Rare Books and Special Collections
The folks in the land of rare books, bibliography, book history, archives, and special collections here in b-sky land. Interested in being added? Please let me know - the list is a work in progress.
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@jasonwdean.com
@vrfreedman.bsky.social
Hebrew & Jewish Studies librarian at University College London. Co-convenor, Hebraica Libraries Group. Posts are my own views etc She/her
@ies-sas.bsky.social
Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
@vanessabraganza.bsky.social
'The real Robert Langdon' | writer and future civil rights lawyer | 📖 THE SECRET-SEEKERS: A BOOK DETECTIVE'S QUEST out from HarperOne 2026 | PhD @harvard, JD @columbialaw
@nconstantinidou.bsky.social
Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
@lankian.bsky.social
Professor of book history, director of the Gabriel Naude research centre, director of research at Enssib (University of Lyon)
@kajamarczewska.bsky.social
Special Collections @UCL // also writing about the small press, grassroots publishing, and alternative cultures of knowledge production // This is not a copy (2018) / The Contemporary Small Press (co-ed) (2020)
@rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social
News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
@bryonycoombs.bsky.social
Art Historian I Medieval and Early Modern, PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS Renaissance Teaching Fellow, Edinburgh Uni Franco-Scottish cultural connections: art, architecture and material culture. https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs https://bryonycoombs.com
@sbschliep.bsky.social
Archivist and manuscript cataloger. Interested in medieval and early modern literature and history, book history, and transcription.
@mmargolis.bsky.social
N.E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia. Lover of old and worn early printed books/manuscripts and the stories they tell in the margins. Co-director of Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place. #dhjewish
@hgot.bsky.social
I am a Hebraica-Judaica Cataloging Librarian, cataloging across the board in subjects and classification, ranging from 15th cen. through newest publications.
@scparris.com
THE DARK WORLD Series. 🖤🦇🩸 WiP: SINNER SHARPE 🧛🏿♂️ & THE BLOODY EMPIRE 🗡️🩸🏰✨🏹 Archivist/Librarian in ATL working with Black/African American material across the Diaspora. MLIS. 📜 scparris.com 🕸️ scparrisbooks@gmail.com 📧
@museocat.bsky.social
Retired museum library cataloger in Washington, DC area. Fond of birds and travel.
@lmckeizer.bsky.social
Senior Curator at Edinburgh Napier University | Passionate about archives, libraries, and museums in any shape or form | she/her | views own
@richdwragg.bsky.social
Work in a cathedral to nature. Archives, libraries, natural history, medieval medical manuscripts and morris dancing. Personal account, all views my own.
@henninghansen.bsky.social
Book historian & research librarian at the Swedish National Heritage Board & UiT The Arctic University of Norway. History of reading, Provenance, Cartography & Library history. @sharpweb.org aficionado.
@thschmid.bsky.social
archivar/archivist, historiker/historian, latinist #archivCH #fridaynightatthearchives #viedarchiviste #AarbergBisZweisimmen Mastodon @th_schmid@openbiblio.social Instagram @th_schmid
@rflong.bsky.social
Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her (pretty much always a library in my books) http://www.rflong.com/ The Book of Gold out now: lnk.to/thebookofgold Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, and mutual aid // I wrote Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide, I edit The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and sometimes I play with wallpaper designs // sarahwerner.net
@cemhend.bsky.social
PhD@UToronto CMS. Palaeography, codicology, forensics skeptic. Also Chaucer and video games. Wikipedia editor (AMA). AuDHD. 🏴🏳️⚧️ Also @cemhend@scholar.social and cemhend on birdsite
@philiptromans.bsky.social
Library Support Assistant and trainee librarian at Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Interested in book history, bibliography, rare books and material culture. PhD.
@jsench.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of Book History @UWMadison. Director @UW_CHPDC. Author: Intimacy of Paper @UMassPress. Summer class @CalRBS. Coeditor of PBSA. 4:56 marathoner. #BillsMafia. (Falo português, mais ou menos.)
@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social
Academic (#c18th century #literature) and Head and Prof of English and Related Literature at the Uni of York working on periodicals, media, women writers, material culture, dress history. Writer. Crafter. #SEND parent. Coffee Lover.
