special collections

Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with April Sheridan, Special Collections Manager at the

Boston — The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded $75,000 from its Re-envisioning Permanent Collections grant program to the Boston Athenæum.

Sharing today a one-hour presentation on Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius (Venice, 1610) in which Nick Wilding, professor of history at Georgia State University, and Jason W.

Yesterday the Boston Public Library (BPL) announced a major donation to clean, catalogue, and preserve the 400,000 volumes that comprise its historic Founding Res

Washington, D.C. — The Library of Congress has acquired the Aramont Library, a collection of rare books from some of the most prolific authors and artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Last week, the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds in the UK announced its acquisition of a very special book.

San Marino, California — In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntin

Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Brittany Nichole Adams of Northwestern University in Chicago

Today’s Video Friday is a one-hour webinar on the working relationship between special collections librarians and antiquarian booksellers hosted by the Bibliograph

Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Jamie Cumby, Assistant Curator of Rare Books &amp