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An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org).
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· Nov 27
Announcing: The SHARP News Bibliography Team
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
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Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
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Join us this Friday 16 January 2026 at 15:00 CET for a seminar at @cwtsnl.bsky.social with Dr. @samuelmoore.org on the current OA landscape and how we can move to a scholar-led infrastructure beyond the market. #ScientificPublishing #OpenAccess #BookHistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
Publishing beyond the market
This talk will outline the argument in my new book Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). The book explores the evolution of the open ac...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Join us this Friday 16 January 2026 at 15:00 CET for a seminar at @cwtsnl.bsky.social with Dr. @samuelmoore.org on the current OA landscape and how we can move to a scholar-led infrastructure beyond the market. #ScientificPublishing #OpenAccess #BookHistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
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🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 we're seeking a Curator of African American Experience colls here at KU! GREAT colls & colleagues, tenure track, unionized, salary $61,000-$68,000. Not on the committee, but would be a colleague! More info at link!📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks rbms.info/blog/news-ev...
Position Announcement: Curator of African American Experience Collections, University of Kansas
Position Overview Kenneth Spencer Research Library (KSRL) at the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries seeks a creative and collaborative curator for our established and growing African American Expe…
rbms.info
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🚨JOB KLAXON🚨 we're seeking a Curator of African American Experience colls here at KU! GREAT colls & colleagues, tenure track, unionized, salary $61,000-$68,000. Not on the committee, but would be a colleague! More info at link!📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks rbms.info/blog/news-ev...
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Jody Mason (my supervisor) will be talking about her new book, Books for Development: Canada in the Late Twentieth-Century World!
When: January 23, 2026 12-1:30pm EST
Where: zoom
Register in advance here: uqam.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bookhistory
When: January 23, 2026 12-1:30pm EST
Where: zoom
Register in advance here: uqam.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bookhistory
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Jody Mason (my supervisor) will be talking about her new book, Books for Development: Canada in the Late Twentieth-Century World!
When: January 23, 2026 12-1:30pm EST
Where: zoom
Register in advance here: uqam.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bookhistory
When: January 23, 2026 12-1:30pm EST
Where: zoom
Register in advance here: uqam.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#bookhistory
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Why Rare Book Rooms Are the Best-Kept Secret for Travelers Who Love History
They remind us that not everything happens online. And also, swoon!
They remind us that not everything happens online. And also, swoon!
Why Rare Book Rooms Are the Best-Kept Secret for Travelers Who Love History
Anyone into history or literature should set aside one afternoon on their next trip to visit a rare book room. Here's what to know.
matadornetwork.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Why Rare Book Rooms Are the Best-Kept Secret for Travelers Who Love History
They remind us that not everything happens online. And also, swoon!
They remind us that not everything happens online. And also, swoon!
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Job Opportunity! We're looking for a Graduate Trainee Librarian
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Graduate Trainee Librarian
(One-year fixed term contract, full-time) Trinity College Library wishes to appoint an enthusiastic Graduate Trainee for one year from September 2026. The post offers an ideal opportunity to gain a…
www.trin.cam.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Job Opportunity! We're looking for a Graduate Trainee Librarian
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
#libraryjob
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
SHARPists ... what do ya got!?
#BookHistory #Archives #Research #RareBooks #Libraries #SpecialCollections
#BookHistory #Archives #Research #RareBooks #Libraries #SpecialCollections
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
SHARPists ... what do ya got!?
#BookHistory #Archives #Research #RareBooks #Libraries #SpecialCollections
#BookHistory #Archives #Research #RareBooks #Libraries #SpecialCollections
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I worked for library special collections as an undergrad, sorting, labelling, and shelving (music) records. One day I opened a box, got a whiff, and knew there was something dead (old dead, not fresh dead) in there. This was above my pay grade so I called my boss, and it turned out to be a bat 🦇
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I worked for library special collections as an undergrad, sorting, labelling, and shelving (music) records. One day I opened a box, got a whiff, and knew there was something dead (old dead, not fresh dead) in there. This was above my pay grade so I called my boss, and it turned out to be a bat 🦇
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When I was a postdoc at Dartmouth, a librarian told us that he could arrange special collections visits for any class. "Calculus?" This was apparently a new question.
He rocked it. Einstein's work (w/ Kemeny's corrections) back to old yearbooks back to a 1482 Euclid. Thank you, Jay!
