The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social Posting random bits & bobs here to help keep alive the memory of Leeds Other Paper (1974-1994), possibly the greatest little newspaper in the world. This account is maintained, after a fashion, by @writerlytone.bsky.social 
Princethorpe Foundation Archive @pfdnarchive.bsky.social Preserving and sharing the archives and heritage of Princethorpe College, Crackley Hall School, Crescent School and their predecessor schools.
Explore our collections at https://archives.princethorpe.co.uk/
The Hagan-White House, Salisbury @thehaganwhitehouse.bsky.social Capt. John Hagan of Bergen, Norway, built this historic home and was resident from 1909 to 1926. Showcasing it across the seasons, years and events it has witnessed.
#booksky #photography #history #architecture #americana
Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social 🗺️ Bring your collections, data, and research to life with geospatial storytelling
https://humap.me/
#GLAMA #DigitalHumanities #EdTech #CitizenScience #CitizenHumanities
Sarah Ormes @sormes.bsky.social Research Analytics Librarian at the University of Bath. Helping academics to demonstrate the impact of their work.
Andy @tanistry.bsky.social Local Man & Irish History Fella from Belfast.
he/him
EK @evanka.eurosky.social I believe we are ALL better off when EVERYONE has housing, healthcare, food, and education.
If you're fond of punching down - especially when it comes to blaming voters/non-voters - you probably shouldn't follow me. Thanks!
Sorry, can't afford to donate.
Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social Places of Deposit Manager at UK National Archives. Interests in archives, aircraft, hillforts, Warwickshire CCC and AFC Wimbledon.
Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre explores the importance & development of maritime safety and classification.
New Professionals @aranewprofs.bsky.social The ARA Section for New Professionals: providing information for new & future archivists, records managers and conservators in the UK and Ireland.
https://aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Nathan Gabbard @nathangabbard.bsky.social Bibliophile. Rare and antiquarian bookseller, @OwlCreekBooks.com, mid-city Los Angeles. English bulldog dad. Midwest grown.
Jacq @jacqueline2024.bsky.social Classically trained professional actor. Performed in NYC, London, Stratford-upon-Avon,
SFO, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee.
Love projects that support human rights.
Practice-based PhD in theatre performance-Renaissance.
DEMOCRACY!
Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social We are Barnsley Museums. Sharing stories from our collections and our five free to visit venues across Barnsley; Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley Museum, Worsbrough Mill & Elsecar Heritage Centre
www.barnsley-museums.com
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social A free museum and library exploring the science and humanity of medicine at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Sign up to our newsletter www.rcpe.ac.uk/newsletter
Dr Samuel McLean - This Meeting Could Have Been A Fistfight @canadianerrant.bsky.social Maritime Historian. Chief Mate (150 GT). Dad & Husband. Gardener, Cook & Brewer. Ngāi Tahu & McLean of Duart. Toitū te Tiriti. TCEU 416/CUPE L79. Canadian & Kiwi. Go Blue Jays. Cymru am byth. Alba gu brath. Go All Blacks. He/Him. Likes fashion/style
Maíra Mendes Galvão @mmendesgalvao.bsky.social Translator. PhD candidate @ UMass Amherst. Early Modern Iberia, Translation Theory, Premodern Women. FLAD/BNP Summer Fellow 2025.
Celeste McNamara @celestemcnamara.bsky.social Historian @ Dublin City University. Author of The Bishop’s Burden (Catholic UP). Currently working on the policing of illicit sexuality in 18th century Venice. For more see www.celestemcnamara.com. 
Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 42 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/
Public Services Quarterly Journal T&F @publicservicesq.bsky.social PSQ is a journal that covers public service issues in academic libraries. Published by Taylor & Francis | Editorial Board: https://tinyurl.com/3njutceb
Building Conservation @cathedralcomms.bsky.social BCD is the UK's definitive free guide to resources for the conservation and repair of the historic built environment.
Created by Cathedral Communications. Find Historic Churches and the BCD here: www.buildingconservation.com
Jen @jen79.bsky.social Archivist, figure skater, music lover, volunteer, pro European 🇪🇺 liberal, wine drinker 🍷optimist, living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 & Cook Islands 🇨🇰
Springshare @springshare.bsky.social We develop practical web applications built specifically for libraries and educational institutions. We work closely with our clients to develop tools to share knowledge & information.
