✷Samantha Obman✷
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artist and mlis student exploring art librarianship, special collections, zines, and folk || banjoist || vegan || iowan in northern ireland, amongst other things
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@tixylix.bsky.social
Art and design librarian taking chances. Work interests: materials literacy, teaching academic skills to creative students, designing learning spaces, artists’ books and generally being interested in everything. Secretary of ARLIS UK & Ireland. SW England.
@tlmythstorian.bsky.social
Cheshire Life Magazine folklore columnist. Inspectre Paranormal & Haunted Magazine. Founder of The Local Mythstorian project. Revealing the extraordinary local histories of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Visit thelocalmythstorian.com
@hiringlibrarians.com
Mostly content from https://hiringlibrarians.com/ - survey-based interviews with people who hire library workers, and many more resources on LIS/GLAM hiring and careers. Run by: http://emilyweak.com
@folkartmuseum.bsky.social
Since its founding in 1953, MOIFA has been a place to connect people through creative expression and cross-cultural understanding. “The art of the craftsman is a bond between the peoples of the world.” - Florence Dibell Bartlett, founder (1953) moifa.org
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
@tacobellquarterly.org
Taco Bell Quarterly is a Literary Magazine more prestigious than the New Yorker and Paris Review. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
@marc-fischer.bsky.social
Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
@nlisn.bsky.social
Neurodiverse Library and Information Staff Network, Supporting Neurodivergent Talent in Library & Information Staff in the UK & Ireland. Find us at NLISN.org Banner: Photo of NLISN committe at UKSG Conference by @mattjhodgkinson.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy
@taylor-strickland.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
@vmillar.bsky.social
Senior Curator of History, National Museums NI (Ulster Folk Museum and Ulster American Folk Park). Northern Ireland Representative, Museums Association. Committee Member, Rural Museums Network. Views my own.
@valeriewilson.bsky.social
Curator of Textiles at Ulster Folk Museum,National Museums NI. Love fashion past and present, and all kinds of needlework. All views my own
@rhiannongiddens.bsky.social
New album, What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, out now on Nonesuch Records! https://linktr.ee/rhiannongiddens
@considerjeoffry.bsky.social
Folklorist and writer specializing in the cultural heritage of the American South. Collector of 78 rpm records and old photos. Fiddler and banjo player. Researching folk gravestone art, Southern pottery history, ghost stories. Catscatscatscatscatscats
@librarianalex.bsky.social
Art Librarian at University for the Creative Arts 🎨 Interests in: 🔍 Visual literacy | 🖌️ Practice research | 👁️ Slow looking | 👗 Fashion, colour & material collections | 🗞️ Zines & indie publishing
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@ciliprarebooks.bsky.social
@ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
Disclaimer: This account is managed by volunteers. Communications from this account are not CILIP policy. RT/Follows are not endorsements.
@sluginkpress.bsky.social
artist, art librarian, sentient binbag. Commute whinges, nice artists’ books, photos of bins. Brighton Scum City//LDN.
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
@scaryasfolk.bsky.social
Cultural byways of the strange and interesting. 📚 Books 🎬 Films 🎨 Art 🎮 Games 🎹 Music 🥔 Potatoes
@dri.ie
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
@typewronger.bsky.social
A bookshop, events space, and risograph print studio in the heart of Edinburgh, run as a not-for-profit company 📚 Find us here 👉 www.typewronger.com
@thefolkarchive.bsky.social
Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
@publiclibraryquilt.bsky.social
Writer | Art Historian | Quilter Lecturer for Premodern Art, University of Edinburgh Quilting for community: publiclibraryquilts.com Many Hands Make a Quilt (2nd edition, 2024) *Busy in my classroom - not here regularly: sign up for emails on my website
@bpolinsky.bsky.social
RITUALS OF LIFE FOR EVERY BODY SOBER QUEER LIBRAN ANCIENT DIVINATED PATTERNS www.universeberlin.com BPOLINSKYTATTOO@PROTONMAIL.COM universestudio.bsky.social ~2025 BOOKS OPEN ~EN/DE~ BREMEN 22 APRIL LEIPZIG 25 APRIL MALMÖ 29+30 APRIL STOCKHOLM 2+3 MAY
@nlireland.bsky.social
Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla. Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
@weirdwalk.bsky.social
Publishing zines and books, curating events, walking in circles… https://shop.weirdwalk.co.uk
@salfordzinelibrary.bsky.social
Salford Zine Library is a unique archive of self published materials currently housed at Clifford Whitworth Library, Salford University. https://salfordzinelibrary.co.uk/
@littlepunklibrary.bsky.social
littlepunklibrary.simdif.com no gods no masters no book bans! 📝📚📜 LANDBACK
@librarypunk.bsky.social
A leftist library worker podcast. https://www.librarypunk.gay @sadiegeez.bsky.social @wildeatheart.bsky.social @smazzie.bsky.social Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/librarypunk
@arlisna.bsky.social
ARLIS/NA is a dynamic organization of over 1,000 individuals devoted to fostering excellence in art and design librarianship and image management. https://linktr.ee/arlisna
@natlibscot.bsky.social
Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
@arlis-uk.bsky.social
Info & updates from the Art Libraries Society for the UK & Ireland. We promote, maintain, improve and advance librarianship of the visual arts including architecture, fashion and design. https://linktr.ee/arlisuk
@cilip.bsky.social
We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
@libraryleadpipe.bsky.social
Open access, open peer reviewed journal on all things librar*, established in 2008. New articles published seasonally-ish. There are no Article Processing Charges or any other charges associated with publishing. http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app