Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
@fhartleykroeger.bsky.social
Scholar, chai drinker, human. Curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature. PhD, MLIS; reviewer @ The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. She/her.
All opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
All opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
Hanging out with DH folks has improved my group work skills, but apparently I’m still bad at it. Sigh. Time for a short self-pity party, a self-pep talk, and then onwards again.
September 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Hanging out with DH folks has improved my group work skills, but apparently I’m still bad at it. Sigh. Time for a short self-pity party, a self-pep talk, and then onwards again.
Current music: Symphony for Masonry Drill
September 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Current music: Symphony for Masonry Drill
I’m in love with this hand-colored botanical border
September 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I’m in love with this hand-colored botanical border
I’ve just started Moby Dick on audiobook and all my 19th century Melville bros did not adequately impress upon me that it is FUNNY.
September 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I’ve just started Moby Dick on audiobook and all my 19th century Melville bros did not adequately impress upon me that it is FUNNY.
Got to see some SPECTACULAR light damage today. Preservation and conservation are SO INTERESTING!!!
September 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Got to see some SPECTACULAR light damage today. Preservation and conservation are SO INTERESTING!!!
RIP to my laptop. You would have kept going—valiant, cranky, constantly overheating—if only they’d let you.
August 30, 2026 at 11:14 PM
RIP to my laptop. You would have kept going—valiant, cranky, constantly overheating—if only they’d let you.
Why yes, my writing brain DOES work better when fueled by chai and pancakes.
June 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Why yes, my writing brain DOES work better when fueled by chai and pancakes.
The most important part of conference travel prep is decorating your suitcase.
May 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The most important part of conference travel prep is decorating your suitcase.
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Travis Jonker has built The Ultimate Caldecott Database. Yes, it includes the Medal and Honor winners since 1938, but it’s also a searchable resource with: Illustrator demographics, Artistic mediums, Publisher information, Page/word counts, and more.
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
April 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Travis Jonker has built The Ultimate Caldecott Database. Yes, it includes the Medal and Honor winners since 1938, but it’s also a searchable resource with: Illustrator demographics, Artistic mediums, Publisher information, Page/word counts, and more.
100scopenotes.com/2026/04/16/t...
100scopenotes.com/2026/04/16/t...
Very happy to add this Le Guin quotation print from @skeuomorphpress.org to my prints about print collection!
January 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Very happy to add this Le Guin quotation print from @skeuomorphpress.org to my prints about print collection!
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There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I’m so pleased to be heading to Boston for the Summer Children’s Literature Institute in a couple of weeks. Now where did I put my ancient CharlieCard and does it still work?
July 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m so pleased to be heading to Boston for the Summer Children’s Literature Institute in a couple of weeks. Now where did I put my ancient CharlieCard and does it still work?
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Read what your ancestors might have read as children! Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online www.openculture.com/2025/06/ente... #Genealogy
Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online
We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children's literature.
www.openculture.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Read what your ancestors might have read as children! Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online www.openculture.com/2025/06/ente... #Genealogy
ChLA 2025 let’s go!
June 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
ChLA 2025 let’s go!
Still not really sure how I’ll end up using this account, so for now I may just tersely proffer things that delight me, e.g., my current audiobook, which is Space Oddity by @catvalente.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Still not really sure how I’ll end up using this account, so for now I may just tersely proffer things that delight me, e.g., my current audiobook, which is Space Oddity by @catvalente.bsky.social
Highlight of the day: explaining the plot of “Goblin Market” to a colleague
October 30, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Highlight of the day: explaining the plot of “Goblin Market” to a colleague
This is fantastic!
Please share this CFP!
We’re hosting a symposium 20-21 May 2025 @skeuomorph.bsky.social on "Building Book Labs: Hands-On Research & Teaching in Book History"—we’re looking for talks, discussion topics, & hands-on activities—& we especially welcome novel formats or session ideas. More at the link!
We’re hosting a symposium 20-21 May 2025 @skeuomorph.bsky.social on "Building Book Labs: Hands-On Research & Teaching in Book History"—we’re looking for talks, discussion topics, & hands-on activities—& we especially welcome novel formats or session ideas. More at the link!
CFP: Building Book Labs Symposium – Skeuomorph Press
skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu
October 25, 2024 at 2:27 PM
This is fantastic!
Absolutely thrilled: I’m the new Curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida!
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George A. Smathers Libraries
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September 23, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Absolutely thrilled: I’m the new Curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida!
hr.uflib.ufl.edu/current-empl...
hr.uflib.ufl.edu/current-empl...
so. many. logistics.
August 28, 2024 at 2:36 PM
so. many. logistics.
Happy first day of classes to all my colleagues, and happy first day to me of remembering to take stretching breaks while packing everything I own. (Books. It’s at least 75% books.)
August 26, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Happy first day of classes to all my colleagues, and happy first day to me of remembering to take stretching breaks while packing everything I own. (Books. It’s at least 75% books.)
I do love a funky coffee shop.
May 30, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I do love a funky coffee shop.
it’s time to get going on NIMONA & A WARNING ABOUT SWANS redux: medievalisms & animal transformations!
May 24, 2024 at 8:32 PM
it’s time to get going on NIMONA & A WARNING ABOUT SWANS redux: medievalisms & animal transformations!
Excited to talk about queer & trans medievalisms in NIMONA and A WARNING ABOUT SWANS!
May 9, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Excited to talk about queer & trans medievalisms in NIMONA and A WARNING ABOUT SWANS!
Hanging out with the medievalists at Kalamazoo!
May 9, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Hanging out with the medievalists at Kalamazoo!