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gdchillChildren's book illustrations<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/12403504@N02/albums/72157638906393085" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/12403504@N02/albums/72157638906393085</a><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/childrensbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#childrensbook</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/britishlibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishlibrary</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/b%C3%BCcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bücher</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/illustrationen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustrationen</a>

Global MuseumThat embarrassing moment when your medieval pet suddenly decides it isn’t going to walk any further and you have to carry it back home - 2nd half of the 13th century, Rutland Psalter, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 76v@MedMilMedicine <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medieval</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a>

AI4LAMWe are very happy to share the <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FF2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FF2025</a> call for proposals: <a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html</a> please share with your networks across <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/ml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ml</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DH</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DigitalLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalLibrary</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DigitalScholarship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalScholarship</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataScience</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a>

Adi Keinan-SchoonbaertCall for Proposals! :apartyblobcat: Fantastic Futures 2025: AI Everywhere, All at Once AI4LAM’s annual conference, December 3 – 5, 2025, <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/britishlibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishlibrary</a> London <a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AI4LAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI4LAM</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FF2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FF2025</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GLAM</a>

Allyson ShawLast week I travelled to London in a whirlwind trip to see the Mike Kelley show at the Tate Modern & Medieval Women show at the British Library, and the new Hunterian Museum. A report back at my blog: <a href="https://allysonshaw.com/2025/03/06/rampant-pizzled-magic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://allysonshaw.com/2025/03/06/rampant-pizzled-magic/</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/MedievalWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedievalWomen</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Tate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tate</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TateModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TateModern</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/MikeKelley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikeKelley</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a>

John LeonardThe devastating attack on the British Library by the Rhysida ransomware gang shook the public arts establishment to its core, according to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery at the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO).“Everybody in the sector is very concerned about how secure we are, or think we are,” he said.<a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/how-the-british-library-attack-shocked-the-arts-sector-into-action" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computing.co.uk/feature/2025/how-the-british-library-attack-shocked-the-arts-sector-into-action</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishlibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishlibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ransomware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/itil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#itil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hybridcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hybridcloud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a>

Global Museum‘No one is born knowing how to chop an onion’.An essay on living with autism and chopping onions.This year will also see the first British Library Food Season Food Awards, which will recognise the value of narrative cookery writing and storytelling in archives, museums, and exhibitions, and shine a light on the Library’s extensive food collections.<a href="https://archive.ph/a83iz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/a83iz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/onions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autism</a>

MediaFaro MagazineBritish Library acquires long-lost draft for Elgar masterpiece.The British Library has secured previously unknown drafts of Edward Elgar’s 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', shedding new light on the composer's creative process.<a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250224-british-library-acquires-long-lost-draft-for-elgar-masterpiece?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mediafaro.org/article/20250224-british-library-acquires-long-lost-draft-for-elgar-masterpiece?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</a><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EdwardElgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdwardElgar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicalMusic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composing</a>

SPK"Ich musste sehr dafür sorgen, dass die Berichterstattung nicht zu Dan-Brown-mäßig wird," sagt Dirk Schultze, einer der beiden Entdecker einer mittelalterlichen Handschrift an der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@stabi_berlin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stabi_berlin</a>. Doch die Geschichte hinter diesem Manuskript liest sich mindestens genauso spannend wie der "Da Vinci Code": <a href="https://www.spkmagazin.de/2025/der-moench-und-die-handschrift.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.spkmagazin.de/2025/der-moench-und-die-handschrift.html</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discovery</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/StabiBerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StabiBerlin</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/StaatsbibliothekBerlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StaatsbibliothekBerlin</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Handschrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Handschrift</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Manuscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Manuscript</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Literatur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literatur</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/spk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spk</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/spkmagazin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spkmagazin</a> <a href="https://social.bund.de/tags/britishlibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishlibrary</a>

Global MuseumBritish Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece.Sketches for Introduction and Allegro for Strings had been removed from sketchbook by composer in 1930 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/22/british-library-acquires-torn-out-drafts-of-edward-elgar-masterpiece" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/22/british-library-acquires-torn-out-drafts-of-edward-elgar-masterpiece</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a>

Global MuseumMedieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged. 1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r@MedMilMedicine <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/manuscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manuscripts</a>

Gaël Duval - /e/OS & MurenaOne of the first chatbot source code... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/britishlibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#britishlibrary</a>

Fictionable… keep it <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legal</a> Get your copy <a href="https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans</a><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/LegalDeposit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegalDeposit</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

Graham WardA unique 16th-century Reformation mandate enters collection <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/HenryVIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HenryVIII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Reformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reformation</a> <a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2025/01/henry-viii-mandate-enters-collection.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2025/01/henry-viii-mandate-enters-collection.html</a>

Philip EagleDoing a <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhD</a> in the UK and interested in climate change? Full-time or part-time placement opportunity at the <a href="https://mastodon.london/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a>. <a href="https://www.bl.uk/more/research-collaboration/understanding-user-needs-on-climate-change-and-sustainability-project-profile.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bl.uk/more/research-collaboration/understanding-user-needs-on-climate-change-and-sustainability-project-profile.pdf</a>

CheshireMedieval Women: In Their Own Words review – a bracing cold shower with Joan of Arc and co <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/12/medieval-women-in-their-own-words-british-library-review-as-bracing-as-a-freezing-cold-shower?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/12/medieval-women-in-their-own-words-british-library-review-as-bracing-as-a-freezing-cold-shower?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedievalWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedievalWomen</a>

Adi Keinan-SchoonbaertDoctoral Open Day: Global Languages, Culture and Societies One day event for researchers. Friday 14 February 2025, 10.00 - 16.00. <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> Knowledge Centre.See here for more details: <a href="https://thebritishlibraryresearch.seetickets.com/event/global-languages-culture-and-societies/british-library/3192382" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thebritishlibraryresearch.seetickets.com/event/global-languages-culture-and-societies/british-library/3192382</a>

Adi Keinan-SchoonbaertVery exciting events coming up: AI Data Debates at the <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> 23/1 - Libraries and AI: Opportunity or threat? 20/2 - Creativity and AI: Friend or foe? 27/3 - Democracy and AI: Who decides? <a href="https://thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/tour/the-ai-debates" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/tour/the-ai-debates</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AIdebates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIdebates</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/@BL_DigiSchol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BL_DigiSchol</a>

Global MuseumThe Klencke Atlas, first published in 1660 AD, is one of the world's largest atlases. Originating in The Netherlands, it is 1.75m tall by 1.9m wide when open, and so heavy the British Library needed six people to carry it.It was presented by a consortium of Dutch sugar merchants, represented by Professor Johannes Klencke, to King Charles II of England in 1660 to mark the occasion of his Restoration to the throne. @drthehistories <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Atlas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Netherlands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dutch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a>

AdamThe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishLibrary</a> is *finally* getting their manuscripts back online and they have a Tironian lexicon! <a href="https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100063636051.0x000001" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100063636051.0x000001</a> — it's basically an early form of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shorthand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shorthand</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes</a>Their current online catalogue is at <a href="https://www.bl.uk/research/digitised-manuscripts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bl.uk/research/digitised-manuscripts/</a>

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