We’re delighted we could,thanks to generous donors, buy Charlotte’s Book of Ryhmes (sic) in 2022 and donate it to Brontë Parsonage to join the others we donated to BPM in 2021 from the #BlavatnikHonresfieldLibrary! The reading, when we welcomed it back to the UK, of 2 of the poems was magical.

We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!! This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

#Museum30 theme 27 is #achievement. It’s been remarkable achievement for Dunblane’s historic Leighton Library to have undertaken major restoration of 17th century building. Help us achieve next phase to redevelop Undercroft to create accessible welcome, interpretation, engagement and exhibition…/👇

The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍 📜

#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published. Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin! #CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)

We are so pleased to share that Beckford’s Tower and Museum has won two awards in this year’s Bristol Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards: 🏅 Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award: Bronze 🏅 Small Visitor Attraction of the Year: Gold A huge well done to our brilliant team who have made this possible 👏

Delighted to help @theul.bsky.social acquire this important archive. Levy's life was sadly short but she wrote 3 vols. of verse, three novels & more. Oscar Wilde saw ‘a touch of genius’ in her stories. She is increasingly recognised as an important late-Victorian writer & pioneering social figure.

Delighted that we were able to award a grant to help @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social acquire this important archive!

We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December. To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches. Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...

A big thank you to everyone who attended our curator-led tour of Spineless Wonders yesterday. Both in person and online. Spineless Wonders is still running until 29 November so there’s still plenty of time to see it!

Watch this excellent video of the conservation of a letter by Sir Joseph Banks, 1773. NMCT gave a grant to @josephbankssociety.bsky.social to make this possible; Yeaseul Jung was the conservator (and filmmaker). vimeo.com/1129479950?f...

Christopher de Hamel, expert in medieval manuscripts, gave a 'magnificent' lecture this week on the 13th-century Sarum Master Bible. The packed lecture was at @salisburycathedral.bsky.social, to which FNL donated the Bible last year. The Bible is on display in the Cathedral until 2nd November.

This 1200's copy of Peter Lombard's Sentences has many marginal notes. This copy was made by a professional and use by at least one of the Worcester monks (WCL F8 f.3r).

The programme for this years annual conference Scotland's Archives and Records: Celebrating Success is now live! Join us to hear an inspiring lineup of speakers from across the sector as they share their achievements on a range of exciting topics. View: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/sca-a...

Celebrating archival collections in Cambridge and beyond, join us for the 2025 Sandars Lecture Series by Joan Winterkorn MBE. 11 & 12 November, 5-6pm. 🎟️ Book your free tickets: https://loom.ly/Du7jSUs

A wonderful addition to CUL's collections and a fantastically generous donation from Herbert Kretzmer's family.

This IS good news!

Behind the Scenes Experience! See areas of the record office not normally accessible to the public including our strongroom, conservation studio and view some of our favourite documents. 📅 7 October 2025 ⏲️ 10:00-11:30 🎫 £7, booking essential buff.ly/4L4EDrm #behindthescenes

For this week’s blog, Archivist Nicola opens the page on the work she has been doing to safely move the archives and local studies collections from Sutton Coldfield Library to the Library of Birmingham - theironroom.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s... Image Ref: BCU/13 #LibraryofBham #RoyalSutColTC

Staffordshire History Centre www.expressandstar.com/your-world/2...

🏆 Gloucestershire Archives has been named Record Keeping Service of 2025! 🎉 Celebrate with us this September: 📅 16/9 – Online talk (FREE) portal.sog.org.uk/Ev... 📅 17/9 – Library tour, SoG London portal.sog.org.uk/Ev... 📅 23/9 – Visit Gloucestershire Archives portal.sog.org.uk/Ev... #GenHour

Next Tuesday we'll be visiting our friends over at Wycombe Museum for one of our archive drop-in sessions! Come along and learn a little about what we do and have your questions on our upcoming move answered. We'll be there from 11am to 3pm with some historic documents out on display.

Happy Birthday to the wonderful NLS!

Huge congratulations to Lord Smith, outgoing Master of @pembroke1347.bsky.social, who has been elected Chancellor of the University.

If you have visited us recently, you may have noticed that we now have a Tap to Donate station. This goes towards our Documents Purchase Fund which enables us to buy Berkshire's archives that are at risk. They can then be preserved and made accessible. We appreciate your support!

Just a few days left to apply for our new Sector Development Manager role! Help strengthen the impact of archives & records across Scotland, shape sector programmes, and advocate for lasting change. 🔗 Apply now: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/new-v...

