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We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
Seeking an Assistant Librarian - Marsh's Library
We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Librarian for Marsh’s Library in central Dublin. Location: St. Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8 Reporting to: Assistant Director, Marsh’s Library Salary: €40,000 – €45,...
marshlibrary.ie
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
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spice bag lunch from irish channel pub. it's crazy to me this isn't one of the most popular foods in the world
February 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
spice bag lunch from irish channel pub. it's crazy to me this isn't one of the most popular foods in the world
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Game board with 20 numbered compartments arranged around a central panel, each square containing a forfeit to be enacted by the players, comprising gestures, grimaces &c. 1697.
Hours of fun here. (British Museum)
Hours of fun here. (British Museum)
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Game board with 20 numbered compartments arranged around a central panel, each square containing a forfeit to be enacted by the players, comprising gestures, grimaces &c. 1697.
Hours of fun here. (British Museum)
Hours of fun here. (British Museum)
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February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Has anyone studied how researchers and academics use library catalogues? I'm struggling to find any literature on researcher (not student) information needs and information seeking behavior. Any leads?
My focus is rare books/archives/special collections, but I'm looking broadly right now.
My focus is rare books/archives/special collections, but I'm looking broadly right now.
February 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Has anyone studied how researchers and academics use library catalogues? I'm struggling to find any literature on researcher (not student) information needs and information seeking behavior. Any leads?
My focus is rare books/archives/special collections, but I'm looking broadly right now.
My focus is rare books/archives/special collections, but I'm looking broadly right now.
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Nog een keer de beerput in, gewoon omdat het zo leuk is 😉 In 2015 groeven we een perceel op waarbij uit historisch vooronderzoek bleek dat Maria Tesselschade en haar man daar gewoond hadden. Ik vond correspondentie tussen haar en PC Hooft over het graveren van glas. Maria was goed bevriend net Hooft
February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Nog een keer de beerput in, gewoon omdat het zo leuk is 😉 In 2015 groeven we een perceel op waarbij uit historisch vooronderzoek bleek dat Maria Tesselschade en haar man daar gewoond hadden. Ik vond correspondentie tussen haar en PC Hooft over het graveren van glas. Maria was goed bevriend net Hooft
Imagine a Notre-Dame style mobilisation of the world’s bibliographers to tackle this. We could get it done in five years!
Why does France have the absolute worst online national bibliographic presence of any major European nation? I’m not trying to stereotype but it’s incredible how much better the Italian one is. But they are all better! In every way!
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Imagine a Notre-Dame style mobilisation of the world’s bibliographers to tackle this. We could get it done in five years!
A hand-coloured harpy with fabulous locks
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
A hand-coloured harpy with fabulous locks
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I have been reminded by @alibax.bsky.social of the single greatest moment of televised skiing and I’m aware I don’t think I’ve posted it here before youtu.be/85AHvpGTkdU?...
On The Piste (1987)
YouTube video by garyandjane
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February 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I have been reminded by @alibax.bsky.social of the single greatest moment of televised skiing and I’m aware I don’t think I’ve posted it here before youtu.be/85AHvpGTkdU?...
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Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
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reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
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Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
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For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
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beating my drum again:
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
February 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
beating my drum again:
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
It bears repeating, at a moment when we are all too aware of the powerlessness of young people, that the mission of public libraries to treat *everyone* as a patron, regardless of age—to grant children civic standing through the library card—exemplifies *real* democracy. 📚
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A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
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In April 1976, in a café at Cambridge railway station, Douglas Adams bought some biscuits. We know this because he told the story so many times that it somehow opened up a wormhole in the space-time continuum, travelling both forwards and backwards and, intriguingly, sideways in time. (1/some...)
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
In April 1976, in a café at Cambridge railway station, Douglas Adams bought some biscuits. We know this because he told the story so many times that it somehow opened up a wormhole in the space-time continuum, travelling both forwards and backwards and, intriguingly, sideways in time. (1/some...)
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Am currently comfort reading Sourcery, the fifth Discworld novel, and I’m tempted to put this in the front of all my future books
January 31, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Am currently comfort reading Sourcery, the fifth Discworld novel, and I’m tempted to put this in the front of all my future books
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Do you want to know if you can watch a film on the BBC tonight?
IS THERE'S A FILM ON THE BBC AROUND 9PM TONIGHT?
A simple way to see if there’s a film on the BBC around 9pm tonight.
istheresafilmonthebbcaround9pmtonight.robmanuel.workers.dev
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Do you want to know if you can watch a film on the BBC tonight?
Seems like something’s missing from this centaur, can’t quite put my hoof on it
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Seems like something’s missing from this centaur, can’t quite put my hoof on it
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📚 Some of our most historic collections for #LibraryShelfieDay!
⭐This part of our collection is known as the ‘Stars’, from the paper asterisks stuck on their spines. It contains the contents of the Library as it stood in 1714.
Photo by @liamsims.bsky.social
⭐This part of our collection is known as the ‘Stars’, from the paper asterisks stuck on their spines. It contains the contents of the Library as it stood in 1714.
Photo by @liamsims.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
📚 Some of our most historic collections for #LibraryShelfieDay!
⭐This part of our collection is known as the ‘Stars’, from the paper asterisks stuck on their spines. It contains the contents of the Library as it stood in 1714.
Photo by @liamsims.bsky.social
⭐This part of our collection is known as the ‘Stars’, from the paper asterisks stuck on their spines. It contains the contents of the Library as it stood in 1714.
Photo by @liamsims.bsky.social
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WE DON'T DO GCSES IN IRELAND, LRB BOOKSHOP
January 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
WE DON'T DO GCSES IN IRELAND, LRB BOOKSHOP
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A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A lovely & extremely rare psalter printed in London by Richard Pynson 502 years ago, made all the more special by what someone thought to tuck inside it: a unique printed 'indulgence', offering to reduce a sinner's time in purgatory in return for funds towards Hereford Cathedral.
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Make it exist first. Make it good later.
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Make it exist first. Make it good later.
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