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Alden Library card catalog in use on fourth floor, 1973. 4 People look at materials on a table in the background. 2 people sit at a table flipping through cards. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Alden Library card catalog in use on fourth floor, 1973. 4 People look at materials on a table in the background. 2 people sit at a table flipping through cards. Ohio University Archives, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

It's #NationalLibraryWeek and this year’s theme is “Find Your Joy.” We find joy in these 4th-floor card catalogs from the past!
Alden Library photos: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-aldenlibrary
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ALA #libraries #OHIOUniversityLibraries

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My wonderful graduating senior assistant! @owenkeller.bsky.social

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Sunflower garden with person standing next to a large sunflower, Reedsville, Meigs County, Ohio, circa August 1997. Lloyd E. Moore collection, Documentary Photography Archive, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

Sunflower garden with person standing next to a large sunflower, Reedsville, Meigs County, Ohio, circa August 1997. Lloyd E. Moore collection, Documentary Photography Archive, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections.

What’s your favorite flower?
Lloyd E. Moore photographed person w #sunflower circa August 1997.
Link in bio, full photo: https://bit.ly/moore-sunflower
#NationalGardeningMonth #flowers #gardening

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Student employee uses barcode scanner at Circulation Desk. Part of project to document the 25th anniversary of Alden Library in 1994.

Student employee uses barcode scanner at Circulation Desk. Part of project to document the 25th anniversary of Alden Library in 1994.

It's our Student Employee Appreciation Week! Thank a student employee, because they keep the Libraries running for all of us! We could not do it without you. 💚

#OHIOUniversity #StudentAppreciationWeek #StudentEmployee #StudentWorker #OhioUniversityLibraries

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Image of an almost complete puzzle featuring a large color botanical print on a white background.

Image of an almost complete puzzle featuring a large color botanical print on a white background.

Digitized version of the same original hand-colored leaf. Farfel leaf 685: Leonhart Fuchs, Labliche abbildung, Switzerland, 1545.

Digitized version of the same original hand-colored leaf. Farfel leaf 685: Leonhart Fuchs, Labliche abbildung, Switzerland, 1545.

This puzzle reproducing a single page from a #LeonhartFuchs herbal printed in 1545 on floor 2 @aldenlibrary.bsky.social is almost finished, but the digitized leaf is always available online!

https://bit.ly/farfel685

#WoodcutWednesday #Herbals #16thCentury

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Ege Field Guide - Google Drive

And if you think your collection has Ege leaves, you can use my online Ege Field Guide to identify them! Let me know if you find any. Happy hunting! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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B&W unicorn illustrated printed endpapers, showing unicorn lying down under a starry night sky with a sliver moon in the upper right and large bird above it on the left.

B&W unicorn illustrated printed endpapers, showing unicorn lying down under a starry night sky with a sliver moon in the upper right and large bird above it on the left.

For #NationalUnicornDay we offer these fantastic and fantastical printed #endpapers.

#Unicorns #MythicalCreatures #EndOfTheWeekEndpapers

W.B. Yeats, Autobiographies: Reveries over Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil" London, Macmillan and Co 1926. bit.ly/catalog-yeat... #RareBooks

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#Artemis II splash lands today! Let's zoom in on an illustration of the man on the moon from a 1656 edition of one of the earliest works attributed to #Galileo 🔭.

Trattato della sfera di Galileo Galilei, Rome, 1656. QB41 .A85 1656x. https://bit.ly/trattato-catalog

#RareBooks #NASA #Moon

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Call for editorial board members
We have received a substantial increase in archives-related submissions over the past year. We are currently seeking editorial board members with archival experience and knowledge of current conversations in archives. We invite archivists who are able to meet deadlines, participate in a thoughtful manner in the peer review process, and creatively contribute to the journal to apply.

Please submit the following to itlwtlp AT gmail DOT com by May 1, 2026:
Letter of interest
CV or Resume

In your letter, consider answering the following questions:
What do you see as the direction for the journal?
What is your publishing experience, as an author, reviewer, and/or editor? (We welcome applications from people who want to develop their skills in this area but recommend that you have at least some experience with academic publishing in one of these areas prior to applying.)

