Happy birthday to Enriqueta Rylands! Enriqueta Rylands founded the library in memory of her husband. She decided to establish a new library for the people of Manchester. To create the library, she spent about £1 million (over £100 million today). Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry,

It is the last Friday of the month, which means the Cathach of Columcille (RIA MS 12 R 33) is on display from 10am - 4.30pm. The Cathach is the oldest extant Irish manuscript of the Psalter and very likely the earliest example of the form of Irish writing known as insular majuscule script.

I love this category of typographic blunder. I blogged about my favourite one of these I’ve seen: universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/b...

A rare source of grants for digitisation for archives across the UK - closing date **5th June**.

🚨We are hiring🚨 We are recruiting for 2x Archivist posts: Archivist (Access and Engagement) - fixed-term until March 2028. Project Archivist (Setting the Record Straight) - fixed-term, 12 months. To find out more about the roles and apply take a look at our website⬇️. #archives #jobs

News | Site of first smallpox vaccinations to reopen after restoration work Temple of Vaccinia at Dr Jenner's House museum was added to the Heritage at Risk Register last year

Acquired with the support of a grant from @thefnl.bsky.social! This wonderful manuscript features in our 2025 Annual Report which will be out at the end of this month.

Thank you to those who have completed the UK Archive Sector Survey 2026! For those that haven’t yet, please do tinyurl.com/UK-Archive-S... The evidence helps us to advocate & demonstarte the social and economic importance of archives to funders & stakeholders

What a terrific opportunity! careers.kew.org/vacancy/arch...

Our #ArchiveFuture looks bright, we will be starting work on our extension in earnest very soon, hoping to get it finished by the end of 2027 and ready to take in even more records in 2028! #Archive30

Are you a student in London with a collection of printed or handwritten materials you’re proud of? Apply for the Anthony Davis Book Collecting Prize by 25 May for a chance to win £600! Photo: stamp album covers from Penny James’ collection, 2025’s runner up. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...

**JOB KLAXON!** What a fantastic opportunity! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH302/c...

The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is dedicated to the achievements of William and Caroline Herschel. This brother and sister duo were distinguished astronomers and talented musicians. It was from this house that William discovered Uranus in 1781. #herschelmuseum #bathuk #spacelovers #bathmuseums

Great blog highlighting Jiwon Jeong's work on on 2 NMCT-funded projects. Jiwon, new graduate from the Cardiff was employed as Project Conservator at @newalesarchives.bsky.social on the projects. The one for @gladlib.bsky.social is complete & this 2nd soon will be. archives.wales/2025/11/29/b...

Thank you so much to @camlibresearch.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @liamsims.bsky.social @kingscollege.bsky.social for generously hosting our FNL group and showing a varied and fascinating range of manuscripts and books - some acquired with our support. A really memorable day for everyone!

Fantastic PhD studentship opportunity - Spitting Image: political satire in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries. Working across @exeter.ac.uk and @theul.bsky.social in partnership with the @camglamresearch.bsky.social and drawing on the Roger Law archive. #PhDsky

This is a terrific initiative which creates opportunities for graduate conservators in the UK. The power of working together!

Thank you to @thefnl.bsky.social for this fantastic book: The Essayes, or Morall and militarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne, … new done into English by John Florio, 1603. Donated from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library by the Friends of the Nations’ Libraries.

Our newest photographic acquisition highlighted in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/photograp...

Discover one of our favourite historic maps, showing Boconnoc, Bradock and even a Queen’s Highway — helping date it to the Elizabethan era. Spot the barrows, gateposts and hidden details! #ManorialMonday #OldMaps

Today we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

FREE preservation site visits for cathedrals! The Spring 2026 application round is now open; apply for a visit from our expert Collections Care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues. Details at www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...

Earlier this month we were pleased to support a @thefnl.bsky.social briefing on how Acceptance in Lieu (AIL), Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) & private treaty sales could benefit institutions, depositors & donors. 📺 A recording of this event is now available to watch at youtu.be/c6knmsTll20

🏰 Help bring a Gothic Masterpiece Home 🏰 We’re raising £85,000 to acquire a rare 1750s painting of Strawberry Hill, capturing Walpole’s villa at the birth of the Gothic Revival. Now on display! All donations matched until we reach our target 🎯 www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/muntz-strawb...

We are pleased to report that Dr Nicolas Bell’s recent lecture commemorating the centenary of the publication of the Short-Title Catalogue is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKFe...

Terrific - 'toast water' sounds an absolute must!

The UK annual Archive Sector Survey is now open! Take part by 29 May 2026 and help us gather evidence that will support archives to advocate for their social and economic value: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... (1/4)

A recording from our FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme is available now! 1.5hrs long & packed with info. and advice. Main speakers: Anastasia Tennant, Joan Winterkorn and @camlibresearch.bsky.social. Thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible. www.fnl.org.uk/resources/fn...

