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Maps. Cats. Libraries. Beer.
Title page from the 1874 "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Elkhart Co. Indiana." At center is an illustration of surveyors with equipment and a man drawing on a board.
Another great atlas title page from the collection I'm working with! This one's illustration shows part of the process of creating the maps that appear in these 19th century county atlases.
#Atlas #Maps #Library #LibrarySky #Indiana #ElkhartCounty #Cartography #CountyAtlas #Mapping #MapLibrary
Title Page from the 1878 "Official and Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County, California" by Thompson & West. The title of the atlas is at the top of the page, the publisher information at the bottom. At center is an illustration of an open atlas resting on a pile of closed atlases, cartography tools, and rolled maps.
Inside this atlas is an illustration of an atlas on a pile of atlases - I love a good atlas title page!
#Atlas #Maps #Library #LibrarySky #California #Alameda #Cartography #CountyAtlas #Mapping #MapLibrary
Looks like Steve found a personal sized heated bed!
24.07.2025 18:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Tickets for the Michigan Theater screening of Drop Dead Gorgeous.
Forget fireworks. Tonight I'm seeing Drop Dead Gorgeous on the big screen!
#Movies #DarkComedy #Mockumentary
Join together with AFT Michigan’s Queer Caucus for their 4th annual Pride Picnic on Friday, June 27, from 4-7pm at Ford Field Park, South Shelter, 22001 Cherry Hill, Dearborn, MI.
RSVP: buff.ly/5wjhqdy
He wasn't even a year old yet in that photo, now he is a very large 17 year old!
22.06.2025 02:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Post a picture of when your pet was little
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Printed poster, a laborer stands thrusting a hammer at the viewer. The words Labor Omnia Vincit surround them.
I cataloged several turn of the century union posters this morning. This one, printed on cloth, was eye catching.
#Unions #LaborOmniaVincit #SolidarityForever
The way some people just trust that they can leave their things unattended in public... I'm sitting in a lounge and a woman just left her bag, purse, and drink and then walked out??
25.05.2025 14:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢📢📢 LEO-GLAM overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify our second contract! 🎉 🎉🎉
100% "YES" vote with 89% of our members voting! 💯 🙌
#WeAreLEOGLAM #1u #SolidarityForever #UnionStrong #HigherEd #ratification #CollectiveBargaining
Are you a librarian working with maps or geospatial information? WAML is accepting applications for 2 scholarships to attend this year's annual meeting! Read more and apply: waml.org/scholarships/
#LibrarySky #Maps #GIS #MapLibrary #GeoSpatial #Mapping #GISLibrarian #MapLibrarian #MapCurator
graphic to vote
LEO-GLAM Members: be sure to check your email ASAP and vote! The contract ratification vote is open until Thursday, May 15th at 5pm.
Please email brianna@leounion.org or DM us if you can't find your ballot!
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services!
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read-in graphic
Librarians, archivists, and curators (LACs) across all of UM will demonstrate our unity on TOMORROW, April 29th at noon on the front steps of Hatcher Graduate Library for a read-in event. Lunch will be provided!
Please RSVP: bit.ly/LEOGLAMReadIn
Today we observe #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay, where we remember the thousands of men and women who have been hurt or killed on the job.
The labor movement was founded to protect workers in their workplaces - and we will continue to fight for safe working conditions and safe jobs for all.
A stack of books, from top to bottom: Twice as Hard by Jasmine Brown, Oathbound by Tracy Deonn, Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green, The Quest for Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock, The Dreaming City by Michael Moorcock, Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek, and The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinninan.
My Indie Bookstore Day haul!
#indiebookstoreday #books #indiebookstore
It never costs a dime to say or process the phrases 'please' or 'thank you' to a librarian. Speaking first hand, we actually like it.
21.04.2025 10:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Two people in front of a double hemisphere map of the world.
Some people for scale!
09.04.2025 19:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Double hemisphere map of the world mounted on a screen.
Eastern hemisphere of a double hemisphere map of the world.
Working with the biggest item in the collection today. 1674 double hemisphere map of the world by Ferdinand Verbiest. #LibrarySky #Maps
09.04.2025 19:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My cats took the advanced course, walking between human's legs as they go down stairs!
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top 10 most challenged books of 2024 banner showing small previews of some library book covers.
Today ALA released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List as part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report.
www.ala.org/bbooks
i'm holding your hands, gently
april 7 is the start of national library week. get your library card. write your library board. check out 10 books. use your library. do it.
Participated in my local #HandsOff event. A man showed up with the world's SMALLEST trump flag and planted himself front and center. It felt like, as one, everyone took a giant step back and left an empty circle around him.
05.04.2025 23:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is lovely!
02.04.2025 00:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE
01.04.2025 23:20 — 👍 28321 🔁 3112 💬 401 📌 153Going through my first #Michigan severe weather and the "local" weather is streamed over YouTube, which means I keep having to sit through commercials while trying to stay safe.
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Photo of a cat sitting on the arm of a chair. Another chair is visible in the background.
Another photo of the #cat Buster! See the postcard, and read about Buster on it's back at: quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...
#Caturday #Postcard #RPPC #LibrarySky
Photo of a cat, in profile, sitting on top of a table with a doily on it.
We don't know the name of this lovely #cat. But the photo was taken in Hastings, #Michigan. See the postcard at: quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...
#Caturday #Postcard #RPPC #LibrarySky
Photo of a cat sitting on a bench in front of a potted plan. The cat's name, Buster, is written on bench.
Some vintage cat photos for #caturday!
Starting off with the dashing Buster! This postcard is postmarked 1913. See the postcard at quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/...
#postcards #RPPC #LibrarySky #Cats
Join your @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social colleagues this Thursday for a member town hall about the attack on libraries at the federal level. Sign up here:
ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
