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Marc Alexander @mga.is · 30/07/2025

17 years ago today we sent off the 1st ed of the Historical Thesaurus to OUP for publication in 2009! Scary to think that someone born as we typed in the final word might now be an undergraduate starting this year… (Pictured is Christian Kay handing over the envelope to Tommy Cameron, our janitor.)

Christian Kay, the second director of the Historical Thesaurus, hands over a padded envelope to Tommy Cameron, University of Glasgow janitor, in the entranceway of 12 University Gardens, where we all worked

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

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Speak for Yersel - Republic of Ireland @sfy-roi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The weekend's almost here... What are ye doing for the weekend? Or should we be asking... What are youse doing tonight? Do you use 'ye' or 'youse'? As the maps keep filling up, we're starting to see where people use one rather than the other!

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Marc Alexander @mga.is · 18/11/2024

Walking home last night and was struck by the moon and the clouds above the Wellington Church on the university campus (but didn’t stay to take any more as it was freezing cold!)

The Wellington Church at the University of Glasgow campus against a bright moon behind clouds

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Apols for the self promotion but #BurningtheBooks was written during the first Trump era (& in part responded to it). The coming years portend intensified attacks on knowledge. My CODA re-ups the argument for libraries & archives as infrastructure of democracy.

Cover of the paperback edition of Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden

Cover of the Harvard University Press edition of Burngin the Books by Richard Ovenden

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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Soothing waves for those who need it today

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Marc Alexander @mga.is · 09/11/2024

Professional achievement unlocked: at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today working on a bit of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1801 so obscure that even the BL’s copy had uncut pages – I had to get a nice chap at the desk to use his official-looking knife on it. Now am overexcited and need a lie down

A photo of a recently-cut-open page in the Gentleman’s Magazine LXXI.1

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Marc Alexander @mga.is · 07/11/2024

Thought-provoking laptop sticker given out for World Digital Preservation Day #wdpd2024 at Senate House in London today

Laptop sticker from the Digital Preservation Coalition saying “storage is not preservation”

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Marc Alexander @mga.is · 07/11/2024

Sunset earlier in the year from the office window – staring out at this and smiling is now my number one excuse for not getting all my work done.

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