#MathSky
He rocked it. Einstein's work (w/ Kemeny's corrections) back to old yearbooks back to a 1482 Euclid. Thank you, Jay!
#MathSky
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
When I was a postdoc at Dartmouth, a librarian told us that he could arrange special collections visits for any class. "Calculus?" This was apparently a new question.
He rocked it. Einstein's work (w/ Kemeny's corrections) back to old yearbooks back to a 1482 Euclid. Thank you, Jay!
#MathSky
He rocked it. Einstein's work (w/ Kemeny's corrections) back to old yearbooks back to a 1482 Euclid. Thank you, Jay!
#MathSky
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At Harvard’s Houghton Library, I found a letter with salt crusted onto it. When I read the letter, I realized it was the guy’s dried tears because the letter was about the death of his young daughter
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
At Harvard’s Houghton Library, I found a letter with salt crusted onto it. When I read the letter, I realized it was the guy’s dried tears because the letter was about the death of his young daughter
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If I wanted to try to write about Boston publishing history (more recent, like last 50 years or so, not 19th c) in some kind of serial way, what is best platform? Substack seems lowkey evil. Happy to get opinions on this. Thanks! #publishing #bookhistory #Boston #books
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If I wanted to try to write about Boston publishing history (more recent, like last 50 years or so, not 19th c) in some kind of serial way, what is best platform? Substack seems lowkey evil. Happy to get opinions on this. Thanks! #publishing #bookhistory #Boston #books
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Do you enjoy my periodic rantings on Isaac Newton's alchemical citations? If so, take a look at my shiny new article on our improved #TEI encoding system of Newton's citations & what we can learn from some preliminary analyses of the data!
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
A Bibliographical Framework for Citation Analysis of Isaac Newton’s Alchemical Manuscripts: Alexandra E. Wingate
| Textual Cultures
doi.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Do you enjoy my periodic rantings on Isaac Newton's alchemical citations? If so, take a look at my shiny new article on our improved #TEI encoding system of Newton's citations & what we can learn from some preliminary analyses of the data!
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
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Do you enjoy my periodic rantings on Isaac Newton's alchemical citations? If so, take a look at my shiny new article on our improved #TEI encoding system of Newton's citations & what we can learn from some preliminary analyses of the data!
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
#BookHistory #histsci (tldr in 🧵)
doi.org/10.14434/tc....
A Bibliographical Framework for Citation Analysis of Isaac Newton’s Alchemical Manuscripts: Alexandra E. Wingate
| Textual Cultures
doi.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Would you consider your passport a book? Not sure about it?
Read Inge Orlowski's FEATURES article, "Passports as Books and Books as Passports" on SHARP News to get you thinking!
Read it here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#Travel #BookHistory #WhatIsABook #Materiality #Mobility
Read Inge Orlowski's FEATURES article, "Passports as Books and Books as Passports" on SHARP News to get you thinking!
Read it here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#Travel #BookHistory #WhatIsABook #Materiality #Mobility
a person is holding a passport with a stamp that says passport
Alt: A hand is holding a passport open to a spread with many stamps. In the background, photos of international landmarks and scenery change rapidly.
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Would you consider your passport a book? Not sure about it?
Read Inge Orlowski's FEATURES article, "Passports as Books and Books as Passports" on SHARP News to get you thinking!
Read it here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#Travel #BookHistory #WhatIsABook #Materiality #Mobility
Read Inge Orlowski's FEATURES article, "Passports as Books and Books as Passports" on SHARP News to get you thinking!
Read it here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#Travel #BookHistory #WhatIsABook #Materiality #Mobility
Three new SHARP grant/fellowship reports, live now on SHARP News!
👉 25th Anniversary Fellowship Reports by...
Hyei Jin Kim: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Gloria Morales Osorio:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
👉 SHARP Grant Report 2024 by...
Farhana Shaikh: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#SHARP
👉 25th Anniversary Fellowship Reports by...
Hyei Jin Kim: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Gloria Morales Osorio:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
👉 SHARP Grant Report 2024 by...
Farhana Shaikh: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#SHARP
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Three new SHARP grant/fellowship reports, live now on SHARP News!
👉 25th Anniversary Fellowship Reports by...
Hyei Jin Kim: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Gloria Morales Osorio:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
👉 SHARP Grant Report 2024 by...
