Starting TOMORROW!! #BiteSizedBookHistory returns with a 5-episode season! BSBH is a series of 7-10 minute long videos about various book historical topics, aimed at a general audience. Catch up with previous episodes here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Books and paper people! What's your preferred light sheet for looking at watermarks and stuff? I think I bought one from University Products two jobs ago, but I can't seem to find any for sale anymore...

I'm going to start citing Bowers whenever I'm asked to produce a timeline for a grant application.

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Anywho, there's no better time than now to put your ideas out there and invite other people to do things with you. Might as well try. You don't have to know everything before starting. You can just start.

I want to start posting new Bite Sized Book History episodes next week, but I also don’t want to come off as insensitively promoting them while the world fucking burns

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

JOB ALERT! 📜📚 Who wants to be director & curator of special collections & archives at Middlebury College (Vermont!) — & work for a wonderful boss (& one of my favorite people), Rebekah Irwin? apply.workable.com/middleburyco...

“We’re sad to see you go!” No you’re not, you’re a fucking website and don’t have feelings about whether or not I unsubscribe from your promotional emails

Huh, I just realized that with my UD affiliated status I can use the "Prof." prefix without it being stolen valor! See ya later "Ms."!

I know there's a lot going on right now, but don't forget to apply to @calrbs.bsky.social -- priority applications close in April! I'm teaching Pop Bibliography there again, and would love to have you in my class: www.calrbs.org/english-pale...

I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img acefoundationict.org

I need the cover of this seed catalog as a tattoo like IMMEDIATELY

I cannot stress enough how unwalkable Kansas is, it’s a fucking nightmare. I can’t speak to the situation in Kansas City, but in Wichita, most buses only run once an *hour* if that with limited routes, so public transportation isn’t even an option for many

I'm on a new medicine that makes me shaky if I don't eat lunch, which is feels like a personal slight to me, America's #1 Lunch Hater

👆🧵👇 🐑 🐑 Sheep disease evidence retrieved from parchment!

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

first in my line of critical universi-tees

Folio Quarto Octavo Duodecimo

Just had a colleague tell me I look very dapper today and I’m going to be riding this gender euphoria for the rest of the week

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

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I tried my binder on for the first time in ages tonight and I forgot that it made me look like I have the pecs of a bodybuilder 😂

I’m watching this anime called “May I Ask for One Final Thing?” about a noblewoman who solves all her problems by beating the shit out of people and as of episode 5 I cannot recommend it enough

Here are all the handling instructions and additional accessories for your perusal 😂

And finally, “Model C, recommended for ease of handling and maneuverability, if approached with understanding […] Functions well at movies (preferably Doris Day comedies). Use caution in suggesting expensive entertainment or dining plans. Consult stock-market reports regularly before meetings.”

Here we have “Model B, recommended for extremely smooth operation […] especially where atmosphere is cool. Best at fraternity house-parties, discothèque nightclubs, de luxe restaurants, and/or his own apartment, where he has a marvelous collection of bossa-nova records that you really must hear.”

Over here we have “Model A, an art or drama major who performs well in East Side or Village espresso parlors and art-movie houses or in vicinity of stereo equipment. Will not adapt well to atmosphere in expensive midtown restaurants.”

I am HOLLERING, look at this “New York College Girls Blind Date” paper doll from 1962 😂

This blog post is a GREAT resource!!

I am HOLLERING, look at this “New York College Girls Blind Date” paper doll from 1962 😂

Me: Certainly I recorded the box number within the collection where I found that cool thing! List of objects past me made: Selections from [collection]

I know there's a lot going on right now, but don't forget to apply to @calrbs.bsky.social -- priority applications close in April! I'm teaching Pop Bibliography there again, and would love to have you in my class: www.calrbs.org/english-pale...

This whole thread resonates but this bit especially. You don’t need to have reservations about saying something nice to someone, especially your friend. 🩷

it is deeply unfortunate that so many of our best thinkers are now at the mercy of their ability to sell their ideas through video in order to reach the widest audience, and I do not see any signs that the trend is going to reverse this is how people want to consume content now

The one single downside to a snow day is "Oh FUCK, what was the call number of that thing?? I can see it on the shelf in my mind's eye but I don't know what keywords to search to make it come up in the catalog... if only I could just pop into the vault and check!"

Oh jeez, this fucking sucks!

What a shame that WorldCat now requires users to log in before they can interact with records. I like to send people to WorldCat when I reference a book, so they can find it at their local library. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t require a login—but now WC does.

Katherine Elizabeth (yes both) – my mom wanted Katharine (Kitty) to be my first name but got cold feet when Kitty Dukakis had mental health issues in the public eye. She would’ve been overruled anyway: my dad wanted the kids to have the same initials as him (AEA) so pushed for Elizabeth

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I just know there’s going to be some buck wild #PopBibiography in this, but I think I’d rather gnaw my own leg off than watch it

Why he got hair like an Amaura

🚨🚨THE SNOW HAS STARTED🚨🚨

HANG IN THERE BABY!! #art

The McDonald’s I’m at is playing the entire discography of John Denver. I’m not sure there’s a word in the English language for this vibe

Maybe this will help? iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/vi...

Fighting for my life trying to find a good digitized copy of "The Female Soldier, Or, The Surprising Life and Adventures of Hannah Snell"; the one on Internet Archive looks like it's been through the dark fires of jpg hell

Living in the Philly area is like “Well, they’ll get 2” in DC and 20” in Boston, looks like it’s 0”-25” for us”

This man has never known the tyranny of emails

Yes.