Liz White
@lizcwhite.bsky.social
Book lover. Tea drinker. Incorrigibly plural.
Check out this blog post by Jeanette Croen who was a PhD placement student with us at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bldigischol.bsky.social exploring computational analysis on early printed book descriptions: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Computational analysis of book descriptions: placement project
A PhD placement reflects on her time at the British Library and her research in using computational analysis on early printed book descriptions.
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Had a brilliant weekend in Edinburgh catching up with old friends. Also loved the Ilana Halperin exhibition at the Fruitmarket, Dear Library at @natlibscot.bsky.social & the joyful High Life Musical. Oh dearie me.
Nothing says Friday like thirty 1950s bus tickets from Milwaukee. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/g... A typographic carnival.
Fantastic to witness Belle and Sebastian play Tigermilk in full and conjure a fantastic atmosphere @royalalberthall.bsky.social last night.
The Fairy tales exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social is immense fun. Lots for adults, lots for small children (less for medium children, but they might consider themselves too old for fairy tales anyway, even tho they're not). Came away with a book - @profcarolyne.bsky.social's on fairies
🌼 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🌼Happy St. David's Day!🌼 Daffodils have been a national symbol of Wales since the 19th century. This bookplate of daffodils is from ‘Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain’ by the botanical illustrator Anne Pratt (1806-1893).
this is not about current events. it's a bit about Hamnet and a lot about how hard it is to write about things that are too tender and sacred for language, and how the internet of video might make harder. it's just about art, if you want some art today. naomialderman.substack.com/p/we-have-th...
we have that within which passes show
on the post-literate world, the crassness of language and why Hamnet was always going to be hard to film. plus! what is 'just enough internet'? and the stationery renaissance
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O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast by Robert Burns - read by Professor Peter Mackay, Scotland's Makar – our national poet. 🏴 Happy #BurnsNight from everyone at the University of St Andrews. #EverToExcel
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...
PhD placement scheme
Our annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply skills and expertise outside the university sector.
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It turns out that readers in the UK still love libraries. Authors love libraries and readers because they get a small payment - Public Lending Right - every time a book is borrowed. Thank you, libraries and readers, you've made my day! #libraries #PLR #TinyJoys
It's PLR statement day! Reminder that if you have a book in libraries in the UK and Ireland you can sign up to get your Public Lending Right - a little bit of money every time someone borrows one of your books! www.bl.uk/services/plr
Public Lending Right (PLR) - authors, illustrators - British Library
Published authors, illustrators, editors, translators or audiobook narrators could could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans.
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H/t to @mayfaircynic.bsky.social who suggested the Secret Maps exhibit at the British Library. Where else would you see a beautiful map of the world, an Enigma Machine, an AirTag and Lady Mountbatten’s underpants.
I went to the Secret Maps exhibition at the British Library last night, and it was GREAT. Hurry along before it closes in a week or so! This submarine cable linked Cornwall to India, in 1870. Usually I'm too interested in the ancient world to be impressed by the modern one, but that is pretty cool
Today's Lines at Lunchtime is 'Another Night Before Christmas' by Carol Ann Duffy! #LinesAtLunchtime #Libraries #BookSky #CarolAnnDuffy #Poetry
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 20 ‘Winter Sunrise’ Artist: SR Badmin
Wishing you a cozy warm spot to read, watch movies, and enjoy a quiet moment of peace.
a living room with a fireplace and the words cozy time on the bottom
Alt: a cartoon style living room with a fireplace, 2 comfortable chairs, 2 sleeping cats, a bookshelf and the words cozy time.
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A big warm hug of a thread, plus amazing artwork, cats, cultural history and a happy ending. 🧑🍳’s kiss.
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10mo agoTHREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...
Jane Austen was born 250 years ago today ✨ Our new display, Dancing with Austen, explores how dance shaped her social world and drove the plots of her novels. Now on display at the Weston Library. #JaneAusten
We’re excited to share our new main catalogue, making it easier for you to find and request the majority of our published collection. We’ve also launched an interim version of our Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Find out how to start searching and requesting on our website bit.ly/BLNewCatalogues
British Library: 75 Years of the British National Bibliography / BNB (and bewitching Narnia books) https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/75-years-of-the-bnb
75 Years of the BNB (and bewitching Narnia books)
Marking 75 years of the British National Bibliography (BNB).
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I always mean to take photos of this, but always forget - I rather like the design of the British Library and how it compares and contrasts to the fabulously opulent St Pancras hotel... Always makes me smile when I come out of Kings Cross St Pancras station.
Rainbow over The Crick, The British Library and St Pancras station. 🌈
