Here's a treat for manuscript- and fragment-lovers everywhere: @manuelmunoz.bsky.social will speak at Senate House Library @ies-sas.bsky.social Tuesday, 30th September, 5:30pm on his research into fragments at Keio University. To attend in-person or online, register at ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Harvard Receives $46 Million in Federal Grants, Ending 4-Month Freeze www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Snakeskin Bookmarks (Yes, Really) 📜 #LibraryofCongress #Conservation blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books 📚 www.404media.co/librarians-a...

LA’s Oldest Gallery to Close, Donate Archive to Huntington Library 📜 www.artforum.com/news/las-old...

School cell phone ban creates surge in JCPS library visits (KY) 📚 www.wave3.com/2025/09/02/s...

Future Colleen: Please remember not to do live demos.

Many museums have desks. There is a lot of pressure to accept desks in Special Collections, though they may not be equipped to store or care for them. Do you enjoy seeing famous people's desks? What is it about desks? 📜 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Thankfully, I'm not on there. At the same time, this ToS is something else... #InformationPrivacy #HigherEd

Surprising information in the inscription, and a preservation treatment. 📜 blog.thepreservationlab.org/2025/09/a-ti...

3D Printing Cuneiform 931 📜 U. Manchester Libraries (UK) rylandscollections.com/2025/09/12/3...

“Whiskers of National Reputation”: Recognizing the Beard of Moses Purnell Handy 📜 Clements Library (MI) clements.umich.edu/whiskers-of-...

Harvard’s Austerity Measures Put Library Renovations on Hold 📜 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Raman spectroscopy analysis www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Surviving Burnout in Libraries an MLA Talk Last week I gave a talk on burnout for the Medical Library Association. I have written about burnout many times here, but it is worth repeating that burnout cannot be solved with individual solutions because the causes are organizational and cultural.…

Preserving the digital legacy of company archives www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-ra...

SAA Statement on State and Territorial Archives and Records Repositories 📜 www2.archivists.org/news/2025/sa...

"Canvas’ parent company InStructure has entered into a partnership with OpenAI to retool Canvas. OpenAI is a company with substantial US military contracts to develop AI for military and surveillance purposes,” Tahir’s message reads. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/09...

The Spring/Summer issue of the American Archivist is out and it's too good for me to link just an article or two. The theme is accessioning. 📜 www2.archivists.org/news/2025/re...

(September 2021) I return to this article each year. People come first, but 21 libraries & archives were lost, and countless other cultural heritage items 📚 americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/09/01/w...

🍐 New on the blog: BHL Transition Update #5. 🍪 Thank you for the support & ideas in response to our Call for Support. 🌍 Next up: guiding principles, long-term sustainability & our #ILoveBHL public fundraising campaign. Read more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/09/tran... #BHLTransition

I already don't remember how we did RBMS committee work before Zoom. I know we met at ALA Annual and ALA Midwinter in person when possible. Did we otherwise just email or have phone calls? I can't believe I don't remember this.

I attended a talk from a museum professional last night who praised librarians for their organized systems of mentorship for new members of the profession. RBMS is in need of new mentors! THAT MEANS YOU. Invest the time to make that praise true! 📜 rbms.info/committees/m...

One of the coolest video game preservation stories I have ever covered arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

The public library bookmobile is parked on the medical campus today. I love this so much! Everyone should have easy access. 📚

Books by Bots Librarians grapple with AI-generated material in collections 📚 americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...

Ohio State Bans Most Land Acknowledgments www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Inside the ‘Devil’s Bible,’ the Largest Medieval Manuscript Ever Made #codexGigas 📜 news.artnet.com/art-world/hu...

Desktop Zotero just updated, looks great, and there's no ✨AI bullshit packed in

Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world. Gift link.

I made an appointment to get a covid vaccine at Walgreens and got turned away. They say they are only doing over age 65 and are not honoring any other items on the list. #iowa

My student pointed out that the Snipping Tool can do screen recordings now. You can even still "snip" a small section of your screen to record. I used that tip already today, so I am passing it along to you in case it's useful.

it's aliiiiiveeeeeee! all 700 pages of my dissertation can be found here: hdl.handle.net/2429/92159

This is delightful. Ballet Des Moines and the Des Moines Public Library partner to make tickets to the ballet available with your library card. 📚 www.balletdesmoines.org/community-ti...

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Kim Sajet, who this past June stepped down as longtime director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, after the current president attacked her as “a...supporter of DEI,” has been named director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. 📜 www.artforum.com/news/kim-saj...

Basho and the Fox... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Never thought I would use colored pencils and markers for a graduate school assignment!" 🥰 Zine making was a total success!

Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with 📚 dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

‪Our colleagues at the Nelson-Atkins made this great video of @finchinthestacks.bsky.social and I talking about books for the "Mapping the Heavens" show we co-curated - and it's up now! Watch, share, enjoy, etc! 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #histstm 🔬 #histastro 🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PB...

U. of Chicago freezes Ph.D. admissions to most humanities programs www.hpherald.com/evening_dige...

Meet Elizabeth Catlett in 11 Facts www.artic.edu/articles/121...

What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I found a cool Shakespeare document, but why was it missing in the first place? www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... [1/4]

There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.

Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics Library and Social Work Library will close permanently 📚 www.ibmadison.com/business-rep...

Vermeer’s vandal: the untold story of a vicious attack at London's National Gallery in 1968 📜 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/v...

I handed in my promotion documents. With a day or two to catch up, I should be back to a regular posting schedule, since I will have time to read things again.

Cataloging Sir Elton John’s photography book collection at Emory (Aug. 11)(Georgia) 📜 scholarblogs.emory.edu/woodruff/new...

What did Robert Martin read? Jane Austen’s “Emma” and “Agricultural Reports” Cardinal Tales, The Blog of Special Collections and University Archives at Iowa State University 📜 isuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/w...