New professional skill, when librarianship meets academic integrity investigations: forensic bibliographer.
December 17, 2024 at 4:03 PM
New professional skill, when librarianship meets academic integrity investigations: forensic bibliographer.
If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you’re at #SHARP2025 this week and you’re interested in becoming the next SHARP bibliographer, come talk to me! We’re going to start looking for the next bibliographer(s) soon!
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
#BookHistory
@sharpnews.bsky.social
(Manicules are manuscript—that is, hand-drawn—while printer’s fists are those little fists you see printers printing with) (not trying to be an asshole just ugh they’re two different things to a bibliographer)
(Actually they’re printer’s fists not manicules)
September 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
(Manicules are manuscript—that is, hand-drawn—while printer’s fists are those little fists you see printers printing with) (not trying to be an asshole just ugh they’re two different things to a bibliographer)
hiding behind the couch shaking and pissing myself because i saw animated lesbians. i need to get a grip... i have to record my features on the new minkus the funk, jung qoozy, young farm & fleet, jordan the bibliographer, lil dicky, and mid sized sedan albums today if i'm gonna stay on schedule.
August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
hiding behind the couch shaking and pissing myself because i saw animated lesbians. i need to get a grip... i have to record my features on the new minkus the funk, jung qoozy, young farm & fleet, jordan the bibliographer, lil dicky, and mid sized sedan albums today if i'm gonna stay on schedule.
📷 Portrait of Mehmed Tahir Efendi, 1913, Ottoman Biographer and Bibliographer, Author of "Osmanlı Müellifleri" (Ottoman Authors), (1861-1925)
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📷 Portrait of Mehmed Tahir Efendi, 1913, Ottoman Biographer and Bibliographer, Author of "Osmanlı Müellifleri" (Ottoman Authors), (1861-1925)
Any time you have to pack books for a move you realize how annoyingly (& beautifully?) unstandardized book shapes and sizes are.
As a book historian and bibliographer I often scratch my head at weird decisions made concerning book production in historical periods, but we’re still doing it!
As a book historian and bibliographer I often scratch my head at weird decisions made concerning book production in historical periods, but we’re still doing it!
July 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Any time you have to pack books for a move you realize how annoyingly (& beautifully?) unstandardized book shapes and sizes are.
As a book historian and bibliographer I often scratch my head at weird decisions made concerning book production in historical periods, but we’re still doing it!
As a book historian and bibliographer I often scratch my head at weird decisions made concerning book production in historical periods, but we’re still doing it!
A famous anecdote about the bibliographer ANL Munby has it that when he encountered car trouble, he had no choice but to fix the gasket using the parchment leaf from a medieval Antiphonal. When asked how old his classic Bugatti was, he answered, “parts of it date back to the 15th century.”
A statement to send shivers down the spine of any medievalist: "The manuscripts were acquired by the General Archives from P.J. Ghysels, a land surveyor in Alost, in 1835 ... Ghysels allegedly bought them from his tobacco dealer, who intended to use them as cigar wrappings." #MedievalSky
June 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A famous anecdote about the bibliographer ANL Munby has it that when he encountered car trouble, he had no choice but to fix the gasket using the parchment leaf from a medieval Antiphonal. When asked how old his classic Bugatti was, he answered, “parts of it date back to the 15th century.”
I was raised by a bibliographer and as a result will be looking into how to design editions specifically to annoy them
July 9, 2024 at 1:46 PM
I was raised by a bibliographer and as a result will be looking into how to design editions specifically to annoy them
TCD Library is recruiting a Senior Bibliographer to help catalogue the Fagel Collection! This is a fabulous professional opportunity to work on one of Europe's great early modern private libraries. Closing 10 March at noon. Full details available at www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies
February 27, 2026 at 11:53 AM
TCD Library is recruiting a Senior Bibliographer to help catalogue the Fagel Collection! This is a fabulous professional opportunity to work on one of Europe's great early modern private libraries. Closing 10 March at noon. Full details available at www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies
Today I am a bibliographer of erotica, reading a letter between two other bibliographers of erotica, which was mounted into a a bibliographer of erotica's copy of the Erotika Biblion.
June 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today I am a bibliographer of erotica, reading a letter between two other bibliographers of erotica, which was mounted into a a bibliographer of erotica's copy of the Erotika Biblion.
