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Editing Wikipedia While In Library School
Originally posted on hls:Are you a Wikibrarian? I recently became one—a librarian who edits Wikipedia (“the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”)—and I have found the experience rewarding in the...
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Medieval Mondays: The Bayeux Tapestry
This weekend, I will be departing on a magical mystery tour of Brittany. One of the main things on my list is the Bayeux Tapestry; I first saw it when I was maybe seven or eight, I don’t remember, but...
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Understanding and Managing Rare Books at Dundee University
Since I first heard about this course – I think via the Rare Books and Special Collections JISC mailing list – I really wanted to sign up. I managed to be sensible, in terms of time management, and...
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Victorian Vendredi revient
I would have started my regular series of blog posts, Medieval Monday, the Mid-week Museum, and Victorian Vendredi, last week, were it not for the fact that, in addition to Chartership portfolio...
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An excellent reason to do a PhD vaguely related to weaponry
A friend suggested this as a route into a Medieval Monday blogpost for yesterday, but as I’d already started on the post about irises and bluebells, I promised to add the cartoon – for it be most...
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Medieval Monday: court chronicles and court romances
Since I again took up residence at the Family Seat, I have been looking at old research papers and files, to decide if they have any life in them, if they can be taken further. As long no well-meaning...
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Expanding my MedFemList
Take up the challenge: Name 5 "game changing" female #medievalists Use hashtag #MedFemList Pls RT! @SocietyMedFem — Monash CMRS (@MonashCMRS) October 4, 2014 Kathleen Neal – my own GCMRS 2013...
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Making business cards: psychic paper required
Tomorrow night I’m attending a reception for alumni of Glasgow University’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures (of which I am one; this isn’t a reckless boast about gatecrashing). In addition to –...
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My love letter to libraries (Book Week Scotland 2014)
Book Week Scotland has been asking library users across the country to write a love letter to libraries, to show how much they mean to them. There have been some wonderfully creative and moving...
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Goodreads: best science-fiction books of 2014
For the past month or so, I have been receiving emails from Goodreads, asking me to choose my best books of 2014. I never did go to their website to make my choices, as I simply haven’t been reading...
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