@miyamotoben.bsky.social
Historian of 18c Britain (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - CREW EA 4399) Book history, Art World, Pigment, Auction, Migration, Circulation of knowledge & Artists. Currently resident scholar at CNRS (délégation) She/her/Dr
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Knowledge-monger at Carnegie Mellon University: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, wrote a book called literature & the law of nations, co-founder of six degrees of francis bacon. humanities for all.
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@buffaloresearch.com
Research your Buffalo, NY USA ancestors and architecture at BuffaloResearch.com. Buffalo's oldest surviving website, founded 1993, run by a librarian. Plus local resistance stuff. #BuffaloResearch #skybrarians #skystorians #DocumentTheResistance
@parkerlibcccc.bsky.social
Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library Parker Library On the Web - our medieval and early modern MSS digitised https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
@tainonen.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern manuscripts and libraries Sub-Librarian / Special Collections Librarian at The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social My posts, my views and interests - not my employer's
@crankyapricot.bsky.social
Encapsulated in mylar. Archivist and historian, living with recurrent chordoma and early-stage mesothelioma. Growing tumors is my BAP1 mutant superpower. Semi-expert in philanthropic studies. Asexual/agender, she/her. Vegan. 😷
@wclaspy.bsky.social
Head of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.
@farleypkatz.bsky.social
Medieval manuscript fragments, 16c printing, the Catholicon (Mainz "1460" but printed in 1470 w/ movable type), French book artist Joseph Hémard, 1930s calypso, fossils (Texas ammonites and echinoids) https://independent.academia.edu/FarleyKatz
@aaronm.bsky.social
I dissect calendars in Books of Hours and keep a close eye on the Vatican Library, sometimes in that order. https://www.cokldb.org/ https://www.wiglaf.org/vatican/
@lisafdavis.bsky.social
Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
@jeybecques.bsky.social
Current librarian, former classicist, perpetual nerd. Expect special collections, book history, yarn. “Is there anything you aren’t interested in??”
@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/
@rlprm.bsky.social
Director of Natural History Libraries (Ernst Mayr and Botany Libraries), Harvard. Collaborator, listener, pie enthusiast. Perpetually curious. Outdoor-oriented.
@obs1922.bsky.social
Founded 102 years ago, the OBS celebrates the collection, care, and enjoyment of libraries, books, and archives of all sizes📚 Oxford, England oxbibsoc.wordpress.com
@jcblibrary.bsky.social
@stegan.bsky.social
Archivist-for-hire, romance novel historian, freelance writer about romance history, general ne’er do well, scalawag. He/Him. Blog: romancehistory.com Podcast: blackromancehistory.com
@svanimpe.bsky.social
Book historian, rare books curator Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp. Opinions mine, I may be wrong, follow/like isn't endorsement. He/him. Caregiver for a partner with Long Covid. Used to be @RareBookLibAntw on Twitter. Profile pic by LUCID.
@funkebooks.bsky.social
Rare books cared for, researched, and placed in good homes. I brake for bibliographies. See our website funkebooks.com for new arrivals.
@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.
@hillemmalouise.bsky.social
Recently quit my PhD but have created a census of John Flamsteed’s two star catalogues (AMA).
@gsclemons.bsky.social
"When I get a little money I buy books, and if any is left, I buy food and clothes." - Desiderius Erasmus
@noraepstein.bsky.social
❧ Newberry Library Instruction and Outreach Librarian ❧ Postdoc fellow with @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social ❧ interested in material bibliography, book history, woodcuts, & doodles ❧ she/her ❧ all opinions my own
@girlbythewhirlpool.bsky.social
Library & Archives worker / Div school alum / Sweet Tea Enthusiast / Sufjan Fever / Coffeeshop Regular / Movies by Yourself Club / she+her
@yersiniapestis.bsky.social
Rare-books cataloger. Dotty middle-aged cat lady. YIMBY. COVID scold. Swears a lot. Jeopardy! silver medalist. Eat the rich; punch N@zis; TERFS piss off. She/her.
@anastasiaa2z.bsky.social
special collections librarian. seasonal baker. captain of the pismo beach disaster relief. she/her.
@librarianmouse.bsky.social
Librarian by training. Early Modernist by experience. KCL DSD PhD candidate (nuclear info knowledge networks). Techie by osmosis. Historian, foodie & baseball fan always. Team #HistSci Purveyor of my own opinions. She/her/hey you.
@willbeharrell.bsky.social
📚 Librarian at the Linnean Society, the world’s oldest learned society devoted to natural history. 🌿 Secretary of the Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH). 🏳️🌈 Secretary and proud Trustee of Newbury Pride.