It has been a pleasure and an honor to be SHARP bibliographer the last 3 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing what @juliaboechat.bsky.social and Shu do for the next 3!
Announcing: The SHARP News Bibliography Team
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It has been a pleasure and an honor to be SHARP bibliographer the last 3 years, and I’m looking forward to seeing what @juliaboechat.bsky.social and Shu do for the next 3!
A future bibliographer in the making!
Today I was standing at the kitchen counter when my 4-yr-old asked out of the blue, "Why does your shirt say 'book' on it?"
How appropriate that my @rarebookschool.bsky.social shirt should be one of the first things he's read without first knowing its context! I'm so proud of my budding reader!
How appropriate that my @rarebookschool.bsky.social shirt should be one of the first things he's read without first knowing its context! I'm so proud of my budding reader!
April 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A future bibliographer in the making!
As a librarian and bibliographer I appreciate Lehrer’s commitment to the bit.
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
As a librarian and bibliographer I appreciate Lehrer’s commitment to the bit.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Bibliographer: I was trying to check this collation against other known copies, and was waiting for ESTC access to be restored…
Bibliographer: I was trying to check this collation against other known copies, and was waiting for ESTC access to be restored…
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Rare book cataloguer: [1] i, from 1-9 (8), took a break at [2] I-III8, IV10, then was Cited In and had to Bound-with 2°: πA⁶(πA1+1, πA5+1.2), A-2B6, 2C2, x4, “gg3.4″(±”gg3″), ¶-2¶6, 3¶1, 2a- 2f6, 2g2, “Gg6“, 2h6, 2k-3b7. But eventually, [n.d.]
Rare book cataloguer: [1] i, from 1-9 (8), took a break at [2] I-III8, IV10, then was Cited In and had to Bound-with 2°: πA⁶(πA1+1, πA5+1.2), A-2B6, 2C2, x4, “gg3.4″(±”gg3″), ¶-2¶6, 3¶1, 2a- 2f6, 2g2, “Gg6“, 2h6, 2k-3b7. But eventually, [n.d.]
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
December 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Bibliographer: I was trying to check this collation against other known copies, and was waiting for ESTC access to be restored…
Bibliographer: I was trying to check this collation against other known copies, and was waiting for ESTC access to be restored…
📢 OPPORTUNITY WITH SHARP NEWS
We are looking for someone to join the SHARP News Bibliography team for a 3-year term starting in 2027.
A great opportunity for established scholars, ECRs, or grad students!
See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Bibliography
We are looking for someone to join the SHARP News Bibliography team for a 3-year term starting in 2027.
A great opportunity for established scholars, ECRs, or grad students!
See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Bibliography
October 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
📢 OPPORTUNITY WITH SHARP NEWS
We are looking for someone to join the SHARP News Bibliography team for a 3-year term starting in 2027.
A great opportunity for established scholars, ECRs, or grad students!
See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Bibliography
We are looking for someone to join the SHARP News Bibliography team for a 3-year term starting in 2027.
A great opportunity for established scholars, ECRs, or grad students!
See the full call for applicants: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
#BookHistory #Bibliography
But at the back of the book, something even more exciting is happening! Well, exciting for an analytical #bibliographer, that is. The composition of the book has been altered after printing! [8/16]
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
But at the back of the book, something even more exciting is happening! Well, exciting for an analytical #bibliographer, that is. The composition of the book has been altered after printing! [8/16]
The ABCs of #northnashville History.
A is for Arna Bontemps, North Nashville’s master librarian, bibliographer, writer, and poet extraordinaire. Bontemps lived on DB Todd Blvd and in the College Hill neighborhood.
A is for Arna Bontemps, North Nashville’s master librarian, bibliographer, writer, and poet extraordinaire. Bontemps lived on DB Todd Blvd and in the College Hill neighborhood.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The ABCs of #northnashville History.
A is for Arna Bontemps, North Nashville’s master librarian, bibliographer, writer, and poet extraordinaire. Bontemps lived on DB Todd Blvd and in the College Hill neighborhood.
A is for Arna Bontemps, North Nashville’s master librarian, bibliographer, writer, and poet extraordinaire. Bontemps lived on DB Todd Blvd and in the College Hill neighborhood.
The SHARP 2023 Annual Bibliography is here! Featuring 600+ new monographs and edited collections published in 2023 about all things #BookHistory As always, I hope everyone can find at least one thing of interest!