A rare sight. This matching indenture from c.1280 was discovered whilst cataloguing. Christopher's Deja vu led him to check back through his work & discover they were a pair. As indentures are copies of the same document given to individual parties it is quite rare for them to be reunited. #archive

Living Water: Poetry, Art and the Fight for Clean Rivers – now open! 📷Dr Mark Wormald, curator of Living Water, Fellow in English at Pembroke College and award-winning poet. 🔎 Find out more: https://loom.ly/48X86bY 🎟️ FREE entry 📍Cambridge University Library and Pembroke College

🚨 We're looking for a new Project Archivist 🚨The main objective of the project is to catalogue the papers of Harriet Harman. [Full time, 2 years fixed contract] The deadline for applications is 3 April 2026 with interviews planning to be on the 14 April 2026 buff.ly/mhMCz8E

Delighted that we were able to support this important acquisition with a major grant!

A recording from our FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme is available now! 1.5hrs long & packed with info. and advice. Main speakers: Anastasia Tennant, Joan Winterkorn and @camlibresearch.bsky.social. Thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible. www.fnl.org.uk/resources/fn...

We were delighted to purchase at auction recently more letters and papers of the Victorian journalist W. T. Stead, adding a significant personal and visual dimension to his existing collection here. All thanks to a grant from @thefnl.bsky.social, which made this acquisition possible #archives

Today's FNL Briefing on AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme was a mine of information and good advice. If you missed it, the recording will be on the @thefnl.bsky.social and @rluk.ac.uk websites soon. Thanks to our speakers, Jess Gardner for chairing, and to RLUK colleagues for making it possible

One of the most important parts of the medieval Abbey was College Garden, which was used to grow food and medicinal herbs and was home to a fishpond and beehives. The gardener's expenses are recorded in these handwritten accounts in our archive. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAWildlife

The IES is excited to offer 'The Sarum Master Bible in Context', a short course delivered at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social, which gives the rare opportunity to explore this 13th century text in the context of medieval manuscript production. 🎟️ Limited tickets available. Book here - buff.ly/tmEzm5s

The Library and Archives are holding an open day in the Earth Sciences Library. Friday 20 March 2026, 11.00 - 15.00. Lasting Impressions Gallery (Free). ☝️Full details in our bio link. #NaturalHistoryMuseum #WomensMonth #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #IWD26 #ExploreYourArchives #MuseumArchives

Currently advertising two fixed term parental leave posts: Special Collections Librarian (13 months; £43,622-£49,097 - closes 9 March) and Special Collections Assistant (6 months; £30,508-£33,096 - closes 7 April). It's a great chance to work with a brilliant collection jobs.joh.cam.ac.uk

There's still time to sign up for this event - all you need to know about AIL and the Cultural Gifts Scheme!!

For £35k, which is zippity nada in the scheme of even impoverished council funding, just going to show that it's not actually about the money in any case. Vandals.

TCD Library is recruiting a Senior Bibliographer to help catalogue the Fagel Collection! This is a fabulous professional opportunity to work on one of Europe's great early modern private libraries. Closing 10 March at noon. Full details available at www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies

Last week we enjoyed a team away day in Perth! We were delighted to visit the Last Letter of Mary, Queen of Scots exhibition at Perth Museum and The Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots exhibition at AK Bell Library. We also had the opportunity to get an in-depth tour of Perth and Kinross Archives.

🚨There is still time to apply🚨 We are recruiting an Archivist (Physical Collections) – Maternity Cover, to join our archive team here at Explore York Libraries and Archvies. Closing date is 5pm, Friday, 27th February. Find out more about the role and apply here:

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

In 2025 a grant from FNL enabled Nairn Museum to acquire medieval & early modern manuscripts created by Clan Rose of Kilravock Castle. In this film, Curator Annie MacDonald talks about one of the indentures. A great addition to Nairn's collections! vimeo.com/1166667400?f...

FNL Briefing: AIL & the Cultural Gifts Scheme Online only, 11 March, 2pm-3.30pm Sign up now, it's free! Speakers include Anastasia Tennant, @camlibresearch.bsky.social & Joan Winterkorn. *Book now!* www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fnl-briefi... Renewed thanks to @rluk.ac.uk for making it possible.

Thoroughly recommend 'Made in Ancient Egypt' at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social for a window into the work of craftspeople THOUSANDS of years ago. fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-vi...

Delighted that we were able to award a grant to fund the conservation of the wonderful Bury Psalter.

🎉We are very happy to share the news that Churchill College’s Governing Body has voted in favour of plans to build a new Churchill Archives Centre within the Grounds of the College. www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...