Colleen Barrett
@colleenlovesbks.bsky.social
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Champion of the obscure, Hobbit-like tendencies, Rare Books Librarian at UKL.
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SHARP
9 days ago
Are you interested in contemporary publishing, texts, and readers? Then you'll love the SHARPIES festival, which kicks off in just two weeks! Registration is still open and free for SHARP members. SHARP membership is 55-100USD.
events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...
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It's going to be a great time!
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Hey
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, my phone died so if you're trying to find me you'll need to do it the old fashioned way. Technology is such an interesting thing to deal with!
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Honey & Wax Booksellers
14 days ago
Two weeks to apply for the tenth and final Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize! $1000 for an outstanding book collection built by a woman, aged 30 or younger. The Knicks did it – now it’s your year!
#honeyandwaxprize
#honeyandwaxbookcollectingprize
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Ellen Forget
21 days ago
Does anyone know of any short-term fellowships or other funding I could apply for to help me get to Germany in September? Trying to attend a conference, but internal funding hasn't come through. Anything related to
#BookHistory
#DisabilityStudies
or
#DigitalHumanities
. Thanks!
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I also just got to see the Goodyear Blimp at the Lexington airport? This is just a wacky travel adventure if I do say so myself...
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I cannot decide if O'Hare is the Malört or Tequila of airports. And yes, I've been here for hours.
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Surely someone is writing about and studying airport bookstores, right? I'm just not aware of it? Because I want that.
25 days ago
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Thinking Through Printing friends, I think I need to come with a warning label today that says I've been up since 4:30am, forgive me for that. But I'm here!!!
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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog
about 1 month ago
Life changing
#booksky
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Another year, another faculty retreat that I feel the urge to live post but have literally no reason to do so.
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Megan L. Cook
about 1 month ago
Email is bad, actually
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Matthew Noe is on Vacation
about 1 month ago
It's okay to enjoy things Important to, even
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My employer loves me, or at least wants me to eat free food.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist
about 1 month ago
If you want to attend a sporting event to watch the game, there's nothing like basketball but if you want to attend a sporting event and not watch the game, baseball is basically the GOAT sport
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UK Libraries
about 2 months ago
he's back 😻 oh yes he is
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Trans* Book History
about 2 months ago
If you’re in or near Lexington tomorrow come on out for the Halftone Zine Fest from noon-5pm at SAVS.
Halftonezinefest.org
We’ll be giving away small and tiny language models as well as other printed sundries.
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Hanging out at the Midwest Archives Conference and trying to figure out how to navigate a 300 person conference after years of either 15, 100, or 600+ person conferences.
about 2 months ago
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Come hang out with me from afar in July! It'll be a blast.
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SHARP
about 2 months ago
Hey book nerds! We just hit 200 registrants for the SHARPIES! Don't let July 7th-9th be the worst bout of FOMO you've ever experienced. Register now!
events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...
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Sarah Werner
about 2 months ago
Spots are still available for my CalRBS online summer course on feminist bibliography! Spread the word and come explore with me! 📜 📚
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Trans* Book History
about 2 months ago
This is going to be a great event! Online and In-Person.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-print-...
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The Print Revolution then and now
A one-day event consisting of panel discussions and presentations on various aspects of printing history and heritage in the 21st century.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-print-revolution-then-and-now-tickets-1985991576266?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
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Prof. Allie Alvis 🌷
about 2 months ago
Sometimes all you can do is peak in an archival envelope, sigh to yourself, and close the archival envelope
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The Bibliographical Society of America
about 2 months ago
🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Submit your proposal today for financial support for upcoming events in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 1 July (11 weeks away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities
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I'm honestly not sure you can
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it’s ya hubs Nixo 🌈
about 2 months ago
Happy nerd holiday
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Megan L. Cook
2 months ago
It’s that time of year when all my friends are hanging out at the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair without me
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Mark Alan Mattes + Hot Brown Press
2 months ago
I'm probably gonna have to start a bookstore/dispensary called Leaves of Grass
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Jordan Alexander Stein
2 months ago
#bookhistory
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Colleen T
2 months ago
This follows a retirement.
