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Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
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Stephen Girard's library is filled with many atlases and maps, including this example from a volume titled "La pilote américain," published 1778.

Photo by @tracievanaukenphotography.

#PortraitofaCitizen #books #maps #atlases #materialculture #specialcollections #libraryhistory #StephenGirard
November 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM Everybody can reply
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Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
Allow me to introduce Miss Lambert, a St Andrews name from the early 19th century. I mentioned her on 'the other place', but this is her first mention on Bluesky. #Women OfNote #LibraryHistory
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A Quiet Contribution to Women’s History: Miss Elizabeth Lambert
At Tuesday’s Women who Dared book launch, mention was made of the Wikipedia ‘Women in Red’ project, to which I once attempted to contribute.  It’s a valuable project; t…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM Everybody can reply
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wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
@wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Continuing the #StephenGirard #library Yellow Fever theme, here's another work by Jean Devèze, featuring an inscription to Girard on the half-title page.

#rarebooks #specialcollections #libraries #books #libraryhistory #PortraitofaCitizen
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM Everybody can reply
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RCP museum
@rcpmuseum.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce a virtual winter lectures for exhibition 'A body of knowledge' is open to book 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k...

🗓️ 6pm GMT, 9 Dec, £5
😍 Featuring a virtual exhibition tour & fascinating lectures from @awickenden.bsky.social & @samuscript.bsky.social!

#LibraryHistory
Image of an open anatomy book showing a skeleton and other books in cases in the exhibition. Open books in cases in the exhibition, the nearest book is in Arabic.
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM Everybody can reply
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girlinthe.bsky.social
Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social
Mega excited that @awickenden.bsky.social and @samuscript.bsky.social are speaking on 9 December for @rcpmuseum.bsky.social winter lectures. Online, 6pm GMT, £5, book now: history.rcp.ac.uk/event/body-k... #LibraryHistory #GLAM📚
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November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM Everybody can reply
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wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
@wordinwilderness.bsky.social
One of Stephen Girard's notable acts of volunteerism was his work during Philadelphia's Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. This book's author, the famed publisher Mathew Carey, presented it to Girard in 1830, shortly before the merchant-banker's death.

#rarebooks #PortraitofaCitizen #libraryhistory
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
@wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Voltaire was a favorite of Stephen Girard, who owned a set of the famous philosophe's works and even named one of his Philadelphia-built merchant ships after him. Here's a frontispiece of Voltaire from one of Girard's volumes, housed at Founder's Hall, Girard College.

#libraryhistory #rarebooks
October 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM Everybody can reply
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Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
@wordinwilderness.bsky.social
My years at the @rosenbachmuseum.bsky.social have turned me into a big fan of rare book glamor shots, so I'm excited to feature many in my forthcoming book "Portrait of a Citizen." Here's a volume of Voltaire from Stephen Girard's library.

#rarebooks #libraries #libraryhistory
October 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM Everybody can reply
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the6books
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the6books visits the #TorontoReferenceLibrary!

Always a pleasure, thank you TPL.

#TorontoPublicLibrary
#TPL
#RaymondMoriyama
#books #library #history #the6 #Toronto #libraryhistory

Citations: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM Everybody can reply
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Isabel Holowaty
@iholowaty.bsky.social
Oh, this is just wonderful! 😂 #libraryhistory
wokestudies.bsky.social Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 29d
"Do not bring dogs within the portals" and other Library Rules.
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 29d
Hertfordshire County Council rules for library use, 1930
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM Everybody can reply
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Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social
Thoughts by me about the place of libraries, what makes them amazing and what makes them troublesome. #GLAM #rarebooks #libraryhistory 📚
rcpmuseum.bsky.social RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · Oct 10
To celebrate the launch of exhibition 'A Body of Knowledge', lead curator & rare books librarian Katie Birkwood shares her thoughts reflecting upon a career in libraries, the RCP library specifically & the exhibition:

👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/librari...

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Katie Birkwood delivering a speech in the Dorchester Library. An open book showing illustrations of roosters in a display case. The smallest book in the RCP library open showing an illustration of a skeleton. Katie Birkwood standing next to the famous displayed anatomical text by Andreas Vesalius in the exhibition.
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM Everybody can reply
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girlinthe.bsky.social
Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social
Got major FOMO for not being at this conference up the road.

I'm not there because I'm putting the finish touches on a #LibraryHistory EXHIBITION, 'A body of knowledge' opening at
@rcpmuseum.bsky.social TOMORROW.

Online exhibition goes live tomorrow, too: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM Everybody can reply
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wordinwilderness.bsky.social
Dr. Alexander Lawrence Ames
@wordinwilderness.bsky.social
For the past eight years, I’ve been working on a project that connects maritime history to a library assembled by merchant Stephen Girard. His vessel the ROUSSEAU, seen here, reflects his cheeky approach to naming ships for controversial philosophes.