*Jobs klaxon* A fantastic opportunity to train future generations of book & paper conservators and be part of the dynamic team at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Kelvin Centre for Conservation & Cultural Heritage Research. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Manuscript Makers at the National Museum of Ireland 📍 Kildare Street, Dublin 📅 Wednesday 16 July | ⏰ 10:30am–12:30pm Explore how manuscripts were made over 1,200 years ago! Handle replicas like vellum, wax tablets & quills Discover ancient inks & pigments www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

We are excited to advertise three new roles as part of the Hall Marks project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The roles are project manager, project officer and project assistant. More details here careers.norfolk.gov.uk#en/sites/CX_... #hallmarks #norfolkcountryhouses #archivejobs

We are recruiting! Are you a qualified archivist who is looking for an 18-month, full-time position? Would you like to work in a stunning location with a wide range of collections? Enjoy being part of a team and talking up archives to a wide audience? www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Archivis...

Delighted we were able to support the BL to save for the nation five exceptional medieval mss from Longleat House - Including an unparalleled volume for the study of Hebrew in medieval England, comprising a trilingual Hebrew-Latin-Old French dictionary, glossed Hebrew Psalter, & Hebrew grammar.

@thomasplumes.bsky.social began to replace scarce 17thC books that were listed in early inventories but found to be 'missing' in the early 20thC. We have supported the library in this quest on many occasions over the years and were delighted to give a grant towards these latest acquisitions.

#DidYouKnow that the earliest document held by Kent Archives is quite possibly the oldest possessed by any county repository in the United Kingdom? 📜👀 It's a charter issued by King Wihtred granting freedom from taxation to the churches and monasteries of #Kent, AD 699 ☟ See U140/T1: bit.ly/4lioB0h

One of the most amazing aspects of Cornwall’s unique landscape is its richness of ancient sites. Two of our archivists recently spent their day off exploring ancient sites around St Just in Penwith. A couple of the beautiful manor maps we care for depict some of these sites.

Preeminent collection of working and design drawings of outstanding aesthetic quality and technical clarity - and acquired with the help of a grant from @thefnl.bsky.social !

Wonderful! And an opportunity to remind colleagues in UK libraries and archives that FNL doesn't 'just' award grants for the conservation of rare books, manuscripts etc etc, but also for fine bindings.

Last Monday we hosted a private viewing of our new exhibition 'Our River Thames'. It was wonderful for people to finally see the completion of months of hard work and hopefully learn something new about the River Thames. Come along and see the installed version for yourself now!

Delighted that we could help @cburycathedral.bsky.social acquire this interesting volume, which will help tell the story of the Cathedral's music in the 19th century.

Local authority run county record offices and local archives are absolutely the under appreciated repositories of British history.

Nell Hoare, Secretary of @thefnl.bsky.social, gave us a fascinating insight into their work and the Acquisitions Grants which can help libraries to purchase important items they couldn't otherwise afford. Key takeaways from Nell's talk:

Want to bid but your archive/library lacks the funds? Don't forget that you can apply to us for an acquisition grant and we can make speedy decisions!

Concerned about the current state of attacks on knowledge, our role in providing access to & preserving authentic knowledge, and what would be the role of AI? Join us at the inaugural Knowledge Futures Symposium on 27th June, 9am-4pm (BST), Online/In Person conferences.leeds.ac.uk/knowledgefut...

As the summer auction season gets underway, a reminder to the UK's national, regional, local, specialist, university and museum collectors of archives that you can apply to @thefnl.bsky.social for an acquisition grant. We can make a decision in days if necessary. www.fnl.org.uk/apply

Delighted we could help!

A great experience at Showtown, Blackpool last week. Congratulations on winning Permanent Exhibition of the Year at the Museums and Heritage Awards last week. Can see why you won!

All of this will be delivered by an all-star cast: @bibsoc.bsky.social President Nicolas Bell; @thefnl.bsky.social's Nell Hoare; antiquarian bookseller Simon Beattie (@simon-beattie.bsky.social); and our very own former Chair, Lucy Evans (@libraryluce.bsky.social).

Save the Archives and Special Collections department at Bangor University: chng.it/Z6T6dyRPPb

Good piece from @richove.bsky.social on the threat of the US govt to libraries, archives and thus knowledge on.ft.com/3FbaZ7h

Major news from our Special Collections and Archives! 📢 Our Head of Music, Prof Lisa Colton @lisacolton.bsky.social, identified that we hold the manuscript of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D, which scholars thought was lost. It is now fully available on the Digital Heritage Lab: tinyurl.com/47ce8hkd

Delighted that we could support this with an acquisition grant!