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Jane Gallagher

@constntdreamer.bsky.social

Director of Cultural Collections and Curatorial Practices @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Interested in history and books (obviously), theatre, film, cats, crafting, baking...

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An image celebrating the archive and forty years of Peepal Tree Press

An image celebrating the archive and forty years of Peepal Tree Press

Today, we are celebrating the archive of the wonderful Peepal Tree Press, an archive that we are so blessed to have at @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and @lulgalleries.bsky.social

13.11.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Brotherton Fellowship | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

17.09.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH) The AI for Cultural Heritage Hub (ArCH) will deploy the convening power of Cambridge’s distributed network of collections to create a secure workspace and Community of Practice to analyse cultural her...

What is ArCH? A research project to create a secure workspace and Community of Practice to empower non-technical users (practitioners and academics) to analyse cultural heritage data securely with AI tools. www.ai.cam.ac.uk/projects/ai-...

05.09.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad that I'm able to attend one day of #RBSCG25 to learn more about AI and cataloguing today. It's an important fixture in the Rare Books calendar! @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social

05.09.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of a person looking into a display case. The book she is looking at is open to show an illustration of a plant

A photograph of a person looking into a display case. The book she is looking at is open to show an illustration of a plant

Have you visited our Hooked: 500 Years of Addiction exhibition yet?

Combining rare books, historical objects, artworks, interviews and digital interactives, the exhibition explores the meaning of addiction through history.

www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/hoo...

24.06.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I could no longer resist the lure! πŸ¦‹πŸ¦‹

22.07.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds, which contains the Brotherton Library.

The Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds, which contains the Brotherton Library.

It's been a great first day @universityofleeds.bsky.social meeting some wonderful and friendly colleagues. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to my new role (once I've worked out how to find my way around the Brotherton...)

21.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0