The Getty Villa to offer rare look at ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead' buff.ly/uvdwprl
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graduate certificate in Book History and Digital Humanities in the English Department at Texas Tech University https://www.depts.ttu.edu/english/programs_degrees/grad_certificates/book_history/index.php
The Getty Villa to offer rare look at ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead' buff.ly/uvdwprl
Heads up:
A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives buff.ly/Ua908U9
The format credited with making books more accessible via low prices and widespread availability will all but vanish from the publishing scene in a few weeks buff.ly/ULtxbwT
"Soft launch" in December for this interesting project
Metadata for Discovery of Medieval Manuscripts MaterialsΒ β The Peripheral Manuscripts Project buff.ly/6vywZfT
Trump-Aligned Law Firm Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Penguin Random House buff.ly/a4rNyt2
Literacy Organizations Provide Children's Books to Immigrant Families Sheltering at Home buff.ly/hVVFoFy
Jack Kerouacβs 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned buff.ly/UHrxsGo
Worse Than Before: Florida Eyes New Tactics for School Book Bans buff.ly/q05Eeml
News from December. It'd be great to see this move forward.
Reintroduction of Federal Right to Read Act Aims to Bolster Literacy, School Libraries buff.ly/n4K7Sb0
There can be something really satisfying about bad reviews ...
The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2025 buff.ly/63vCIYs
John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PENβs Banned Books List this year buff.ly/ACvo812
Bookstores help people, part 30,000
Minnesota Booksellers in Response to ICE buff.ly/HmYsZPW
US librarians tackle βmanufactured crisisβ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights (article from a couple of months ago) buff.ly/sDc96Vm
Anthony Jeselnikβs 2026 Resolution Is to Make Guys Read buff.ly/ZioG6q6
A fascinating atlas that 'reveals a hidden geography of Victorian administration.'
Mapping Death: The Atlas of Victorian Coronersβ Districts buff.ly/Q2VQUFi
A university library doing great work with its materials! (From December)
From 400-year-old globes to cosmic shrouds: A Maine library brings maps to life buff.ly/XEpM6Xd
Washington Post Shutters Books Section Amid Widespread Layoffs buff.ly/t5C5Hf6
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take βChillingβ Political Turn Under Trump buff.ly/I3jZyeC
Letters from Winnie The Pooh author AA Milne to be auctioned buff.ly/5LU7pux
Designing Gotham: a great design story about a New York-inspired typeface buff.ly/hHpYRf4
Inkluded Faces Up to Publishingβs Diversity Problem buff.ly/993buvX
Academic publishers defeat lawsuit over βpeer reviewβ pay, other restrictions buff.ly/jHOkdlj
Educator Who Read βI Need a New Butt!β to Students Wins Job Back in Court buff.ly/O2tGMj3
So the books in question will be back in the library!
Defendants in βCrookshanks v. Elizabeth School Districtβ Abandon Appeal buff.ly/AlNdvLc
A quick overview of some organizations. Sending Books to Prisons buff.ly/Af5oESA
Freeing the Library | Los Angeles Review of Books buff.ly/Kuf4A9s
French government considering AI bill 'to protect copyright and reward creators' buff.ly/xRm8JzG
IMLS Opens Grant Programs for Native Libraries buff.ly/ygBXAec
Fighting Book Bans, Coast to Coast buff.ly/HrzXNuW
Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places | Timeless buff.ly/hEwa03I