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Layla Bloom

@laylabloom.bsky.social

Head of Public Programme & Cultural Engagement, University of Leeds Libraries

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University of Exeter Special Collections@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · last yr.

The celebrations aren't over - we have a bonus porcupine! This woodcut of a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine can be found in the book 'Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, published in 1635. 📷 Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio #WorldPorcupineDay #PorcupineDay #RareBooks

Cropped image of an opened book page with four columns of text in Latin. In the centre of the page is a large woodcut illustration of a Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine. The title in Latin above it is 'Hoitzlaquatzin'.
University of Exeter Special Collections@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the porcupines! To celebrate World Porcupine Day, here is an illustration of a porcupine from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #WorldPorcupineDay #PorcupineDay #RareBooks

Cropped image from a book showing a colour illustration of a porcupine in side profile, standing on a patch of grass. It has a stout body, short legs, and black fur, as well as a coat of sharp spines or quills.
Christopher Smith@christophersmith.bsky.social · last yr.

here's my presentation to the super #LKFS2025; super important conversations. Many thanks to @masudk.com and colleagues for showing the way to knowledge futures. and here's Allan Ginsberg on the library dancefloor! anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/k...

Knowledge Futures

I want to start in a singular place of culture, the British Museum. From the Great Court one can now peer into that symbol of human knowledge, the round reading room.  We all somehow have it i…

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