Library job klaxon! 🚨
We’re looking for a new Reading Room Assistant to work with us at Gladstone’s Library - see the full details and apply below! 📚
05.05.2025 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The detail is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235 (page: 1r). Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235
A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The page (1r) is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235. Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235
Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books.
To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians
17.04.2025 08:12 — 👍 246 🔁 73 💬 4 📌 11
And went to hear her husband speak in the Commons; she was one of the earliest occupants of the ladies' gallery in the temporary House of Commons: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/t...
31.03.2025 11:03 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Very excited to see the article I wrote with my colleague, Alexandra Foulds, in print!
Take a look to find out more about Gladstone in the digital age and the first large-scale digitisation project @gladlib.bsky.social
10.02.2025 17:21 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Crowdsourcing the Extra Illustrated Tours of Wales and Scotland - Picturing Pennant: The Extra Illustrated Tours of Wales and Scotland: a crowdsourcing project
📢 CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 📢 [Please Share Widely!]
Picturing Pennant is a new crowdsourcing project to "tag" the illustrations in Thomas Pennant's eighteenth-century Tours of Wales and Scotland.
Can you help us identify the places, people, and much more in these wonderful illustrated volumes?
31.01.2025 10:41 — 👍 28 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 3
While down a research rabbit hole, I came across this portrait of a 3-year-old Margaret of Austria, created in 1483. It's believed to be the earliest known portrait of her. Love how feisty she looks!
(Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)
24.01.2025 21:34 — 👍 33 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 4
Another absolute gem by Rogier van der Weyden! This painting of an unknown sitter was created in c.1460. Her attire & heavily plucked hairline have led some art historians to suggest that she was a member of the Burgundian court.
(National Gallery of Art, Washington. Public Domain)
26.01.2025 21:29 — 👍 57 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2
Next time you are on EEBO or ECCO and see a thumbprint in the corner, remember it is likely the hands of women digitizing books in London basements during the blitz. They didnt know if the books would survive.
27.01.2025 13:30 — 👍 198 🔁 61 💬 5 📌 7
RLUK's vision is that the UK should have the best research library support in the world. #RLUK26 #RLUKICIL #RLUKDSF #RLUKSPACE #RLUKRSP #librariesXresearch
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland.
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
The Historical Association continues to support the study, teaching and enjoyment of history at all levels. We provide digital and face to face resources. Today there are approximately 50 branches around the UK. www.history.org.uk
Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Making over 850 years of the city of York's history accessible to all. Keep up to date with our latest projects and activities here.
Website: https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/
Blog: http://citymakinghistory.org
Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social. Temporalities, 6-9 July 2026.
Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes.
https://womenshistoryscotland.org/
The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills.
Volunteer for us: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790
Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives.
Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/
Enquiries: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
The History of Parliament's House of Lords 1660-1832 section, researching the history of the Lords, Parliament and society across the 'long 18th century'.
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
https://historyofparliament.com/the-georgian-lords/
An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org).
Read Bookish Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Pedagogical Materials, and Bibliographies here: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews
Home of Henry VIII's favourite ship, the Mary Rose, which sank off the English coast in 1545 after a 34 year long career.
#Portsmouth's top visitor attraction on TripAdvisor. Part of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
The best history events and courses all year round.
LM Montgomery #Anneofgreengables, scholar/collector, 34 yr educator. Interests: history, science, nature, 🇨🇦books, & bright humorous personalities. LM Montgomery Institute Legacy Award. Publisher of Shining Scroll, aka @LMMontgomeryls 📚💙 #booksky
Taylor Institution Library, part of the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford. Covers modern European languages & literatures with a teaching collection and specialist research collection.
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries/taylor
A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group.
The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters
https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg
The Information Literacy Group provides a cross-sector forum for debate & knowledge exchange in all aspects of information and digital literacy. Come and join the discussion!
💻: https://infolit.org.uk
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We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