#lisjobs
📜https://phxc3c.rfer.us/UIOWA7gaVOl
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Curator of the Iowa Women's Archives in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and ArchivesCurator of the Iowa Women’s ArchivesThe Libraries intends to hire for one position...
https://phxc3c.rfer.us/UIOWA7gaVOl
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Another
#IndieBookstoreDay
is in the books! Thanks for being a good sport
@pumpkin-pisces.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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SHARP
2 months ago
Hi! It's over two months until our online global book history festival and we already have 177 registrants! Want to see what all the fuss is about? Join SHARP and register now (click through the link to see program details).
events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...
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Ellen Forget
2 months ago
#DisabilityStudies
friends: I'm looking for sources that discuss disability and independence. Most of what I'm finding is specifically within the context of aging, but I'm looking for sources that discuss independence more generally for any disability context.
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Steven (with a PH)
2 months ago
VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means? ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]
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Phil Salvador
2 months ago
We're hiring a fundraising manager! If you have business development or non-profit fundraising experience, consider joining our team! Extremely proud that, in a field that struggles with funding and stability, we're offering a competitive salary with benefits!!
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Matthew Noe is on Vacation
3 months ago
While next week we'll celebrate National Library Week with
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
... April 16th is National Librarian Day, so be sure to do something kind to your favorite librarians today!
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Suzanne Karr Schmidt
3 months ago
Chaos Monster reporting for curatorial duty!
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Phil Salvador
3 months ago
Serious query: Did anyone out there subscribe to Neopets The Official Magazine and keep their issues?
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Each and every person on my RBMS task force is a gem and I'm so lucky to be able to work with them.
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Beth DeBold
3 months ago
CFP: Edinburgh Bibliographical Seminar & Workshop, 20-24 July, on library catalogs & registers as evidence in the history of math, science, and tech! Deadline 21 April. Please share widely. Generous travel funding available, so don't be put off applying:
sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/e...
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CFP: Edinburgh Bibliographical Seminar and Workshop: Catalogues and Registers as Evidence in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
https://sigma.mathsworlds.org/activities/ebsw/
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Dylan Lewis
3 months ago
📢 Calling all special collections oomfs! I’m doing a very informal survey of how different American universities staff their special collections reading rooms. If you’re willing to answer a few questions, please DM me! (You don’t need to work in the RR, you just need to know how the RR is run)
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Carlisle Yingst
3 months ago
CFP! Edinburgh Bibliographical Seminar and Workshop: 'Catalogues and Registers as Evidence in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology':
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Edinburgh Bibliographical Seminar and Workshop: Catalogues and Registers as Evidence in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology | H-Net
The inaugural Edinburgh Bibliographical Seminar and Workshop (EBSW) seeks proposals on the theme of ‘Catalogues and Registers as Evidence in the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology’. The e...
https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20146621/edinburgh-bibliographical-seminar-and-workshop-catalogues-and
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Mark Riedl
3 months ago
In space no one can hear you on Teams
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Grief is weird but I've been thinking about my mom a lot lately so of course I'm bringing deviled eggs to a work potluck this week. God I miss being able to tell her this kind of stuff on the phone on my walk in.
#CookingWithColleen
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3 months ago
I like printed books
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SHARP
3 months ago
🌟 So thrilled to announce that
@jochargrave.bsky.social
is the incoming
@sharpnews.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief! Help us welcome her into the role!
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Mark Alan Mattes + Hot Brown Press
3 months ago
Asking the big questions over here!
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Primrose Press
3 months ago
This one semester, Book Arts position may be of interest to you or someone you know. 📚🎨 ☀️
www.scrippscollege.edu/hr/faculty/v...
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Visiting Lecturer in Art Specializing in Book Arts Beginning Fall 2026 | Scripps College in Claremont, California
Founded in 1926 in Claremont, California, Scripps College offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, a robust intellectual community, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a rich residenti...
https://www.scrippscollege.edu/hr/faculty/visiting-lecturer-in-art-specializing-in-book-arts-beginning-fall-2026
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Jess Schomberg
3 months ago
Do I know any archivists who are interested in becoming journal editors? (It is ok to DM if yes)
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Discontinued Foods!
4 months ago
When taking in the full scope of the history of humanity, it's a genuine miracle that we exist in the same moment in time as Cinnamon Toast Crunch
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