Farhana Shaikh: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#SHARP
👉 25th Anniversary Fellowship Reports by...
Hyei Jin Kim: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Gloria Morales Osorio:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
👉 SHARP Grant Report 2024 by...
Farhana Shaikh: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#SHARP
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It finally happened. One of our fabulous @umdbooklab.bsky.social interns, @isabelleberube.bsky.social, printed (with movable type!) the entire first page of Benjamin’s WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION. That’s all handset type. They have ambitions to do more. 🤯
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Booking is now open for Making Medieval Manuscripts! A practice-based course where we make ink, cut quills, illuminate, make pigments and bookbind, using #medieval techniques and materials. We also explore early medieval art. No experience necessary! #bookhistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Introduction to Making Medieval Manuscripts (Practice Based)
This course introduces students to the complicated and messy processes of production through which pre-modern manuscripts were created
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Booking is now open for Making Medieval Manuscripts! A practice-based course where we make ink, cut quills, illuminate, make pigments and bookbind, using #medieval techniques and materials. We also explore early medieval art. No experience necessary! #bookhistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
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V for Vendetta! Looks like this example of #scanninghands is calling for a revolution...
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
V for Vendetta! Looks like this example of #scanninghands is calling for a revolution...
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Say hi. This is an example of how human labor will be remembered when all books are digitized and we all work with digital copies only. And maybe, hand on heart, this hand was intentionally raised to greet us from the past. #skystorians #bookhistory #digitalhumanities
March 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Say hi. This is an example of how human labor will be remembered when all books are digitized and we all work with digital copies only. And maybe, hand on heart, this hand was intentionally raised to greet us from the past. #skystorians #bookhistory #digitalhumanities
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Don't miss! 🌿 Pocket Books and Floating Libraries: Books as Collecting Tools in Instructions to Travelers. Anna Svensson will discuss how books haven’t just described the natural world, they’ve also helped collect it. Wed. 10 Dec, 15:00–16:00 CET Zoom link, email: [email protected]
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Don't miss! 🌿 Pocket Books and Floating Libraries: Books as Collecting Tools in Instructions to Travelers. Anna Svensson will discuss how books haven’t just described the natural world, they’ve also helped collect it. Wed. 10 Dec, 15:00–16:00 CET Zoom link, email: [email protected]
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*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Typographica Scoto-Gadelica: Scottish Gaelic Typographic Visual Identity through Print & Book Culture
3 Dec @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social & online – free
Exploring Scottish Gaelic’s contemporary visual identity & typographic heritage
#BookHistory #typography #Gaelic
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickst...
3 Dec @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social & online – free
Exploring Scottish Gaelic’s contemporary visual identity & typographic heritage
#BookHistory #typography #Gaelic
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickst...
Edwin Pickstone - Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Edwin Pickstone lives and works in Glasgow. Focusing on the material nature of print Pickstone uses letterpress technology, collaborating with artists and
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Typographica Scoto-Gadelica: Scottish Gaelic Typographic Visual Identity through Print & Book Culture
3 Dec @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social & online – free
Exploring Scottish Gaelic’s contemporary visual identity & typographic heritage
#BookHistory #typography #Gaelic
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickst...
3 Dec @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social & online – free
Exploring Scottish Gaelic’s contemporary visual identity & typographic heritage
#BookHistory #typography #Gaelic
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/edwin-pickst...
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It has been a pleasure and an honor to be SHARP bibliographer the last 3 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing what @juliaboechat.bsky.social and Shu do for the next 3!
Announcing: The SHARP News Bibliography Team
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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It has been a pleasure and an honor to be SHARP bibliographer the last 3 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing what @juliaboechat.bsky.social and Shu do for the next 3!
Announcing: The SHARP News Bibliography Team
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It has been a pleasure and an honor to be SHARP bibliographer the last 3 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing what @juliaboechat.bsky.social and Shu do for the next 3!
Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Editor in Chief is fast approaching. As in, it's tomorrow, November 28!!
Application details here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Editor #Academic #OnlinePublishing
Application details here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Editor #Academic #OnlinePublishing
a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application
Alt: A penguin (from the movie Madagascar) is sticking his head out of a hole in a box, tapping a sign that says "job application."
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Editor in Chief is fast approaching. As in, it's tomorrow, November 28!!
Application details here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Editor #Academic #OnlinePublishing
Application details here: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Editor #Academic #OnlinePublishing