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We have taken the decision to stop posting on X. We are sad to leave behind the wonderful community we have built here, but we hope to see a lot of you on other platforms.
Our account will remain here to guard our username, but will be inactive.
Bookish love to you all ❤️
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RIA Library is pleased to announce our participation in the CERL Internship Placement and Grant scheme for 2025. The RIA Library project aims to describe & sample provenance marks in the collection of Charles Haliday (1789–1866), for the Provenance Digital Archive (PDA) of CERL.
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Lá Fhéile Bríde/Happy St. Brigid’s day everyone 💐 Saint Brigid's day marks the end of winter, the first day of spring and new beginnings 🌞
This print has been digitised as part of the #VirtualTrinityLibrary Cuala Press project!
doi.org/10.48495/c247f068s
ALT Hand-coloured photoengraved print by Kathleen Verschoyle titled 'Saint Brigid'. Print depicts Saint Brigid, wearing a blue cloak and holding a lamb, with two lambs at her feet and trees in the background. The text below the illustration is a poem by Winifred M. Letts. The first two lines read "The Dandelion lights its spark, Lest Brigid find the wayside dark."
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
There’s something appealing about little books. And books in original condition. Lovely to find this little almanac, which was printed in Grenoble, still in its original printed wrappers.
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
All welcome (online & in-person) to our next seminar on Tuesday 4 Feb 5.30pm GMT @Warburg_News. Pierre Delsaerdt's topic is book seizures in Belgium, Netherlands and the Left Bank of the Rhine during the French Occupation, 1794-1795. Book your place here: bit.ly/BookSeizures
❗️Exciting conference news❗️Registration is OPEN for Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, 2-4 April 2025.
The conference will be both in-person and online at the University of London @SASNews
sas.ac.uk/about-us/institute…
This is an international conference seeking to further discussion on how the born-digital transforms research in the humanities & to bring together researchers and practitioners involved in accessing / developing born-digital collections and archives.
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the greatest collections of 20th and 21st century British collections in the world #LISJobs #libraries @ciliplndn @CILIPRareBooks
informationprofessionaljobs.…
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
This is amazing. Nancy Mitford asked Evelyn Waugh how he dealt with fan mail. His reply...
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
Rare example of a surviving charter by a medieval Irish King held by the @NLIreland - from the early 1180s it is a charter of Domnall Mór Ua Briain in which he styles himself 'Donaldus Obreyn, by the grace of God, king of Limerick'.
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
In her latest blog post, curator Zsófi Buda explores the Samaritan manuscript collection at the Rylands close up, uncovering hidden messages, unique calendars, and the Samaritans’ ability to switch languages and scripts. ✍️🔍
Read it here: ow.ly/uN5250UyGgF
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
I heard the sad news at the weekend that the wood engraver Simon Brett died on 29 December. Well known for his his book illustrations (simonbrett-woodengraver.co.u…), he also cut my bookplate for me in 2005.
We were a little late bringing you the RBSCG Newsletter for Autumn 2024, but that's because we were taking time to make it extra-special!
tinyurl.com/rbscgautumn2024
Particular highlights include: a fond farewell from the wonderful @LibraryLuce, who is leaving the committee after fifteen (15!) years of service; reflections on #RBSCG2024; incredible treasures in your collections; 'provenance information is hot'🔥; and much more!
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group retweeted
Read our latest blog post on MU Library Treasures, 'More than Metadata: Cataloguing the Thomas Furlong Collection' by Claire Davin, MLIS intern @library_MU
mulibrarytreasures.wordpress…
#MetadataMatters #Cataloguing
Want to get to know our committee members better and find out what each of our roles entails (as well as what we’re currently reading)? Of course you do! Head on over to our Instagram (also @ciliprarebooks) now!
You had me at 'mysterious'👀
New blog post from the library ✍🏻
'From the author' : G. A. Simcox and the romantic poets by our Library Assistant Felix Taylor is now live. A poet! A mysterious disappearance! An extensive library! read all about it: tinyurl.com/GASimcox