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org 👊 Battling techno-fascism with our Internet-savvy blend of attention-grabbing activism and mass mobilization.
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/2026
Hanna Polasky @pox-and-frocks.bsky.social Paleopathologist, medical historian, archives gremlin, a menace and an imp who threatens to lick any Scheele's green she sees.
https://pox-and-frocks.github.io/
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
KEVI Foundation Archive @kevibhamarchive.bsky.social We preserve and share the records of the 14 King Edward VI schools in Birmingham, with records dating back to 1382. To find out more visit our website: https://kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk/archive
Regent's Park College @regentsox.bsky.social Welcome to the official account for Regent’s Park College! 🐢 Founded 1810, Permanent Private Hall of the University of Oxford since 1957
🗒️ Saline & District Heritage Society @salineheritage.bsky.social History & Heritage of West Fife Villages
Speaker Events // Local Museum // Heritage Projects
🖱️ salinedistrictheritagesociety.wordpress.com
📧 salinedistrictheritage@gmail.com
Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social Collections from @durham-university.bsky.social museums, art collection, biosciences, archives and special collections. Not monitored 24/7. @dulib.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/DUCollections 
University of Roehampton Library @urlibrary.bsky.social 
IOE Library @ioelibrary.bsky.social World-leading library specialising in education, at the UCL Institute of Education.
20 Bedford Way, London, United Kingdom WC1H 0AL
ioelibrary@ucl.ac.uk
https://linktr.ee/IOELIbrary
Abertay Historical Society @abertayhissoc.bsky.social The Abertay Historical Society has promoted interest in history in Tayside & Fife since 1947. Registered Scottish charity no SC008207
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries @library.cmu.edu The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries is your destination for discovery. As a central gathering space for the university, with physical and digital spaces for everyone to meet, study, and grow, we're at the heart of the work of CMU.
The Wisdom Pedlars, Antiquarian Book Auctions @wisdompedlars.bsky.social Weekly Rare & Antiquarian Book Auctions Since 2003
BOOK AUCTIONS END EVERY SUNDAY 8pm (UK Time)
#rarebooks #books #antiquarian #earlymodern
#bibliophile #bookhistory #bookauctions
stores.ebay.co.uk/wisdompedlars
Dr Leona Watson (formerly Skelton) @infrastructuregeek.bsky.social Associate Prof in Environmental History, Northumbria Uni. Editor in Chief, Environment and History. Environmental, social and cultural impact of British water and transport infrastructure, 1500-2000. Authored Tyne after Tyne and Sanitation in Urban Britain
Environment and History, White Horse Press @eandhwhp.bsky.social An interdisciplinary environmental history journal, showcasing how archival, documentary evidence and oral history testimony can contribute to reconnecting historic activities with the legacy of environmental challenges in the present and future #envhist
St Hugh's College Library @sthughslibrary.bsky.social Founded in 1886, we serve the current students and staff of St Hugh's College, University of Oxford.
https://linktr.ee/sthughslibrary
Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social Magdalen College, Oxford has a large circulating library, a significant early printed & manuscript books collection, and an extensive archive.
NTU Library @ntuyourlibrary.bsky.social Follow for library updates, news, and events 📚 #HeartOfNTU https://linktr.ee/NTULibraryCommunity
Centre for Baptist Studies, Oxford @cbsoxford.bsky.social 
Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) Scotland @cahgscotland.bsky.social - A self-sustaining network of community archive groups within Scotland
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Celebrating and highlighting its diversity
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-archives/community-archives-and-heritage-group-scotland
Library Think Tank #ALATT @librarythinktank.bsky.social The BlueSky account for the Library Think Tank, unofficially associated with the American Library Association. Originated on Facebook, now here on BlueSky!
