Rare Books and Special Collections
A cross section of rare book humans (collectors and dealers) and those in special collections (librarians, archivists, and cataloguers, oh my!). Please suggest additions.
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@dominussomes.bsky.social
@debscoltham.bsky.social
Book lover and bookseller with focus on medicine and science.
@timgollins.bsky.social
Director SCUA at Vanderbilt University. Posts etc. my own - Loves #Kites #MorrisDancing #Archives #DigitalPreservation #Digipres #Libraries #Photography LinkedIn uk.linkedin.com/in/timgollins Flikr https://flickr.com/photos/111510787@N06
@luxmentis.bsky.social
Niche bookseller with a focus on design bindings, artist books, and esoterica (challenging material of all sorts…occult to fetishism to hate speech). Recovering attorney. Cat owner. Mostly human. Personal blather: @dominussomes.bsky.social
@justcallmec.bsky.social
Do what’s right, not what’s popular. Democracy -Climate -LGBTQ+-Dogs-Cheesecake-Justice-#GoBlueRev-Integrity-Music-I swear when I’m mad
@melaniemgriffin.bsky.social
Day job = archives, special collections, and libraries. The rest of my life = plants, gardening, fiber arts, tea, and science fiction.
@bramblebites.bsky.social
Early-career archivist/reference librarian; lifelong book nerd, cat person, tea fiend. She/they.
@finebooks.bsky.social
A quarterly magazine and daily updated website about rare books and collecting
@faythompsonauthor.bsky.social
I write Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror that is slightly bent, a bit fun and certain to be an adventure. I also art. I am currently illustrating chapter headers for "The Inspectors." Nevada! NO AI here. DMs closed!
@plaguedevelyn.bsky.social
Evelyn Budziejko. she/her. 🏳️⚧️ Baltimore, MD. Filth bookseller and sometime special collections librarian. Trash, smut, filth, books, fanzines, pop culture, trains, media tie-ins, cross stitch, Kaiju.
@cathjsuth.bsky.social
Special Collections librarian, views my own. Moved over from The Other Place. Hoping for a nice mix of arts and culture (especially libraries), and current affairs.
@book-historia.bsky.social
Book historian, medieval manuscript liker, Curator of Special Collections at the Winterthur Library. She/they. Biblioshitposter.
@lynnemthomas.com
Rare Book #Librarian, SFF editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 11x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head of RBML at Illinois; Verity podcast; Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. I don’t auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
@edrabinski.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Queens College (CUNY) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Past President, American Library Association. PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections. https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/home/ https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/
@richove.bsky.social
Bodley's Librarian, @bodleianlibraries.Bsky.social & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social
@meganlcook.bsky.social
Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. Currently co-chairing an English dept at a SLAC in Maine. Also in progress: Dirtbag Medievalism.
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
Special collections, archives, museums, history of libraries & technology. I teach in an MLIS program. I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Does not represent my employer. She/her @historyb00ks on Tiktok https://glammr.us/@libcolleen
@joliebraun.bsky.social
Curator at Ohio State's Rare Books & Manuscripts Library. Thinking about self-publishing, zines, cookbooks. Book reviews coeditor for SHARP News. ❤️s STL, 1930s movies, neighborhood walks. https://joliebraun.com/
@honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social
Rare books in Brooklyn, NY. Awarding the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize since 2017. Use books as bees use flowers. honeyandwaxbooks.com
@finchinthestacks.bsky.social
Assistant Curator of Rare Books at Linda Hall Library | trans/queer early modern history, science & society, books & bodies | posts my own
@suzpaul.bsky.social
Keeper of rare books and early MSS at the UL Cambridge | Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge
@jeffmakala.bsky.social
Rare books and special collections at Furman Univ. in Greenville, SC, USA. U.S. and world book history. Am. Lit. Ph.D. Publishing Plates (PSU Press, 2023), In Dogs We Trust (USC Press, 2019). Book arts. Dogs, lots of dog pics (and cats). He/him
@benjaminlclark.com
Eisner-winning comic museum curator and book writer. PERSONAL acc’t. Big fan of Snoopy and the gang. AKA BenjClark 📷 by Chris Eliopoulous @chriseliopoulos.bsky.social Santa Rosa, CA https://benjaminlclark.com
@bibliowitz.bsky.social
Rare books and archives, book history, dance and ballet, trivia, baking, knitting. Head of Special Collections at Haverford College. She/her
@dominussomes.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer turned niche book nerd. Occasional hired brain. Likes cats and books and a tiny handful of humans…otherwise cranky. Bookish blather: @luxmentis.bsky.social