-Your friendly SHARP Bibliographer
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
-Your friendly SHARP Bibliographer
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
SHARP Annual Bibliography 2023 – SHARP NEWSsearchexpand
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June 25, 2024 at 5:36 PM
The SHARP 2023 Annual Bibliography is here! Featuring 600+ new monographs and edited collections published in 2023 about all things #BookHistory As always, I hope everyone can find at least one thing of interest!
-Your friendly SHARP Bibliographer
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
-Your friendly SHARP Bibliographer
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
In 2025, the Academy Library was gifted a 19th-century bone with an inscription in Irish. Thady Connellan (Tadhg Ó Coinnialláin, c.1780–1854), a bibliographer and schoolmaster from Sligo, made this and various inscriptions on other bones.
Select tickets – Cnámha aduaine bíoblóra: Cnámh de chuid Thady Connellan i mbailiúchán an Acadaimh – Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Cnámha aduaine bíoblóra: Cnámh de chuid Thady Connellan i mbailiúchán an Acadaimh – Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Thu 5 Mar 2026 - Sa bhliain 2025 bronnadh cnámh de chuid an 19ú cé...
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March 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
In 2025, the Academy Library was gifted a 19th-century bone with an inscription in Irish. Thady Connellan (Tadhg Ó Coinnialláin, c.1780–1854), a bibliographer and schoolmaster from Sligo, made this and various inscriptions on other bones.
Belle da Costa Greene (1879 – 1950) was an African American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 became the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. #BlackSky
October 13, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Belle da Costa Greene (1879 – 1950) was an African American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 became the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. #BlackSky
📢 Call for Collaborators
Work with SHARP News Bibliographer, Alex Wingate, on the next SHARP News bibliography. The topics is: LGBTQIA+ Book History! 🏳️🌈
Deadline to indicate interest in collaborating is April 20, 2025.
See the full call and all details here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Work with SHARP News Bibliographer, Alex Wingate, on the next SHARP News bibliography. The topics is: LGBTQIA+ Book History! 🏳️🌈
Deadline to indicate interest in collaborating is April 20, 2025.
See the full call and all details here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography Call for Collaborators
Call for Collaborators LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography For my final bibliography as SHARP Bibliographer, I am issuing a call for collaborators to work together on a bibliography of monographs, ed...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📢 Call for Collaborators
Work with SHARP News Bibliographer, Alex Wingate, on the next SHARP News bibliography. The topics is: LGBTQIA+ Book History! 🏳️🌈
Deadline to indicate interest in collaborating is April 20, 2025.
See the full call and all details here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Work with SHARP News Bibliographer, Alex Wingate, on the next SHARP News bibliography. The topics is: LGBTQIA+ Book History! 🏳️🌈
Deadline to indicate interest in collaborating is April 20, 2025.
See the full call and all details here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley (1905–1995) was a librarian, bibliographer, and curator who expanded the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. She was the first African American to earn a degree in library science from Columbia University. #Blackbooksky #Blacksky #Booksky
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Dorothy Louise Porter Wesley (1905–1995) was a librarian, bibliographer, and curator who expanded the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University. She was the first African American to earn a degree in library science from Columbia University. #Blackbooksky #Blacksky #Booksky
Just in time before the new year, it’s the 2022-2023 Book History Dissertation and Theses bibliography from me, your friendly SHARP bibliographer! Browse or download to see 700+ theses on all things #BookHistory!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Dissertations and Theses in Book History, 2022-2023 – SHARP NEWSsearchexpand
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December 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Just in time before the new year, it’s the 2022-2023 Book History Dissertation and Theses bibliography from me, your friendly SHARP bibliographer! Browse or download to see 700+ theses on all things #BookHistory!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
So here's to working class bibliographer Jim Bracken, who rolled into an Oxford College event like this once in a red Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and flipflops. His OSU contract included a stipulation that he need never wear a white collared shirt.
Looking at an event that says Black Tie is "optional but encouraged" and I guarantee they think they're being inclusive but they're really really not and will not be comfortable being called on that.
August 6, 2024 at 8:59 AM
So here's to working class bibliographer Jim Bracken, who rolled into an Oxford College event like this once in a red Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and flipflops. His OSU contract included a stipulation that he need never wear a white collared shirt.