@jessicagardner
University Librarian and Director of Library Services, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College. Loves libraries, archives, research and all things books and learning. Reads a lot of books.
A very special day today, when my lovely former colleagues @theul.bsky.social have digitised the founding documents of @rsliterature.bsky.social to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the signing of our Royal Charter. My favourite line: "We have become a People of Readers"
Right back at you @lauragreenfield.bsky.social! So strange to have your office next to mine @theul.bsky.social empty :(
But what a difference you made!
Amazing @lauragreenfield.bsky.social!
How we’ll miss you @theul.bsky.social!
Lucky @rsliterature.bsky.social!
Where it all began.
What a pleasure to be back @universityofleeds.bsky.social taking part in interviews at the Brotherton Library with @masudk.com and remembering my student days at the Faculty of English.
First work day at #UKSG25 is over 🥂 - stand out for me was the Library CEO with Tony Zanders, @jessicagardner.bsky.social and @kmdames.bsky.social talking about library leadership. Authentic, vulnerable and people-centred - a reminder that in a world of e-resources & OA it’s people who create change
Thank you @epicbayj.bsky.social! That’s such a lovely message and means a great deal! Sorry not to catch you afterwards as you were up and off to next gig but have a great #UKSG25!!
Internship opportunity! We & 5 others Pilgrim, Radcliffe, Idlewild, Anna Plowden, and Julia Rausing Trusts are funding a no. of internships. The first, a Manuscripts Conservation Internship - is advertised today! Spread the word!!
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Today, I presented our approach to Education Spaces and Campus Reimagined at the University Design Forum reference visit to @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Really good engagement and questions from the audience. It is always a pleasure to partner with Ann. #LearningSpaces #UserExperience
My family and friends don’t always pay attention to what happens at my work, but they are all messaging me about the 1960s Crunchie wrapper!
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/mary-treat you can read their letters here courtesy of the amazing Darwin Correspondence Project.
Calling all librarians! Join us for 'Librarians change lives' on 18 March, celebrating 10th anniv of Weston Library, & 175th of the Public Libraries Act. Speakers include Librarian of Congress Dr Carla Hayden, @aminatshah.bsky.social & Neil McInnes!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar25/...
This. Yes.
I had such a great time discussing The Poisonwood Bible with @chinemcdonald.bsky.social at our Really Popular Book Club @theUL.bsky.social tonight. If you missed it, you can see Chine at the launch of her next book, Unmaking Mary, at St Paul’s Cathedral in a few weeks www.stpauls.co.uk/unmaking-mary
I was asked to write an Op Ed piece by @resprofnews.bsky.social on universities cancelling journal Big Deals:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
I was keen to stress that at least some of any savings must be used to support new, fairer models
Two nineteenth-century novels with attractive marble print bindings.
There’s still time to apply for the Munby Research Fellowship 2025!
This 2-year Research Associate position in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities is a collaboration between Cambridge University Libraries & @camglamresearch.bsky.social
Closing date: 17 Jan
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49338/
Beautiful along the commons in the frost this morning with brave rowers already out, oars pulling hard through the Cam and the cold.
Detail from hand-coloured engraving of Lackey moths and caterpillars, with a Cabbage rose. From Moses Harris, ‘The Aurelian’ (London, 1766).
Come work with us! There’s still time to apply for the two-year Munby Fellowship for a Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities, a collaboration between @theul.bsky.social and @camglamresearch.bsky.social: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49338/ Closing: 17 Jan
Lucy Worsley and Dr Alexander Courtney pictured in the Keynes Room at Cambridge University Library
Cambridge University Library features in Episode 2 of Lucy Worsley Investigates (Series 2) on BBC Two at 9pm this Friday! In this episode, @lucyworsley.bsky.social investigates the Gunpowder Plot.
The full series is available to stream now on the BBC iPlayer : loom.ly/jJZZokI
Awesome dinosaurs in the joyous evolution-themed garden at the Natural History Museum. Can we have one @theul.bsky.social please?
A copy of the Poisonwood Bible, a book by Barbara Kingsolver, on display in the Cambridge University Library shop.
📚The Really Popular Book Club is back on Tuesday 28 January, 7-8pm!
💻 Join us online to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s classic, The Poisonwood Bible, with journalist, broadcaster
and author @chinemcdonald.bsky.social
✅Register for your FREE place now: loom.ly/iQU0F1g
Glorious sunrise and frost on the way for a meeting at the Natural History Museum. Expect awesome photos of dinosaurs later.
Pictured here is a complete copy of the Qur’an, donated to St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1639. We see the open book showing beautiful script and gilded details.
Hurry! You have just two months left to see ENDLESS STORIES at the UL.
📍 Cambridge University Library until 22 February 2025
⏰ Monday – Friday 9am – 6:30pm & Saturdays 9am – 4:30pm
🎟️Tickets are completely FREE and are available to book now: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/endlessstories
I am delighted to advertise an executive leadership position in my team - Director of Cultural Collections and Curatorial Practice - Permanent - Grade 10 - Salary range £69,757 to £83,079. #LibraryJobs #ArchiveJobs #Library #Archives #Jobs berwickpartners.co.uk/opportunitie... Come join us at Leeds.
Joyous beautiful morning sunlight rising over King’s College Chapel on this morning’s winter walk-to-work @theul.bsky.social.
A man drinking, from a fifteenth-century illustrated copy of a household health text commonly known as the Régime du corps (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.5.11)
Overindulged over Christmas? In medieval times, treatments for gout were limited. Sufferers sought out many different cures, ranging from the simple and familiar to the outlandish and bizarre…
Find out more in this article by our Curious Cures team: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=26866
New year and blue sky: home-from-home back at the UL.
@theul.bsky.social
No, definitely not in Cambridge anymore.
#wintersun
Happy Christmas from @theul.bsky.social!
A beautifully illuminated nativity scene from a 14th century English Book of Hours in the care of Cambridge University Library.
A beautifully illuminated nativity scene from a 14th century English Book of Hours in the care of Cambridge University Library.
We wish all our staff, library users and followers from across the world, a very Happy Christmas!
Ref: Book of Hours (Use of Sarum) CUL MS Dd.4.17