About Lead Pipe + Vision
In the Library with the Lead Pipe is an open access, open peer-reviewed journal founded and run by a team of library workers working in various types of GLAM environments. Lead Pipe believes libraries and library workers can change the world for the better. We improve libraries, archives, professional organizations, and our communities of practice by exploring new ideas, starting conversations, documenting our concerns, and arguing for solutions. We encourage creative thinking, envelope-pushing, and constructive criticism.

Call for editorial board members We have received a substantial increase in archives-related submissions over the past year. We are currently seeking editorial board members with archival experience and knowledge of current conversations in archives. We invite archivists who are able to meet deadlines, participate in a thoughtful manner in the peer review process, and creatively contribute to the journal to apply. Please submit the following to itlwtlp AT gmail DOT com by May 1, 2026: Letter of interest CV or Resume In your letter, consider answering the following questions: What do you see as the direction for the journal? What is your publishing experience, as an author, reviewer, and/or editor? (We welcome applications from people who want to develop their skills in this area but recommend that you have at least some experience with academic publishing in one of these areas prior to applying.) About Lead Pipe + Vision In the Library with the Lead Pipe is an open access, open peer-reviewed journal founded and run by a team of library workers working in various types of GLAM environments. Lead Pipe believes libraries and library workers can change the world for the better. We improve libraries, archives, professional organizations, and our communities of practice by exploring new ideas, starting conversations, documenting our concerns, and arguing for solutions. We encourage creative thinking, envelope-pushing, and constructive criticism.

Call for archives professionals

Link to full call: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Save the date May 7, for joint #OhioDIG / Ohio Preservation Council in-person meeting at Case Western Reserve University in CLE! Great tours too!
Panel on safe material handling during image capture (seeking 2 more speakers). Contact ohiodigroup@gmail.com to volunteer.
#digitization #archives

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"DigitalArc (DA), was designed to support the creation of low-cost sustainable digital exhibits and archives built by and for communities who want to control how their histories are presented online."

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2026 OHRAB Archival Fellowship | The Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board

OHRAB #NHPRC archival fellowship! For grad students in public history, library science, etc.
Program: locating, IDing, describing manumission records held in Athens, Fairfield, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton counties. Apply by April 20! ohrab.org/2026-ohrab-a...

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Three of four Robes of the Four Directions, Sara Gilfert, 1987

Three of four Robes of the Four Directions, Sara Gilfert, 1987

Forgotten Dreams III, Sara Gilfert, 1983

Forgotten Dreams III, Sara Gilfert, 1983

Untitled mask, Sara Gilfert, 1988

Untitled mask, Sara Gilfert, 1988

Skyscraper V, Sara Gilfert, 1983

Skyscraper V, Sara Gilfert, 1983

EDIT-A-THON on art + feminism 💻.
Drop in 4-6 PM, Weds 3/18, Alden Library 319!
Help add info to Wikidata about paper and textile artists!
Archives & secondary sources will be used for editing.
Event details: https://bit.ly/ou-editathon2026
#OHIOUniversity #EditAThon #wikidata #AthensOhio

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Archives Month Poster: Call for Images 2026 | Society of Ohio Archivists

#OhioArchivists it's #OhioArchivesMonth poster time again! Seeking archival images related to the theme “America 250: Unique Ohio.” Due by April 4.
Details: ohioarchivists.org/archives-mon... #ArchivesMonth #Archives

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Scholarships to Attend the SOA/MAC Annual Meeting 2026 | Society of Ohio Archivists

Travel scholarships to Midwest Archives Conference/Society of Ohio Archivists joint annual meeting in Columbus, May 14-16. Applications due 3/13! Six available for students & new professionals.

Details: ohioarchivists.org/scholarships...
#OhioArchivists

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Processing the #OHIOUniversity Multicultural Center Records.📄
Interview with our fall semester #OHIOUniversityArchives interns Arden Wells (Classical Civ '27) & Danielle Rymer (Art History '26).
NEW Mahn Blog describing working w #archives of the now closed Center: https://bit.ly/mahnblog-mccrecords

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HBCU Radio Preservation Project Intern Application Check out the job description for our summer graduate intern position. Please complete this application and submit the additional required application materials to pjefferscoly@wyso.org

Passionate about #PublicHistory, journalism, #CulturalPreservation, #DigitalArchives, #HBCU radio?

