Join us celebrating the launch of our new @manchesterup.bsky.social special issue on cutting-edge heritage imaging science @thejohnrylands.bsky.social 25th March!
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Why did clergymen marry? What did a wife offer them in serving their parishes? Why on earth would Charlotte Lucas marry Mr Collins? Answers to these questions, & much more, at this talk using the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social collections with curator Paul Carlyle. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clerical-c...
Happy International Women’s Day - today I’m celebrating Rose Thurgood, a poor woman with a “hard and hungry” stomach who supported her four children alone after being abandoned by her husband - and found the inspiration and courage to write one of the earliest English autobiographies in the 1630s
Calling #Skystorians #MedievalSky the 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School (formerly the Keele summer school) is open for bookings. 27-31 July in Birmingham. 👇
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GenAI may be on the specials board, but that doesn't mean you can't order from the full menu. Also Google has secret dishes the chef will make for you if you ask. cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now
Frank Prochaska (1941-2026) - always amusing, often shrewd, articulate and perceptive historian of philanthropy in modern Britain. www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-fran...
On Friday 13 March, an in-person training day in digital methods for bibliographical study has been arranged by the Institute of English Studies and the Bibliographical Society, in association with the John Rylands Research Institute at the University of Manchester who will host the event.
This Women’s History Month we are looking at the impact women had in the founding of Gladstone’s Library! Join us for this special evening to learn more about Catherine, Mary, and Helen Gladstone’s contributions, as well as some of the early female book owners in our collections.
A person stands at a podium in a room with several seated attendees. A large screen displays the title "The UVA Archival AI Protocol: A standard for control" with a tagline "No access without control" and a smaller image titled "UVA Archival AI Protocol, 1st Edition." The setting is the University of Virginia Library.
"Information without origin is a liability."
Introducing the UVA Archival AI Protocol, an AI training and access standard for archival organizations.
Read more: https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/protecting-what-remains-introducing-uva-archival-ai-protocol
#AI #Archives #EthicalAI
#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
New on the CDBU blog: 5 low cost things employers could do to help precarious staff 💰
Words by @hagenilda.bsky.social ✍️
Close up of top of red sandstone building (John Rylands Library) with pointed-arch windows, gothic arches, turrets, filigree stone work
4 February 1908 Enriqueta Rylands died. In her husband’s memory she had founded John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester @thejohnrylands.bsky.social. She was the first woman to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Manchester.
🌟 Looking to join our team? 🎉
We are looking for a new Digital Archives Assistant, with applications due 15.02.26!
For more information visit: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/digi...
#JobOpportunity #DigitalArchiving #HiringNow #ArchaeologyJobs
Newly catalogued correspondence at Manchester University’s Main Library reveals the experiences of Edgar Woodall, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, working in casualty clearing stations and field ambulance units on the Western Front.
Blog: https://ow.ly/9bn050Y4IQF
A reminder that applications for this post close this Sunday 1 February. @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social
Exploring Diaspora Dreams and Everyday Life in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre Education Trust Archive. Online free seminar via Teams, booking essential on Eventbrite: https://ow.ly/Ni3W50Y4i4s
🚨NEWLY CATALOGUED COLLECTION🚨
We are delighted to announce that after a 2-year project, the Arthur Scargill Archive is now available for research in our public reading room!🎉
More info➡️ tinyurl.com/cz3s5dxk
Browse the catalogue➡️ tinyurl.com/vn4xvdd6
@mrcwarwick.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social
Alt text: A woman wearing glasses sits in a reading room holding a letter on brown paper from the First World War. On the table sits a white feather and a handwritten envelope.
Calling archivists, researchers & heritage professionals!
Join us online on Wednesday 25 February (1PM) to learn about the responsibilities and considerations involved when providing access to records related to traumatic histories:
Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-wi...
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For decades, Manchester University Press has been a trusted home for rigorous, field‑defining research. This January, get 40% off our acclaimed and award‑winning history and art history titles.
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Birmingham is now a high‑profile example of HSE enforcement on mental health and stress – a warning shot to the wider sector that policies without action will not pass muster. www.footanstey.com/o... #UoBStressBreach
Poor seamstresses falling into a large funnel that converts them into fine clothes and money, print called a tremendous sacrifice by Cruikshank, 1847
Help! Any good references for the use or need of references in adverts and job negotiation for victorian domestic work? Asking for a student! #Academicsky #victorian #19thc
I had *no* idea that the #Traitors' castle (Ardross Castle) was for nearly forty years owned by the great collector of manuscripts Charles Dyson Perrins! Thank you to my excellent Bib Soc colleague Laura Cleaver for this (2025) blog:
Delighted to be advertising three new vacancies in Collections at Glasgow University Library. This is an exciting time to join a world-class collection and team. Find out more at: www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs...
Remembering when my oldest heard that the school they were going to didn’t have a unicorn… very disappointed!
£27m for public libraries. Given there are over 150 authorities we are looking at less than 200k each. That they have to bid for. Libraries reach all parts of the UK but > Museums must reach all parts of UK, says Nandy as £1.5bn of arts funding announced www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February.
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Or Northanger Abbey… both a spoof of a gothic novel and a defence of novel writing?
