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Our rare book collections are available for EVERYONE to use for research or enjoyment in our reading room! With more than 50,000 books published between 1471 and 2024, we have something for everyone. Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives/books #WorldBookDay #RareBooks #Library #Exeter

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We're looking for a new Conservator to join our team! This is a crucial part of our work as an archive, and we need someone who can physically maintain our fantastic history. Interested? Find out more information and apply at the link below. jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...

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This is one of the most lovely collections I’ve worked with. If you are qualified pleased take a serious look. It deserves the best.

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An immensely important acquisition that @thefnl.bsky.social was delighted to support!

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Medieval Bible Returns to @salisburycathedral.bsky.social After Nearly 800 Years www.medievalists.net/2025/03/medi... thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social #medievalmanuscript #churches #SalisburyCathedral

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #libraries

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Apply now for acquisition grants for rare books, mss, archives, fine bindings etc. UK's national, regional, local and specialist collecting institutions are eligible. Next trustees' meeting is soon, so apply now if you have an acquisition in your sights & need support. www.fnl.org.uk/apply

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In a reception @salisburycathedral.bsky.social athedral this week, the 13thC Sarum Master Bible was welcomed home to the city in which it was created nearly 800ya. It's an exquisite and early example of a 'portable Bible', just 17cm tall its parchment pages are as almost as fine as tissue paper.

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A wonderful Wednesday celebrating our fantastic #volunteers with Cllr Sven Hocking @wiltscouncil.bsky.social A special shout out to Wiltshire Family History Society who've completed transcribing the county's parish registers. #familyhistory #genealogy #archives #heritage #cake

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🚨 New archive account on Bluesky! 🚨 Welcome to @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social - more fantastic collections to explore!

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The annual UK Archive Sector Survey closes in 3 weeks’ time! #UKarchives Why do we ask you to take part? Read our findings from the 2024 survey, and the interventions we’ve made since: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... Link to survey 👇 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

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Can't wait to see what funding boost archives will get.... 🤔😉

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Don’t forget the conservation grants that are available from @thenmct.bsky.social . Our 2025 deadlines are 1 April and 1 October.

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Grants for manuscript conservation! Regional and specialist archives, libraries, museums (not nationals) in UK can apply to NMCT for a conservation grant ranging from £500-£20,000 and up to 100% of cost if necessary. Next deadline 1 April (decision mid June) - more info here: www.nmct.co.uk/apply

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✍️ 💻Join us this Friday (2/21) for a virtual workshop by The 1819 Social: “Writing Groups and Beyond: On Building a Writing Community that Works for You” 🔗More info and registration here: www.k-saa.org/events/build... #KSAAEvents

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The newly acquired one having been bought with the help of FNL!

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Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉 research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...

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We are in a war on knowledge, a war on facts, and a war on truth. The atrocious sacking of the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan (which she announced on her LinkedIn account last night) heralds a new era of burning of the books. www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

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Don't miss this exhibition on British bookbinding at @petersfieldmuseum.bsky.social from 18 February to 3 May! www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk/events/bound...

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Every Tuesday afternoon we lead a behind the scenes tour of our unique archive. Find out what we hold in our collection and learn more about our work:

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Welcome to the National Library of Scotland's Bluesky account! We're chuffed to be joining you all here 🦋 Lets run through some introductions!

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How serendipitous that @universalstc.bsky.social followed us on the day our conservation #volunteers were given a new project - to clean 18th century booksellers' catalogues from the Savernake (Ailesbury family) collection. #ExploreYourArchive #books #libraries

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It's Monday night and it's 5pm so it is absolutely the time we've all been waiting for (since this time last week) when we find out 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?' It's already EPISODE FOUR and it is already, unbelievably, undeniably THIS LIGHT. 💡

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Hello! We've just joined BlueSky! For those who don't know us, we are the Archives of the Royal County of Berkshire & we hold historical records going back nearly 900 years! Discover more about us on our website: www.royalberkshirearchives.org.uk

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Happy 15th birthday! For the past 15 years Parker Library On the Web has made our 560 digitised medieval and Renaissance MSS accessible worldwide The physical library is in Cambridge (UK) and is a sight on its own right - witness it for yourself: www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/cel...

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Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

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Historic wills saved for the nation as plans to destroy old records are cancelled Government heeds uproar from historians who claimed that to digitise would be to ‘delete history’ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...

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Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Yes, libraries are much more than books, #LibrariesChangeLives. They are free and open spaces for learning, and support everything from enterprise to healthcare. In winter they are #WarmSpaces. (to name just a few things our libraries are!) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Looking forward to more Conservation exchanges during 2025 📚 @thenmct.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

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An early Christmas present for Salisbury Cathedral! @thefnl.bsky.social has donated the 13th-century Sarum Master Bible to the Cathedral following a successful campaign to raise £90,000 which was supported by many generous donors including 160+ members of the public. Happy Christmas!

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@thefnl.bsky.social was one of many funders that ensured @britishlibrary was able to purchase an extensive series of letters by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection of 131 letters (1846-60) are a major source for the study of her later life. www.bl.uk/press/britis...

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Delighted that @thefnl.bsky.social was able award a grant towards this major acquisition. The St Andrews Chronicle comprises two separate manuscripts on paper, dating respectively to c. 1511 and c. 1526, bound together in a rare early Scottish binding.

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We're excited to be starting a BIG new digitisation project with the Scottish Castles Association to increase access to their unique collections documenting Scotland's castles & fortified houses #StirScanStudio

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You are most welcome! Great to be able to help @theul.bsky.social to add to its wonderful Japanese collections.

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Come work with us! Excited to advertise a two-year Munby Fellowship for a Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities, a collaboration between @theul.bsky.social and the Collections-Connections-Communities Strategic Research Initiative: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49338/ Closing: 17 Jan

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Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between @qmul.ac.uk , @QMUL_HSS, @theul.bsky.social, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries. We’re using cutting-edge technology at Cambridge University Library to reveal the hidden stories of premodern religious books.

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The Whipple Museum are recruiting for a Collections Assistant - offered for 5 years, fixed term due to funding. Wonderful collections and a brilliant team, this is a really excellent role for someone! #museumjobs 📜 #histsci www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49320/

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I don’t know what this is but it’s cool. Swanmarks anybody?

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In 1995 @thefnl.bsky.social gave a grant to Norfolk Record Office to help them buy the county's earliest known swan roll, c1500. Swans in Norfolk are clearly very fine, if a bit grumpy. (Don't forget that you can apply to FNL for a grant at any time - see www.fnl.org.uk).

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The University of Glasgow Library, where I have spent many a happy day doing research, has just opened applications for their research fellowships! This is literally my favorite library collection in the world ❤️ Go apply! #fellowship #bookhistory www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

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And here's the article.... drive.google.com/file/d/139OW...

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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

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Decisions, decisions, decisions. Archiving is all about decision-making! Using professional standards, archivists decide how to order collections, how to describe them, and how best to store them #EYADecisions

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It seems fitting to begin our Bluesky saga with one of the most impressive documents in our collection: the Boarstall Cartulary! This 1444 book contains a massive amount of information on Boarstall, like deeds, privileges, and also this delightful map!

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Hi everyone. For those who don't know, we are the Scottish section of @araukie.bsky.social. Reposting all things Scottish and Archives.

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