Alex Caccamo
@accaccamo.bsky.social
Librarian - Special Collections and Archives at Maynooth University
Really enjoyed getting to share a unique aspect to working in the Russell Library at Maynooth 🦇🦇🦇
@mulibrary.bsky.social colleagues Alex Caccamo and Sarah Timmins speaking on ‘Bookish Bats: a unique sustainable delivery service in the Russell Library’ at #conul25
May 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Really enjoyed getting to share a unique aspect to working in the Russell Library at Maynooth 🦇🦇🦇
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Members of the CONUL Board, including the Chair of CONUL ciara McCaffrey, with the brand new 2025-2029 Strategy "Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries"
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May 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Members of the CONUL Board, including the Chair of CONUL ciara McCaffrey, with the brand new 2025-2029 Strategy "Shaping Tomorrow: The Next Chapter for Irish Research Libraries"
conul.ie/conul-strate...
conul.ie/conul-strate...
@richove.bsky.social on the cultural and social importance of ‘boring books’ @conulconference.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@richove.bsky.social on the cultural and social importance of ‘boring books’ @conulconference.bsky.social
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Great to see such a wonderful array of papers from @mulibrary.bsky.social colleagues @conulconference.bsky.social . I’m sorry I can’t it make it this year. Massive congrats to @morleyfme.bsky.social who concludes her term as conference chair. Fiona & the committee have done fantastic work!
May 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great to see such a wonderful array of papers from @mulibrary.bsky.social colleagues @conulconference.bsky.social . I’m sorry I can’t it make it this year. Massive congrats to @morleyfme.bsky.social who concludes her term as conference chair. Fiona & the committee have done fantastic work!
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Sun selfie. Claws retracted so I could press the thingie.
May 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Sun selfie. Claws retracted so I could press the thingie.
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Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
Guest Post - Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs - The Scholarly Kitchen
The renaming of "Mount Denali" and "Gulf of Mexico" to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley" and "Gulf of America" reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where mean...
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April 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g...
Interested in historical pamphlets? Have a 👀 at this blog post on some of the fascinating collection at the Russell Library #Maynooth mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/e...
@maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social
@maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Interested in historical pamphlets? Have a 👀 at this blog post on some of the fascinating collection at the Russell Library #Maynooth mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/e...
@maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social
@maynoothuniversity.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social
Sun is shining here in Dublin 🌞🌞🌞
May 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sun is shining here in Dublin 🌞🌞🌞
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"Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland."
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Conservation works begin on 650-year-old paper document
Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland.
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December 26, 2024 at 3:06 PM
"Painstaking work has commenced to conserve and digitise one of the oldest paper documents still in existence on the island of Ireland."
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www.rte.ie/news/2024/12...
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When Christmas trees were multiplication tables, Gent, 1760s (via Plantin-Moretus)
December 25, 2024 at 12:40 PM
When Christmas trees were multiplication tables, Gent, 1760s (via Plantin-Moretus)
Christmas Eve sunrise swim on Killiney beach was magical this year 🎄🌊
December 24, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Christmas Eve sunrise swim on Killiney beach was magical this year 🎄🌊
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Updated special collections and bookish humans. Last before parsing into two lists. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
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December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Updated special collections and bookish humans. Last before parsing into two lists. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
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go.bsky.app/BqYVT2p
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A fascinating detail in my 1607 Graduale Romanum, printed in Antwerp: a correction pinned directly onto the sheet music with a brass pin! A 17th-century "Typo-fix" to adapt the liturgical chant to correct a printing error.
I 😍 these details!
#BookHistory #RareBooks #MusicHistory
I 😍 these details!
#BookHistory #RareBooks #MusicHistory
December 7, 2024 at 1:56 PM
A fascinating detail in my 1607 Graduale Romanum, printed in Antwerp: a correction pinned directly onto the sheet music with a brass pin! A 17th-century "Typo-fix" to adapt the liturgical chant to correct a printing error.
I 😍 these details!
#BookHistory #RareBooks #MusicHistory
I 😍 these details!
#BookHistory #RareBooks #MusicHistory
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✍️ Are you interested in #palaeography but feeling intimidated or not sure how to begin? #medievalsky
💻@danielsawyer.bsky.social has shared some helpful tips and recommended resources on @drlauravarnam.bsky.social's excellent blog: drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/top
💻@danielsawyer.bsky.social has shared some helpful tips and recommended resources on @drlauravarnam.bsky.social's excellent blog: drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/top
Top Tips for Approaching Palaeography (guest post from Daniel Sawyer)
I am delighted to be hosting this guest post on Approaching Palaeography from my colleague Daniel Sawyer, the Fitzjames Research Fellow in Medieval English Literature at Merton College, Oxford. Dan…
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December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
✍️ Are you interested in #palaeography but feeling intimidated or not sure how to begin? #medievalsky
💻@danielsawyer.bsky.social has shared some helpful tips and recommended resources on @drlauravarnam.bsky.social's excellent blog: drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/top
💻@danielsawyer.bsky.social has shared some helpful tips and recommended resources on @drlauravarnam.bsky.social's excellent blog: drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/top
Love an Advent calendar🎄Here’s one showcasing some festive gift giving from the collections at Maynooth 🎁 app.cloudpano.com/tours/YwT3Wy...
