Dear @TheLondonLib I miss you. I even miss those occasional but unforgettable electrostatic shocks in The Bookstacks: not-too-subtle reminders of the powerhouse of intellectual energy to be found there. #BookLoversDay greetings from Melbourne, Australia.
A fantastic line-up of speakers and topics at one of my favourite libraries in the world @theleedslibrary There's even a creative keynote: an @NunkieTheatre play by M R James featuring a "Mr. Karswell – magic lanternist, occult historian and scourge of academe". Sign me up!
Registration is open for the #IndieLibraries annual conference! We've worked really hard with our wonderful hosts @theleedslibrary to make sure everyone can come - including bargain online-only registration!
You can find all the details here: https://t.co/tyEQajSKAX
@richove @HistoriaHWA Congratulations! I've just finished the wonderful #Burningthebooks & loved every page. I wondered as I read, 'how could I have not known this before?' I will be recommending it widely to anyone interested in books, libraries & collections. An inspiring call to action. Thank you.
@profjill_burke So sorry to hear this news. Michael's print scholarship was inspirational. A BM friend told me he had a dozen people 'in line' should he come across a copy of 'The Print in Italy 1550-1620'. An article in 'Collecting prints and drawings in Europe, c.1500-1750' inspired my PhD...
A fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in two stellar collections in Melbourne (University of Melbourne @Uomcollections and the State Library of Victoria @Library_Vic): the prestigious Redmond Barry Fellowship
Are you a writer or scholar looking for a way to use our collections for a research project? In partnership with @Library_Vic we're excited to announce applications for the Redmond Barry fellowship are now open! Fellows receive $15,000, desk space and + https://t.co/fGJAK72PTp
Excited to announce that I've been awarded the 'Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in the PhD Thesis'. So proud to be flying the flag for 18thC visual culture, art history, prints, history of collecting, and Special Collections, University of Melbourne @ArtsUnimelb@uomcollections
Congratulations to Louise Box on winning the prestigious University of Melbourne Chancellor's Prize for her doctoral dissertation on the print collection of Elizabeth Seymour Percy, 1st Duchess of Northumberland - a terrific achievement! @MemoryandWit https://t.co/UiooivqSs4
@ERCCUnimelb Thanks so much! I've been touched by the kind words and congratulatory message from colleagues. Great to see 18thC art collecting 'in lights' at the University of Melbourne @ArtsUnimelb
"Memory is the seamstress, and a capricious one at that. Memory runs her needle in and out, up and down, hither and thither ...may agitate a thousand odd, disconnected fragments, now bright, now dim, hanging and bobbing and dipping and flaunting."
- Virginia Woolf, Orlando
The Leeds Library is to receive £28,100 from the second round of the Government’s #CultureRecoveryFund. "It’s a lifeline for us and others who are passionate about sustaining heritage for the benefit of all.” Carl Hutton, CEO. #HereForCulture. Read more: https://t.co/jjmdWZ0Hmm
Entries to the 2021 Geelong acquisitive print awards are now open to Australian printmakers working in contemporary and traditional processes.
Further info: https://t.co/if11YrMJ3U
Our drawings dating from the 15th to the 18th century are kept in period albums, placed between the blank folios of these large leather-bound books. An ambitious project has been undertaken to restore these albums subjected to the test of time and use. https://t.co/KjyUaQ6Nkp
The Jubilation Exhibition at Melbourne’s Johnston Collection celebrates 60 years of Embroiderers Guild Victoria and 30 years of the @TJCMuseum. An opportunity today to visit and hear the stories associated with their work.