England'.

🗓️ 30th October
🕕 6:00pm (lecture starts at 6.30pm)
🏫 @senatehouselib.bsky.social

UCL Professor Jason Peacey will explore how ephemeral print materials can unlock crucial historical insights.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Anna-Maria says that responsible AI should not be an after thought. Across the sector there is an emerging trend of AI policy but do they give the guidance that is needed? Let us know if you have any thoughts.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

She draws attention to the fragmented response across the GLAM community towards AI. Resources, skill gaps, lack of sector/legal/national/international guidance, aversion to risk all contribute to this.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our final speaker is Dr Anna-Maria Sichani from School of Advanced Study, University of London bringing us full circle with her presentation 'Operationalising responsible AI in cultural heritage: policies, practices and opportunities' #RBSCG25

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

You can join the Archives Hub Community on Teams and collaborate with other researchers and archivists. It is a friendly, supportive space for everyone with opportunities to work together to crowdsource useful resources and information www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved...

Archives hub community - Jisc

www.jisc.ac.uk

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase holds 165 million records contributed by 205 libraries from the UK & Ireland and Library Hub Discover offers a single search across the NBK. discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk

Jisc Library Hub Discover

discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Carly Richardson and Jennie-Claire Crate from @jisc.bsky.social are now joining us to talk about enhancing discoverability and access for special collections and the role of Jisc’s Archives Hub and Library Hub in metadata transformation and aggregation. #RBSCG25

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

The RBSCG Bibliographic Standards Committee can help you with training, advice and guidance, support for proposals and connecting with others. There are openings for new members to join the Committee - it is a great opportunity for professional development and a lovely bunch of people!

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Have you ever found a pressed plant in a book and wondered what to do with it? Katie is explaining how you can propose a new term for your catalogue records. They suggested 'pressed plants' and 'biological insertions' (you are allowed to laugh at that one) #RBSCG25

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Christine is telling us about how you can get involved by attending meetings, joining a working group, making a proposal or by commenting on ongoing committee work. Get in touch with @afraidofhumans.bsky.social for more info

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