@mulibrarymaker.bsky.social
@mulibrarymaker.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Love an Advent calendar🎄Here’s one showcasing some festive gift giving from the collections at Maynooth 🎁 app.cloudpano.com/tours/YwT3Wy...
@mulibrarymaker.bsky.social
@mulibrarymaker.bsky.social
Decoration from O Curry Gaelic #manuscript, C 98 housed in the Russell Library @maynoothuni.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Decoration from O Curry Gaelic #manuscript, C 98 housed in the Russell Library @maynoothuni.bsky.social
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How Kurt Vonnegut's board game was revived from IU's Lilly Library to store shelves 📜
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How Kurt Vonnegut's board game was revived from IU's Lilly Library to store shelves
A decade before “Slaughterhouse-Five,” Vonnegut pitched what he believed would be “the third popular checkerboard game” – behind checkers and chess.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:07 PM
How Kurt Vonnegut's board game was revived from IU's Lilly Library to store shelves 📜
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www.tmnews.com/story/news/l...
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Thinking about rare books and manuscripts in online catalog(ue)s. Special Collections materials often get buried in institutional online search systems. Do you have any favorite online portals for rare materials that really work well (easy to use, accurate, intuitive)? Models that we can learn from?
December 3, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Thinking about rare books and manuscripts in online catalog(ue)s. Special Collections materials often get buried in institutional online search systems. Do you have any favorite online portals for rare materials that really work well (easy to use, accurate, intuitive)? Models that we can learn from?
Reposted by Alex Caccamo
North Central Michigan College library decolonization project reorganizes Indigenous collection 📜📚
www.9and10news.com/2024/12/02/n...
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North Central Michigan College library decolonization project reorganizes Indigenous collection
North Central Michigan College's Decolonization Project reorganizes its Indigenous collection, honoring Indigenous voices and perspectives.
www.9and10news.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
North Central Michigan College library decolonization project reorganizes Indigenous collection 📜📚
www.9and10news.com/2024/12/02/n...
www.9and10news.com/2024/12/02/n...
At Maynooth University library we have Irish poet Pearse Hutchinson’s archive and book collections. Here is a post about an interesting find from his library 📚 mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/h...
Hutchinson and Achebe: A Friendship in Time
In 2013, Maynooth University not only acquired Pearse Hutchinson’s archival collections but also his extensive library. This collection reflects his interests and complements his archives. Staff in…
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December 2, 2024 at 10:57 AM
At Maynooth University library we have Irish poet Pearse Hutchinson’s archive and book collections. Here is a post about an interesting find from his library 📚 mulibrarytreasures.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/h...
Reposted by Alex Caccamo
Shiny, Bookish PRESENTS
For... YOU!
Now in its fifth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll look at SO MANY pretty packages from our Henry Probasco collection. For instance, this stunning 18th c. fore-edge binding I didn't know we had...
December 1 (1/24)
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For... YOU!
Now in its fifth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll look at SO MANY pretty packages from our Henry Probasco collection. For instance, this stunning 18th c. fore-edge binding I didn't know we had...
December 1 (1/24)
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December 1, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Shiny, Bookish PRESENTS
For... YOU!
Now in its fifth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll look at SO MANY pretty packages from our Henry Probasco collection. For instance, this stunning 18th c. fore-edge binding I didn't know we had...
December 1 (1/24)
bsky.app/profile/drka...
For... YOU!
Now in its fifth year, for this #NewberryLibrary Advent Calendar, we'll look at SO MANY pretty packages from our Henry Probasco collection. For instance, this stunning 18th c. fore-edge binding I didn't know we had...
December 1 (1/24)
bsky.app/profile/drka...
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For several years now, UCDA, UCD Special Collections and the National Folklore Collection UCD, have rotated posts each day during Advent, to make a #UCDAdventCalendar. As our colleagues are not (yet) here, we'll post their contributions as well as ours.
1. Special Collections
1. Special Collections
December 1, 2024 at 10:16 AM
For several years now, UCDA, UCD Special Collections and the National Folklore Collection UCD, have rotated posts each day during Advent, to make a #UCDAdventCalendar. As our colleagues are not (yet) here, we'll post their contributions as well as ours.
1. Special Collections
1. Special Collections
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Elephants and trains together; 🐘🚂 CIÉ's "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime" slogan @ Kingsbridge (Heuston), Dublin, 1961. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals #irishrailarchives
November 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Elephants and trains together; 🐘🚂 CIÉ's "Anything, Anywhere, Anytime" slogan @ Kingsbridge (Heuston), Dublin, 1961. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals #irishrailarchives