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Archive Journal focuses on the use and theory of archives and special collections in higher education.

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We are now accepting applications for the 2018 Rare Book School scholarship and fellowship cycle! Many different scholarships available, plus the RBS-@RBMSinfo Diversity Fellowship and the Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography – rarebookschool.org/news/scho… (all due 1 Nov)
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@britishmuseum30 Aug 2018
The hoax piece is going back on display – ‘officially’ this time – in our #IObject exhibition highlighting the history of dissent and protest around the world. Listen to co-curator Ian Hislop talk about this piece today at 9.00 on @BBCRadio4: ow.ly/xvRt30lB8sK
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@britishmuseum30 Aug 2018
In 2005, #Banksy installed this ‘cave painting’ in one of our galleries without permission, and without anyone noticing. He gave it a fake ID number and label, and it remained on the wall for 3 days before the Museum was alerted to the prank via Banksy’s website!🤦‍♀️ #IObject
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Archivists at Adelphi University in New York work to preserve Dowling College's history after its closing: ow.ly/s22F30lAwf4
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Penn Museum@pennmuseum27 Aug 2018
In ancient Mesopotamia, children who were to become scribes would practice writing by impressing repeated cuneiform characters on clay. This tablet (which we call the "first day of school" tablet) depicts the single vertical wedge repeated over and over across its surface.
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Skee-Ball Librarian@oodja27 Aug 2018
Libraries must increasingly prepare themselves to answer questions such as this: "Are your collections ethically sourced and sustainably acquired?"
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Dr Liam Sims@liamsims27 Aug 2018
Visited @DundeeHowff today. Established in the 1560s it contains an amazing collection of #tombstones, many of them commemorating local tradesmen.
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Check out this great digital archive of documents from colonial Cuba and the Spanish Atlantic world! The project (including translations) is a faculty/student collaboration -- a resource for history research _and_ a model for #teaching. Kudos to @ProfessorBall and her students!
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I don't know that I (and other students) will ever be done working on this project. But I'm thrilled to say we are done(ish for now)! alaska.digication.com/cuba-i… #digitalhistory #undergraduateresearch #archives
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CLIR@CLIRnews23 Aug 2018
The loneliest library in the world? Charles Henry introduces CLIR's new Sidebar series clir.org/2018/08/the-lonelie…
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@CitizenWald22 Aug 2018
"Yinka Shonibare’s library highlights the vital, complex, and important contributions of American #immigrants, and the descendants of immigrants, who brought forward ideas that represent a spectrum of social and political thought... whose ideas may appeal to us—or appall us.”
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Ever seen a book bound in ostrich?
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HOW is the writing so tiny? In ink and quill too #marginalia #Annotations #RareBooks #SpecialCollections
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Look at this exciting schedule (and list of readings!)
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Tim Causer@TimCauser16 Aug 2018
Four of the rather beautiful mourning rings left by Bentham in his will to twenty-six friends, associates, and employees - including the one left to John Stuart Mill.
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For #SAA18, our Word of the Week is “transparency” mailchi.mp/archivists/word-o… #SAAwords
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Links between archives, data and science. From Juan Ilerbaig #sciarchives2
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Psst- want to see something cool? Our friends at @romancewriters have entrusted us with a very special book collection. These books were the reference collection of romance living legend Vivian Stephens from her time as an editor at Dell and Harlequin!
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Every #archives has to do special temporary exhibits for student groups, visitors, and VIPs. Our Exhibit Program Policies & Procedures regularize the process, ensure security of materials & leverage the exhibit for future events. #GotDocs #saa18 ow.ly/MpbL30lmknT
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Not all book-interaction relates to the item's contents. This leaf (and a half) from a set of Terence's Comedies seems to have served as a general-purpose notepad for doodles, sums, and other jottings. #BookSquashing digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/in…
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ArchivesAWARE! talks with artist, illustrator, & graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton on her experience researching the papers of Cipe (C.P.) Pineles and compiling her recipes and drawings into Leave Me Alone with the Recipes. ow.ly/xw5j30l9R4h
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