#bodleian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bodleian, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Article: Letting Games Die
Inspired by Mike Cook's argument that old video games should be allowed to die, I was inspired to jot down some of my own thoughts and experiences in the area of video game preservation.
Read more: https://danq.me/2026/04/06/letting-games-die/#article #art #bodleian #history #nostalgia #preservation #software #videoGames
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@bellinghman A friend of mine used to run a shop in #Cambridge city centre.
He lost count of the number of times someone came in and asked him for directions to the #Bodleian #Library.
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@bellinghman A friend of mine used to run a shop in #Cambridge city centre.
He lost count of the number of times someone came in and asked him for directions to the #Bodleian #Library.
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@bellinghman A friend of mine used to run a shop in #Cambridge city centre.
He lost count of the number of times someone came in and asked him for directions to the #Bodleian #Library.
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@bellinghman A friend of mine used to run a shop in #Cambridge city centre.
He lost count of the number of times someone came in and asked him for directions to the #Bodleian #Library.
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@bellinghman A friend of mine used to run a shop in #Cambridge city centre.
He lost count of the number of times someone came in and asked him for directions to the #Bodleian #Library.
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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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"The Red Cross Collection: A Trainee Project" @ Oxford Libraries: https://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtrainees/the-red-cross-collection-a-trainee-project/ #library #specialcollections #RedCross #Bodleian
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Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/there-is-no-political-power-without-power-over-the-archive
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead -
Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/there-is-no-political-power-without-power-over-the-archive
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead -
Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/there-is-no-political-power-without-power-over-the-archive
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead -
Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/there-is-no-political-power-without-power-over-the-archive
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead -
Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/there-is-no-political-power-without-power-over-the-archive
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead -
AI Chatbots Are About to Get a Huge Boost—From Libraries
https://www.inc.com/associated-press/ai-chatbots-are-about-to-get-a-huge-boost-from-libraries/91201600#ai #libraries #harvard #bigdata #bodleian #BostonPublicLibrary #digitalization
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AI Chatbots Are About to Get a Huge Boost—From Libraries
https://www.inc.com/associated-press/ai-chatbots-are-about-to-get-a-huge-boost-from-libraries/91201600#ai #libraries #harvard #bigdata #bodleian #BostonPublicLibrary #digitalization
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AI Chatbots Are About to Get a Huge Boost—From Libraries
https://www.inc.com/associated-press/ai-chatbots-are-about-to-get-a-huge-boost-from-libraries/91201600#ai #libraries #harvard #bigdata #bodleian #BostonPublicLibrary #digitalization
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AI Chatbots Are About to Get a Huge Boost—From Libraries
https://www.inc.com/associated-press/ai-chatbots-are-about-to-get-a-huge-boost-from-libraries/91201600#ai #libraries #harvard #bigdata #bodleian #BostonPublicLibrary #digitalization
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Medieval Nando’s.
14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 170v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #libraries #Bodleian -
Medieval Nando’s.
14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 170v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #libraries #Bodleian -
Medieval Nando’s.
14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 170v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #libraries #Bodleian -
Medieval Nando’s.
14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 170v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #libraries #Bodleian -
Medieval Nando’s.
14th century, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, f. 170v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #libraries #Bodleian -
Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
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Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
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Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
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Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
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Sir Edward the Infantile didn’t want to leave the castle grounds that night, so for what was likely the first time in recorded history, he covered his ears and employed the now infamous “LA-LA-LA, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!” tactic - 14th century, Bodleian Lib., MS. Bodl. 264, f. 152v
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #manuscripts #Bodleian
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I shared a post on Masto of the storage facility for the #Bodleian libraries at Swindon. To date it has 141 boosts and 240 favourites. with no algorithm help, just humans. Ppl love #knowledge. Give them actual knowledge, not #genai #chatbots. #academia #libraries mastodon.social/@DrPen/11389...
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I shared a post on Masto of the storage facility for the #Bodleian libraries at Swindon. To date it has 141 boosts and 240 favourites. with no algorithm help, just humans. Ppl love #knowledge. Give them actual knowledge, not #genai #chatbots. #academia #libraries mastodon.social/@DrPen/11389...
