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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 8d

We're delighted to announce that two new members have been elected to our Outreach sub-committee: Sam Brown and Annabelle Hondier. bibsoc.org.uk/new-voices-o...

New Voices on Outreach Sub-Committee - Bibliographical Society

The Bibliographical Society is delighted to announce that two new members have been elected to the Society’s Outreach sub-committee. The sub-committee was established to promote the Society and biblio...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 22d

Our next Bibliographical Skills Workshop is taking place at the University of Stirling, on 28 October 2025: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Bibliographical Skills Workshop

Learn the basics of how to identify and describe early modern printed books.

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 23d

Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...

Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change | British Library

The Panizzi Lectures are a series of annual lectures based on original research by an eminent scholar of the book. The lecture series is named after Anthon

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our friends at Middle Temple Library have asked us to share details of this Molyneux Globes Study Day: www.ticketsource.co.uk/middle-templ...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

For this month's Council's Choice, our Past President, Margaret Ford, highlights the Shakespeare Census, which provides a current census of copies of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folios plus quarto editions up to 1700:
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Council’s Choice for September 2025 - Bibliographical Society

Shakespeare portal There is no paucity of Shakespeare bibliography but, even if you are fully immersed in the field, you may still find one e-resource useful as a portal bringing together a lot of inf...

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Good morning Bluesky! I'm boosting an opportunity to run the special collections and archives division at Case Western Reserve University. You have a great team, exciting collections, and supportive peers. Can answer questions ❤️

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · Aug 25

👉🏼 Rare Books Job Alert: Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western is hiring a director of rare books and university archives. 👈🏼

Pros: Cleveland rocks; our collections are fab, esp in history of print and science; you get to work with me 🥰

Cons: 🤷🏻‍♀️

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Bibliographical Society Announces 2025 Gold Medalist - Bibliographical Society

At our last Council meeting of the academic year we were very pleased to receive the report of the Committee which meets every year or two to consider the award of the Society’s Gold Medal. We are del...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Society is delighted to report that its Gold Medal will be awarded this year to Dr David Shaw in recognition of his distinguished services to bibliography, including in the Cathedral Libraries Catalogue and his many publications on French and English printing.

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

For this month's Council's Choice, our Honorary Secretary, Karen Limper-Herz, writes about the Einbanddatenbank, a key resource for identifying German bookbindings of the 15th and 16th centuries: bibsoc.org.uk/councils-cho...

Council’s Choice for August 2025 - Bibliographical Society

The Einbanddatenbank A Key Resource for Identifying German Bookbindings of the 15th and 16th Centuries The Einbanddatenbank, hosted by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, provid...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Jul 1

For this month’s Council’s Choice, Daryl Green highlights the German-language wiki Buntpapier, assembled and hosted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a subset of their larger “ProvenienzWiki”:

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Council’s Choice for July 2025 - Bibliographical Society

Buntpapier: Beschreibung, Terminologie, Abbildungen [Coloured paper: description, terminology, illustrations] https://provenienz.gbv.de/Portal:Buntpapier Decorative papers used in the book trade is an...

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Jason W. Dean @jasonwdean.com · Jun 27

Watching Meg Ford's 2020 Presidential Address to the @bibsoc.bsky.social : a strong reminder of the proud traditions of cataloging and bibliography - not two separate activities, but threads in the same rich cloth. #speccolls📜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQtg...

The Bibliographical Society Presidential Address – Margaret Lane Ford, Bookselling and Bibliography

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our lecture from May is now online:
Nicholas Pickwoad, Entitled: The Choice, Purpose and Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcN...

Bibliographical Soc - Entitled: The Choice, Purpose & Placing of Titles on Early-Modern Bookbindings

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Our lecture from April is now online:
David Shaw, The Stationers and the Poor Law
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Bibliographical Society - The Stationers and the Poor Law

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · Jun 2

‪Booking closes 9 June for our conference on the intersections of text, materiality & performance, w/ papers exploring objects, clothing & bodies in performance spaces. www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/ @crems-york.bsky.social @bsashakespeare.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social

Revels Office: New Voices in Early Modern Material Culture, Theatre, and Performance - Society of Antiquaries of London

This June, the Revels Office, an international network of early career academics, will hold its first conference with the Society of Antiquaries of London. The conference showcases early career schola...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · Jun 2

For this month’s Council’s Choice, our President Nicolas Bell salutes the return of ESTC:

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Council’s Choice for June 2025 - Bibliographical Society

The Return of ESTC For many members of the Bibliographical Society, the loss of the ESTC was one of the most keenly felt consequences of the cyber-attack on the British Library in 2023. After a few mo...

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · May 27

New issue of The Library Vol. 26, No. 1 (2025) academic.oup.com/library/issu... @davidshaw41.bsky.social
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Volume 26 Issue 1 | The Library | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Bibliographical Society. Publishes research relating to the study of bibliography and the role of the book in history. All aspects of descriptive, analytical, textual and h...

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · May 20

We are so excited to invite you to our ✨ upcoming event ✨, which we're hosting with @bibsoc.bsky.social:

📚 Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions
📅 Wednesday, June 4
🕙 3:30 - 5:15pm

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Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions

The CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and The Bibliographical Society have joined together for an event on acquisitions.

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 19

The Bibliographical Society and CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and have joined together for an event (4 June) on acquisitions, aimed at librarians, archivists and curators although all are welcome! bibsoc.org.uk/introduction...

Introduction to Special Collections Acquisitions - Bibliographical Society

The Bibliographical Society and CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group and have joined together for an event on acquisitions, aimed at librarians, archivists and curators although all are welc...

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · May 18

Please do sign and share this petition, put together to save Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections from job cuts that will see 3 of 4 archivists made redundant. @cilip.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @bibsoc.bsky.social

Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · May 16

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Sign the Petition

SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 16

Delighted to be taking part in Firsts Rare Book Fair. Do come and say hello if you're visiting the fair.

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 13

The relaunch of ESTC: bibsoc.org.uk/relaunch-of-...

Relaunch of the English Short-Title Catalogue - Bibliographical Society

The Bibliographical Society is pleased to welcome the announcement of the relaunch of the English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC), now accessible on the servers of the Consortium of European Research Lib...

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 9

Our friends at The Revels Office have asked us to share details of this conference, which is coming up on 13 June: www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/

Revels Office: New Voices in Early Modern Material Culture, Theatre, and Performance - Society of Antiquaries of London

This June, the Revels Office, an international network of early career academics, will hold its first conference with the Society of Antiquaries of London. The conference showcases early career schola...

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Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social · May 6

The typographer Stanley Morison was born #OTD in 1889. We are lucky to look after his personal library & archive, including the gold medal he was awarded by @bibsoc.bsky.social in 1948 'for distinguished services to bibliography'. One side carries the image of a scribe; the other a printing press.

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 2

To attend online, please register for the event here: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/bibli...

Bibliographical Society Lecture| 20 May 2025

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · May 2

The increasing introduction of edition bindings and printed titles in the eighteenth century indicates a profound change in the identification of books by their titles....

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