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overholt, 1 hour ago to random

A prize-winning collection of Penguin paperbacks makes it possible to trace the evolution of its logo over time. https://special-collections.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2024/05/10/winner-of-the-2024-james-david-forbes-collecting-prize-march-of-the-grenguins/

overholt, 2 hours ago to random

The challenges of preserving obsolete AV formats like mini digital video tape, just a few decades old but already at risk and become increasingly difficult to access. https://theatrecollection.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/05/09/the-challenges-and-rewards-of-preserving-video-from-minidv-tapes/

overholt, 1 day ago to random

I probably won’t get to see any northern lights this weekend, but rest assured I will have the line “Aurora Borealis comes in view-ew-ew/Aurora comes in view-ew-ew” from I Ran by Flock of Seagulls in my head the whole time.

overholt, 1 day ago to random

This afternoon I hosted a visit from a group called The Pursuit of History, 30 folks spending the weekend immersed in Revolutionary history, and had a lovely time showing them collections from 1774 Boston. https://thepursuitofhistory.org/pursuit-of-history-weekends/rebellion-in-new-england-may-2024/

Three large cartoon prints satirizing events in Massachusetts, particularly the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
A manuscript diary of events of 1774
A sample of calligraphy from a Boston writing school

overholt, 2 days ago to random

I just woke up from a fairly standard “unexpected test you haven’t studied for” dream except that it was a class on memes taught by Werner Herzog.

overholt, 2 days ago to random

Oh no, disaster has struck Houghton’s Lincoln Collection! (It’s OK, it’s just a simulated training disaster)

overholt, 3 days ago to random

I do not wear a wristwatch but this Ptolemaic solar system is tempting. https://shop.getty.edu/collections/cuff-links-watches/products/ptolemaic-watch

overholt, 3 days ago to random

I just pray that the students finishing up dinner next to me don’t come to blows over whether the check should be settled by Venmo or Zelle.

overholt, 3 days ago to random

Due to a lapse in editing we inadvertently created a new 17th century heresy. The Citizen regrets the error. http://www.badnewspaper.com/good-quality-control/

glennf, 3 days ago to random

Just learned that Albrecht Dürer died at my age and I have got to get my act in gear.

overholt, 4 days ago to random

I love these metatextual type specimens from 1907--the opposite of lorem ipsum. https://uwmspeccoll.tumblr.com/post/749853640601255936/typography-tuesday

overholt, 4 days ago to random

Heard on a Canadian podcast:
Host: “Did you have, like a life skills class in school?”
Guest: “No, I went to school in America.”

overholt, 5 days ago to random

Welcome the #*&@ to Boston, it’s a street sign with a grawlix. https://www.universalhub.com/2024/citizen-complaint-day-whats-meaning-these-nubian

overholt, 7 days ago to random

This edition of Tarzan doesn’t just come with any old Ape-English Dictionary, it’s got the official Ape-English Dictionary. https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/lilly/2024/05/02/a-glossary-of-ape/

First page of the glossary giving Ape words and English equivalents from a (light) to ho-wala (village)

overholt, 8 days ago to random

I’m in Baltimore for a library event but it happens also to be the Flower Mart street fair and the weather for it is lovely.

Vendors selling plants in a plaza lined with row houses

overholt, 9 days ago to random

Am I so out of touch? No, it’s the ethics that are wrong. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/did-student-or-chatgpt-write-that-paper-does-it-matter/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020240503%20(1

overholt, 11 days ago to random

Good advice from the Harvard Yenching Library

glennf, 11 days ago to random

Having visited four rare book and manuscript reading rooms in the last week, and being mildly admonished in one for bringing in a camera case that fit the camera but was considered technically a bag, the ability of people to steal these books is baffling to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/books/booksupdate/rare-books-pushkin-disappearance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.tGKz.8EhCFIXJJIf6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

When I left one room, I was politely asked to open the cover of my iPad to ensure no papers were inside.

overholt, 11 days ago to random

A great example of a vertical half-title, a practice mostly found in mid-17th century English books and whose function is still debated. https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990042221870203941/catalog

The titlepage and engraved frontispiece of "Amanda, a sacrifice to an unknown goddesse, or, A free-will offering of a loving heart to a sweet-heart" (1653)

overholt, 11 days ago to random

Absolutely shocking news that Will Noel, head of Princeton’s special collections, has died after being struck by a car in Edinburgh. A great loss to our profession. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2vw8jnw7xeo

overholt, 12 days ago to random

We've just launched a new site focusing on material features in our early manuscripts, with tutorials on bindings, pages, content, and decoration, and links to digitized manuscripts with those features. Thanks to my colleague Bailey Ludwig for her fabulous work! https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/medieval-renaissance-manuscripts/feature/material-features

overholt, 13 days ago to random

Donald Duck says protect your children with DDT-infused wallpaper. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/mg74qm295?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=042924