Jason W. Dean

BIG CC @finchinthestacks.bsky.social

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move slow and repair things

Very Liz Lemon

One was a serial entrepreneur, one is a Baptist preacher, and one was a petroleum geologist, so not super rough and tumble but my entrepreneur grandpa lived live with three shirt buttons undone, so that counts as something?

I noticed the nail dialog popped up on ExL yesterday and in a way that made me chuckle. Still, I am very firmly team nailheads.

YESSS love it

Large text says "I had concerns about LLMs, so I tried them out. What happened next surprised me" and small text says "Now I have a longer, more specific list of concerns, with documented examples"

working on a slide deck for an internal presentation. am I doing this right

I think we can all agree I know 1-2 things about books, including how to open them. I was, I confess, befuddled as to how to open it, a first for me… 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks

Title page of "El principe en la idea" by Diego Enriquez de Villegas, printed in Madrid at the Imprenta Real, 1656

First opening after the title page. Verso of title page has a quote from what seems to be the book of Solomon in Latin (book 3, chapter 3, verse 7). Recto of opening has a centered column of text in many different fonts ala an early modern title page

Another two pages of the weird title page/intro thing. The printer is using *ALL* the types. All the text is centered, the font size varies. It's all very dramatic and quite a statement.

The dude is still going. And it's totally like a title page advertising it's content. But we're like 6 pages after the title page??? He's just saying what is going to be in the book.

Graphic design is my passion, but make it early modern:
There's a book called _Principe en la idea_, and someone got new type & wanted to use ALL of it, or the author wanted to have a 22-page title page? & the body has an entire column for footnotes?
books.google.com/books?id=EP1...
#BookHistory

A Friday delight! Also, I love your choice of photo for the people page - wing collar and black tie!

OK YES this is a really, really great project, worth your attention. 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks

If it was an “indefinite” position it would be super tempting

Looks really fun, but sadly, it's only for the duration of the project...

Unsolicited: the Alec Guinness “Tinker Tailor” and “Smileys People” series’s

an older man in a suit and pink shirt is sitting at a desk and says i 'm doing the best ALT: an older man in a suit and pink shirt is sitting at a desk and says i 'm doing the best

My dental hygienist told me today to keep up the good work, so we can all agree I am Doing the Best at Teeth

At my former POW, much in the same vein, I was trying to get items printed in the Thames Tunnel... no more tho!

Really excited to welcome my dear friend and @universityofkansas.bsky.social alum Stephanie Stillo back to campus! 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks

I once had to deal with a loan request from those folks. It was (thankfully) easy to pass on it.

A sign in page for WorldCat (search.worldcat.org). The text reads: Are you ready to unleash a world of knowledge and discovery? Sign in to WorldCat and unlock a treasure trove of library holdings, favorite your go-to libraries, and curate lists that fuel your curiosity.

What a shame that WorldCat now requires users to log in before they can interact with records. I like to send people to WorldCat when I reference a book, so they can find it at their local library. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t require a login—but now WC does.

nice to see someone giving you a hand

Yours is much more high brow than mine!

Tony Hillerman
Andrea Camilleri
Alberto Manguel
Jill Lepore
Robert Caro

This thread is worth checking out @sarahbc.bsky.social

I was hoping this was about Julian Bream: youtu.be/_JZ68_pxL9M?...

Occasionally reminded that Georgia added a “post tenure review” process bc they were so certain that professors became deadweight once they had job security, and all the outcomes have proven JUST THE OPPOSITE! People work harder and in more complex ways when they feel secure in their employment.

I still remember when Frank approached us with that gift. I knew Bill and Finch and Rebeca and @bhgross144.bsky.social would understand the importance! Sad I wasn't there to see it all they way through, though

A tiny clip from a really fun conversation with a brilliant PhD student about the synergies between Ramadan and Lent 🌙