#maritimehistory #bookhistory #libraryhistory
September 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM Everybody can reply
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Colleen [Redacted]
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
The Most Bookless State in the Union: The Creation of Arkansas Public Libraries #history #LibraryHistory 📚
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The Most Bookless State in the Union: The Creation of Arkansas Public Libraries - Arkansas Strong
The story of public libraries in Arkansas is shaped by the persistence of women’s groups and local citizens who transformed community-driven efforts into a statewide network of libraries.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM Everybody can reply
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Sophie Floate
@librarybodle.bsky.social
Small engraving of John Wallis' "Library, Shed and Room for morning recreation" in Sidmouth, Devon. Wallis, a London publisher of illustrations & games, relocated to Sidmouth where he set up a circulating library "Wallis' Marine Library" #devon #aquatints #printinghistory #libraryhistory
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM Everybody can reply
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Bernadette A. Lear
@balibra76.bsky.social
Proud of myself. I started the summer with a goal of submitting 2 #scholarly articles (both original #research) before the start of Fall semester, and I did it! It feels good to move forward on work that I'd put aside when Dad died. Life, love, and #libraryhistory go on.
August 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM Everybody can reply
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Colleen [Redacted]
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
History of Antonio Panizzi, Keeper of Printed Books and Librarian at the British Museum, 1830s - 📜 #history #LibraryHistory
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Ambient Reading
‘The swing-doors swung open; and there one stood under the vast dome.’ IN THE 1830s, the Italian political dissident Antonio Panizzi became Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum…
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August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM Everybody can reply
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Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh)
@brewminate.bsky.social
Public libraries were once a revolutionary idea.

Free books. Free learning. No status check at the door.

In the U.S., they’ve shaped immigrants, workers, and dreamers for centuries.

Here’s how it all began 👇

#Brewminate #LibraryHistory #PublicLibraries #DemocracyInAction #EqualAccess
A History of Public Libraries in the United States from the 18th Century
The story of the American public library system, its community impact, and the librarians who made it possible.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM Everybody can reply
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Bernadette A. Lear
@balibra76.bsky.social
Feeling energized by a 3-hour lunch I had with a #libraryhistory colleague. Lots of thoughts about how our field can acculturate scholars to be generous and supportive, instead of cut-throat and competitive, all while continuing to generate high-quality and insightful #research.
July 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM Everybody can reply
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Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
@cerl-community.bsky.social
📚 ‘Your Library is Your Portrait’

CERL Seminar 2025

🗓️ 21 Oct | 📍 Edinburgh

How do founding collections shape library identity today?

Join us for talks on legacy, reinterpretation & change in major research libraries.

🔗 www.cerl.org/services/sem...
#CERL2025 #FoundingCollections #LibraryHistory
July 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM Everybody can reply
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Bob Henderson
@roberthenderson.bsky.social
The British Museum Library was regarded by many, including Lenin, as the best in the world. This was due in no small part to the exhaustive collection of reference works available to readers on open access in its famous Round Reading Room.
(1912 plan showing arrangement of books.)
#libraryhistory
Plan of the Ground Floor of the Reading Room of the British Museum. "A Guide to the use of the Reading Room", London: [British Museum Trustees], 1912, p.50
June 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM Everybody can reply
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xstreamfm.bsky.social
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WKRG News 5:Alabama News Beacon. #FoleyPublicLibrary #LibraryHistory #Genealogy
Foley Public Library History Department changes name
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Foley Public Library is changing the name of its History and Genealogy Division after years of confusion from visitors. According to a City of Foley press release, the department is now named The Cultural and Heritage Collection. The former name had led to confusion according to the collection head Paul [...]
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June 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM Everybody can reply
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Universal Short Title Catalogue
@universalstc.bsky.social
📚Explore the storied lives of Suffolk's parochial library collections in a new blog post: 'Non mihi sed omnibus: Suffolk’s Last Parochial Libraries' by current MLitt student @standrewshist.bsky.social Emily Wildish.📚

#bookhistory #libraryhistory #collectionhistory

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Theodore Bibliandri’s translation of Machumetis saracenorum principis, Image courtesy of St Edmundsbury Cathedral. A title page of the Latin translation of the Qur'an, printed in Basel by Johann Oporinus, Nikolaus Brylinger in 1543. This copy was donated to the St James parochial library in Bury St Edmunds in 1595. The marginal notation at the bottom of the page, also in Latin, describes this gift. It reads: "non mihi sed omnibus H. Blagge."
June 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM Everybody can reply
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Sujei
@sujeilugo.bsky.social
Today's mail!! Finally got Belle Da Costa Green: A Librarian's Legacy (2024) published by The Morgan Library & Museum/DelMonico Books #librarians #libraryhistory #blacklibrarianship
June 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM Everybody can reply
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Bernadette A. Lear
@balibra76.bsky.social
Visited the #Connecticut State #Library today. A great place for a #libraryhistory nerd. Cool 1910s design!
Beaux-arts style exterior of the library, which shares space with the Supreme Court. Interior of the library. Most of the architectural elements that look like wood are actual painted metal, to protect against fire. Although the chairs are made of oak, the desk and reading light are mostly metal. A weighted door that slides closed if there is a fire.
June 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM Everybody can reply