@debscoltham.bsky.social
Book lover and bookseller with focus on medicine and science.
@josephhone.bsky.social
Writes about literature and old books ☞ THE BOOK FORGER out now from Chatto & Windus ❧ Editing Pope
@briancassidy.bsky.social
Rare book & archives dealer. Co-founder Type Punch Matrix. Lapsed poet. Duplication dork. Commodifying print since 2004.
@oldslyboots.bsky.social
Ice cream maker, rare books curator, papercut artist, assumes that puns are funny automatically
@decorporis.bsky.social
Rare book librarian in the Midwest, tea and fountain pen enthusiast, cat lover.
@mollybrrown.bsky.social
Reference & Outreach Archivist (the ‘grammer behind the curtain for @NU_Archives) | empathy through history | opinions & exclamation points are my own | she/hers
@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
@jbd1.bsky.social
Librarian, historian of early America, biblio-human, birder. Upstate NY. Opinions here my own.
@bibliodeviant.bsky.social
Rare Books & Manuscripts, secrets and stories and scrabbling under rocks. Unbearable but occasionally entertaining. He/Him.
@janineveazue.bsky.social
Archivist. Digital Librarian. Introvert w/ extrovert goals. LIS, natural history, zines, kaiju, punk rock, Kdramas, space, archives, & all things delightfully weird. KDrama ramblings at somanykdramas.tumblr.com Zines for sale at https://etsy.me/3Ya6bXa
@larisag.bsky.social
Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum, UPenn art history PhD; major nerd. Opinions, especially the spicy ones, my own.
@aileenfyfe.bsky.social
Historian of academic publishing, science and academia, Uni of St Andrews. Muses on technology, peer review, gender, finances, communities. she/her http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6794…
@jillegage.bsky.social
Wing Curator, History of Printing @NewberryLibrary. Dix-huitièmiste. Love Madeira, hot air balloons, civilité type & maîtres écrivains.
@ceyingst.bsky.social
researcher, often around the 18th century, but sometimes earlier, sometimes later. novels, books, bibliography, media, gender, periodicals, & more. they/he. currently between Edinburgh & the US currently Bibliography Fellow @ The Linda Hall Library
@heathercole.bsky.social
Curator of books, manuscripts, archives, ephemera at Brown University
@drdavidrundle.bsky.social
Historian, palaeographer, Renaissance man. Managing Editor, @mediumaevum.bsky.social . Found in libraries or restaurants.
@finchinthestacks.bsky.social
Assistant Curator of Rare Books at Linda Hall Library | trans/queer early modern history, science & society, books & bodies | posts my own
@ehkopin.bsky.social
texpat in philly, working in digital archives, libraries, and preservation. 20% professional, 80% nonsense. 🐶🐱🎮📖🧶💾
@colleenlovesbks.bsky.social
Champion of the obscure, Hobbit-like tendencies, Rare Books Librarian at UKL.
@ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social
Librarian working in Edinburgh, living in the hills of the East Neuk; strayed Great Plains drifter; FSAScot; evening miniature painter and tabletop gamer; 📚📷📜🗃️⛰️🌊🖌️.
@bibliowitz.bsky.social
Rare books and archives, book history, dance and ballet, trivia, baking, knitting. Head of Special Collections at Haverford College. She/her
@girlinthe.bsky.social
#RareBooks librarian working in #histmed, knitter, cellist, bi, feminist, woolly-liberal, terrified about the climate. She/her.
@camlibresearch.bsky.social
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Library and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
@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
@rmathematicus.bsky.social
Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in 16th century Nürnberg.
@bhgross144.bsky.social
John Merritt Associate Director for Research Services at the Harry Ransom Center; Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018). Posting in a personal capacity.
@sebfalk.com
Historian of science || Admissions Tutor at Girton College, University of Cambridge || Singer, sailor, runner, father || "Always generous" – The New Yorker
@cejacobson.bsky.social
Associate Curator of Modern Books & Manuscripts @ Houghton Library, Harvard University newsletter on cultural heritage x fashion: luxelibris.substack.com writing, projects, frivolity, etc: linktr.ee/cejacobson
@liamsims.bsky.social
Rare Books Specialist at Cambridge University Library | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Bibliographical Society Council Member | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (see pinned post for link to thesis) 🌈