Dr Pen (@[email protected]... -
I shared a post on Masto of the storage facility for the #Bodleian libraries at Swindon. To date it has 141 boosts and 240 favourites. with no algorithm help, just humans. Ppl love #knowledge. Give them actual knowledge, not #genai #chatbots. #academia #libraries mastodon.social/@DrPen/11389...
Dr Pen (@[email protected]... -
I shared a post on Masto of the storage facility for the #Bodleian libraries at Swindon. To date it has 141 boosts and 240 favourites. with no algorithm help, just humans. Ppl love #knowledge. Give them actual knowledge, not #genai #chatbots. #academia #libraries mastodon.social/@DrPen/11389...
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The #Bodleian #Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium #OAPEN Library and #DOAB supporter. Silke Davison interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with #OpenAccess books and why they chose to become one of our supporters.
Silke Davison (October 10, 2024). An Interview with the University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries. OAPEN - Online library of open access books. Retrieved October 11, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12g2v -
The #Bodleian #Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium #OAPEN Library and #DOAB supporter. Silke Davison interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with #OpenAccess books and why they chose to become one of our supporters.
Silke Davison (October 10, 2024). An Interview with the University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries. OAPEN - Online library of open access books. Retrieved October 11, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12g2v -
The #Bodleian #Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium #OAPEN Library and #DOAB supporter. Silke Davison interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with #OpenAccess books and why they chose to become one of our supporters.
Silke Davison (October 10, 2024). An Interview with the University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries. OAPEN - Online library of open access books. Retrieved October 11, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12g2v -
The #Bodleian #Libraries at the University of Oxford recently became a premium #OAPEN Library and #DOAB supporter. Silke Davison interviewed David Watson, the Bodleian’s open monograph project officer about their engagement with #OpenAccess books and why they chose to become one of our supporters.
Silke Davison (October 10, 2024). An Interview with the University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries. OAPEN - Online library of open access books. Retrieved October 11, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12g2v -
#Job
Applications are invited for the post of a full-time Assistant Librarian at the Centre.The successful candidate will join a team consisting of a Librarian and two #Library Assistants.
His/her primary responsibility will be to assist the Librarian in developing the library collection and services, and in maintaining relationships with the #Bodleian and other relevant
institutions.For full particulars please see the job description: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies/
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#Job
Applications are invited for the post of a full-time Assistant Librarian at the Centre.The successful candidate will join a team consisting of a Librarian and two #Library Assistants.
His/her primary responsibility will be to assist the Librarian in developing the library collection and services, and in maintaining relationships with the #Bodleian and other relevant
institutions.For full particulars please see the job description: http://www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies/
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@medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/751325This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...
#medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons
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@medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/751325This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...
#medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons
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@medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/751325This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...
#medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons
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'Chaucer Here and Now' continues at the Bodleian until 28 April - an exhibition examining how his "works have been reworked and reinterpreted over time and around the world. Each generation reinvents Chaucer, taking inspiration from his work, and finding new meanings."
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/12/chaucer-here-and-now-opens-at-the-bodleian/
#WhatsOnInOxford #Chaucer #Bodleian #Oxford #medieval #literature @medievodons @histodons @bookstodon
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'Chaucer Here and Now' continues at the Bodleian until 28 April - an exhibition examining how his "works have been reworked and reinterpreted over time and around the world. Each generation reinvents Chaucer, taking inspiration from his work, and finding new meanings."
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/12/chaucer-here-and-now-opens-at-the-bodleian/
#WhatsOnInOxford #Chaucer #Bodleian #Oxford #medieval #literature @medievodons @histodons @bookstodon
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'Chaucer Here and Now' continues at the Bodleian until 28 April - an exhibition examining how his "works have been reworked and reinterpreted over time and around the world. Each generation reinvents Chaucer, taking inspiration from his work, and finding new meanings."