HBCU Radio Preservation Project Summer Graduate #Internship (paid). Help preserve powerful HBCU radio legacy with hands-on work rooted in culture/community.
Close 3/27.
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Central Region Humanities Center Biennial Conference | Ohio University

Save the date #OhioArchivists! Dr Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the US, will be keynote speaker on 9/11/26 at Ohio University for CRHC Biennial Conference 250 Years: The Promises & Legacy of the Declaration of Independence. There's also a CFP: www.ohio.edu/cas/central-...

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Axios Columbus

Check out this coverage of Ohio State University Libraries AV digitization in story 1 & 2!
1. One big thing: Reviving historic media.
2. 📽️ Cinema Revival showcases archival footage.
#Archives #digitization
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THIRD PRINTING ALERT: This is my first book and @wehere.bsky.social's first book. The response has been overwhelming (two small printing selling out in a matter of days), but also has meant a bit of lead time in-between. If you've read and enjoyed, please share this out so more folks can explore!

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OhioDIG-Registration-Virtual-2026-03-25 Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our March meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Registration: Please register by Monday, March 23, 5pm. (Teams link will be ...

Register now for 3/25 #OhioDIG VIRTUAL "FADGI for the Rest of Us: Accessible Image Quality Management" w/ cochairs of our Phase One UG, Matt Carissimi & Erin Wilson.
Free as always thanks to volunteer presenters, programmers, hosts! 📷
#digitization #archives #FADGI

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With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026.

Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy.

We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026. Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy. We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

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POSTPONED. We'll reschedule this soon!

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Heavy snowfall in this article, January 1884: “the deepest snow which has fallen here since 1818... next great snow storm was in 1856... [16 in] of snow fell.”
Anne Elizabeth Broadwell’s diary, 1883-1885.
Finding aid: https://bit.ly/aspace-hatch-frost-broadwell
#diary #snow #MariettaOhio #archives

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If you have graduate students working with medieval manuscripts this free online training might be useful 👇
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Great read!
And check out our #OttoEge 50 Leaves online at bit.ly/ege-50origin...

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View looking at the open Archives doors into its lobby. Screens, signage, and office doors show. Text overlay: Welcome! Archives Spring Semester Hours. Visit M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM. Use our form to schedule appointments w/ curators [link]

View looking at the open Archives doors into its lobby. Screens, signage, and office doors show. Text overlay: Welcome! Archives Spring Semester Hours. Visit M-F, 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM. Use our form to schedule appointments w/ curators [link]

Visit Archives & Special Collections M-F 9AM-12PM & 1-4PM to see our exhibits, browse reference collection, restful coloring/Legos break.

Everyone welcome! Find us: #OHIOUniversity @aldenlibrary.bsky.social on 5th fl.

Schedule appt for research/view materials: bit.ly/oulibraries-....

#Archives

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Join us! Register by 5pm (Eastern) today (Fri 1/23). #DigiPres #OhioDIG

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Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan. The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.

No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.

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Title page of Twas the night before Christmas, printed and illustrated in black and red.

Title page of Twas the night before Christmas, printed and illustrated in black and red.

Color illustration of a child sleeping under a thick quilt in a 4-poster bed with decorations hanging on the wall above.

Color illustration of a child sleeping under a thick quilt in a 4-poster bed with decorations hanging on the wall above.

Color illustration of Santa Claus standing on a stool next to his sack full of gifts, filling stockings hanging from the fireplace.

Color illustration of Santa Claus standing on a stool next to his sack full of gifts, filling stockings hanging from the fireplace.

2-page spread color illustration of Santa Claus on his sleigh pulled by reindeer, flying away into the full moon night sky.

2-page spread color illustration of Santa Claus on his sleigh pulled by reindeer, flying away into the full moon night sky.

'Tis the day before Christmas... enjoy these sweet & festive illustrations from Twas the Night Before Christmas!
Clement C Moore, color illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Catalog record: https://bit.ly/nightbeforechristmas-catalog
#Christmas #holidays #RareBooks #ColorIllustrations #illustrations

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