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/12/chaucer-here-and-now-opens-at-the-bodleian/
#WhatsOnInOxford #Chaucer #Bodleian #Oxford #medieval #literature @medievodons @histodons @bookstodon
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Heading off to England to give two talks at #Oxford, one at #PembrokeCollege, one at the #Bodleian--and then to Montenegro in search for #Glagolitic! The Bodleian event is open to the public: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep23/endangered-alphabets
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Heading off to England to give two talks at #Oxford, one at #PembrokeCollege, one at the #Bodleian--and then to Montenegro in search for #Glagolitic! The Bodleian event is open to the public: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep23/endangered-alphabets
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Heading off to England to give two talks at #Oxford, one at #PembrokeCollege, one at the #Bodleian--and then to Montenegro in search for #Glagolitic! The Bodleian event is open to the public: https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/sep23/endangered-alphabets
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Here’s a #postcard showing #Exeter College, Oxford, and two other university buildings: the #Sheldonian Theatre (the round one) and the #Clarendon building (the classical one at the rear)
The Clarendon used to be the University Registry but is now part of the #Bodleian Library
Quiz time: how many of the cars can you name?
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Here’s a #postcard showing #Exeter College, Oxford, and two other university buildings: the #Sheldonian Theatre (the round one) and the #Clarendon building (the classical one at the rear)
The Clarendon used to be the University Registry but is now part of the #Bodleian Library
Quiz time: how many of the cars can you name?
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Here’s a #postcard showing #Exeter College, Oxford, and two other university buildings: the #Sheldonian Theatre (the round one) and the #Clarendon building (the classical one at the rear)
The Clarendon used to be the University Registry but is now part of the #Bodleian Library
Quiz time: how many of the cars can you name?
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From 21 Feb: New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19.John Barrett Jessica H... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/the-bodleian-uncovers-hidden-inscriptions-by-mysterious-medieval-woman-scribe/ #3d-imaging #archiox-project #bodleian-library #forensic-archaeology #gaming-&-culture #history #medieval-history #optics #photometric-stereo-recording #physics #science
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From 21 Feb: New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19.John Barrett Jessica H... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/the-bodleian-uncovers-hidden-inscriptions-by-mysterious-medieval-woman-scribe/ #3d-imaging #archiox-project #bodleian-library #forensic-archaeology #gaming-&-culture #history #medieval-history #optics #photometric-stereo-recording #physics #science
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From 21 Feb: New imaging tool confirms female scribe etched her name in medieval manuscript - Enlarge / Bodleian MS. Selden Supra 30 open at pp. 18-19.John Barrett Jessica H... https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/the-bodleian-uncovers-hidden-inscriptions-by-mysterious-medieval-woman-scribe/ #3d-imaging #archiox-project #bodleian-library #forensic-archaeology #gaming-&-culture #history #medieval-history #optics #photometric-stereo-recording #physics #science
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Detail from a #19thCentury #broadsideballad, The Lamentation of Mary Queen of #Scotland who was executed #onthisday at #Fotheringay in 1587.
From #Bodleian #Ballads Online: Roud Number V13754
#Tudors #Tudor #maryqueenofscots #OTD #ElizabethI #song #RoyalHistory #broadsideballads #histodon #histodons #histodon @histodons @histodon -
Detail from a #19thCentury #broadsideballad, The Lamentation of Mary Queen of #Scotland who was executed #onthisday at #Fotheringay in 1587.
From #Bodleian #Ballads Online: Roud Number V13754
#Tudors #Tudor #maryqueenofscots #OTD #ElizabethI #song #RoyalHistory #broadsideballads #histodon #histodons #histodon @histodons @histodon -
The sumptuous Romance of Alexander from the #Bodleian is on show at the #BritishLibrary, in their exhibition on #AlexanderTheGreat.
Highlighting this BL post on the wonderful, varied margins:
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/02/magnificent-margins-in-the-alexander-romance.html& that the whole manuscript is available to browse online (there's a link).
#WhatsOnInLondon - 2 more weeks!
#MedievalManuscript #14thCentury #Flemish #Flanders #RomanceOfAlexander #medieval #manuscript #marginalia #OA #OpenAccess #bookstodon #medievodons @medievodons -
The sumptuous Romance of Alexander from the #Bodleian is on show at the #BritishLibrary, in their exhibition on #AlexanderTheGreat.
Highlighting this BL post on the wonderful, varied margins:
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/02/magnificent-margins-in-the-alexander-romance.html& that the whole manuscript is available to browse online (there's a link).
#WhatsOnInLondon - 2 more weeks!
#MedievalManuscript #14thCentury #Flemish #Flanders #RomanceOfAlexander #medieval #manuscript #marginalia #OA #OpenAccess #bookstodon #medievodons @medievodons