?s to group, use #askLTT
Use #librarythinktank, #ALATT, #skybrary, #librarysky, #skybrarians
Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social Early Modern History at Birkbeck, University of London | Likes: archives, fatherhood, footnotes, the seaside. | Dislikes: Henry VIII, cars, inequity. My research: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/8004317/brodie-waddell
Oxfraud @oxfraud.com Torpedoing the garbage scow of Shakespeare authorship doubt (SAD) to exclude it from the shores of respectable academic research.
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oxfraud
Prima Facie case: https://prezi.com/view/AUiVej2vpayThpjJtuSS/embed
Suitcase Genealogist @suitcasegen.bsky.social @hjarmstrong.bsky.social's eventual genealogy, heritage, history and preservation travel project. Also building @yoretravel.bsky.social.
Humbled daily by my ancestors. Neurodivergent and a misfit.
VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social Research group dedicated to legal history, theory of law and philosophy of law @vubrussel.bsky.social
https://vubcore.blogspot.com
Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/i5jucVkz-GE
CRKN - RCDR @crkn-rcdr.bsky.social Together, we empower Canada by creating pathways to trusted knowledge. / Ensemble, nous renforçons l’autonomie du Canada en créant des voies d’accès à un savoir fiable.
https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/
Art - Science - Self-Awareness @art-science.bsky.social Art, Science and Self-awareness. Frank Seidl Alumnus 1972, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Jane Cameron National Archives @jcnarchives.bsky.social The Jane Cameron National Archives are the National Archives of the Falkland Islands, ensuring the long-term survival and easy accessibility of all those records most important to the history and administration of the Islands.
Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.
Dunblane Museum @dunblanemuseum.bsky.social Sharing the story of Dunblane, its magnificent medieval Cathedral, the 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir, and people through the centuries who've lived, worked or been educated in Dunblane
Scottish Charity No. SC020895
https://dunblanemuseum.org.uk/
Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social Newcastle University Special Collections & Archives is an Accredited Archive Service, home to Newcastle University's archive and rare book collections.
Find out more: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/
UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social We curate private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; UCD; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. www.ucd.ie/archives
Commonplaces @commonplaces.bsky.social A project about commonplacing: a practice of collecting, recording and extracting meaningful fragments and keeping them in a book, which thinks about materiality, time and living resistant lives. 
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk World leader in Enlightenment studies, based at the University of Oxford.
Our publications: Voltaire's Complete Works (OCV), Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (OSE) and much beyond.
https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/
Oxford History of the Book @bkhistoxford.bsky.social Discover History of books projects at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, digital editions at the Taylorian and @BodleianLibraries.bsky.social https://historyofthebook.mml.ox.ac.uk/ Posts by @HLaehnemann.bsky.social & @emmahuber.bsky.social
Oxford Internet Institute @oii.ox.ac.uk Exploring how technology is transforming the way we live, work and govern.
Uehiro Oxford Institute @uehiro.ox.ac.uk Uehiro Oxford Institute, University of Oxford. Facilitating ethical progress through research, teaching, and real-world application.
https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/
Read our Practical Ethics blog: https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/
#ethics 
Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social The RAI is a Department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the USA. Check out our podcast, The Last Best Hope with our Director, Professor Adam Smith!
https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/
Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social OMS is the interdisciplinary platform for medieval studies across Oxford supported by TORCH. Posts by Henrike Lähnemann and Jana Christin Lammerding
Faculty of History, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/home
Ruskin School of Art @theruskin.bsky.social Ruskin School of Art, Fine Art Department at University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk.
https://www.rsa.ox.ac.uk/
Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social Oxford's English Faculty is the largest in the UK with a distinguished research and teaching record. Account managed by admin team.
Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social The Oxford University Music Faculty is one of the largest and liveliest music departments in the UK. Follow us for information about news and events!
Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) @modernslaverypec.bsky.social Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC produces research with focus on policy impact and brings people together to transform the response to modern slavery and exploitation. Part of the Humanities Division at the University of Oxford.
Ertegun Graduate Scholarship @ertegunhouse.bsky.social Ertegun House is home to the Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities at the University of Oxford, and to a range of events in the humanistic disciplines
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments @batecollection.bsky.social Museum in Oxford. We hold over 1,000 of the most magnificent musical instruments in the world. Part of the University of Oxford.
linktr.ee/bate.enquiries
Oxford Kafka @oxfordkafka.bsky.social AHRC Kafka’s Transformative Communities
Oxford Kafka Research Centre
📍@Oxford_Uni
oxfordkafka on Instagram
https://www.kafka-research.ox.ac.uk/
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Francie and Marcel. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908.
Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
flamencalibrarian @ninathecat.bsky.social A proud single cat lady and Flamenco enthusiast living on Dharawal lands. Libraries, archives, mis/disinformation, politics.
Always was, always will be 🖤💛❤️
Views my own, not my employer
Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social Home to 11 miles of archives & local studies collections, charting the history of people, places and events across Wiltshire & Swindon.
Maddie @maddiec953.bsky.social Archivist. Dog lover. O's fan. She/Her.
Melanie @passifloraresearch.com Professional genealogist & attorney. Former civil AUSA. Clinton White House/Pentagon alum. She/her.
beehiiv: https://integrity-through-time.beehiiv.com/
Louise A Ray @louisearay.bsky.social The A is for Archivist
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Laura Greenfield @lauragreenfield.bsky.social Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Ipswich Museums @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social From mammoths to masterpieces, we’re wild for history, buzzing about art, and all about adventure! Explore Christchurch Mansion and (in 2026) Ipswich Museum & Ipswich Art Gallery. 🖼️🦣
Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Jay Trask @rjtrask1.bsky.social Archivist at UNCo. Husband of a librarian. Keeper of Bishop and ghostly Maisie and Kivrin. Interested in archival silence and archives/power. Nerd. I love comics, LOTR, Discworld, old ghost stories, and dogs. Currently learning Middle Egyptian. He/Him.
Mark @maplesystemsroad.bsky.social Genealogy nerd, archaeology enthusiast, adoptee, and proud union member from unceded sḵwx̱wú7mesh, sel̓íl̓witulh, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories (he/they)
Stephan Friedrich Mai @wicquefortdiary.bsky.social Privat hier. Historian (early modern period). Knowledge, diplomacy, politics/conflict and war, gender, and history represented in digital games. PhD project: social construction of diplomatic knowledge (A. de Wicquefort)
Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social Tudor and Stuart historian. Author of six books, most recent a biography of Henry VIII's misunderstood and maligned elder sister, Margaret Tudor. Historical consultant and broadcaster. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
TannerRitchie Publishing 🍁 @tannerritchie.bsky.social Publisher of Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) and Scotland's History Online (SHO). Distributor of Scottish Record Society & the Red Book of Scotland (RBS). Designers of MEMSO Shell, custom software for researchers.
www.tannerritchie.com
Áine ní Donnghaile 🍃🌳 ⚾ 🫖 💙☘ 🍷💉🌊 @ainedonnghaile.bsky.social #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Researching Donnelly, Donelan, McGarrity, Hughes, Casey, Holleran, Reilly in Westmeath, Tyrone, Louth, & Mayo.
#Genearosity restricted records at FamilySearch Center & Affiliate Library #ACPL
Found Cousins Genealogy
Lily Indira Kirkby @lilykirkby.bsky.social london, via uni of cambridge, via york
🌹🌈
Martin Bright @martinbright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Journalism at University of Essex, Editor-at-Large at Index on Censorship, founder of Creative Society
Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social Professional archivist & multi award-winning musician. Chairperson
ARA Ireland (https://araireland.ie/). On ITMA board (www.itma.ie). Gaeilge 7 Fáilte. Sí/í. Opinions my own. Ally.
https://niamhnicharra.com/
EDI Caucus @edicaucus.bsky.social The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Caucus. Multidisciplinary project, funded by UKRI and British Academy, to create inclusive careers across the research and innovation systems in the UK. edicaucus.ac.uk
Museo Instituto San Isidro @iessanisidromuseo.bsky.social Colecciones científicas y pedagógicas expuestas en una escalera barroca en el centro de Madrid https://sites.google.com/view/iessanisidropatrimonio/inicio
Regina Dunne Midlands History @midlandshistory.bsky.social Historian of Rural women's histories.
Genealogist 🧬
Day job - Regenerative Tourism Activator, supporting businesses to provide a net positive benefit for their business and the community.
Catalyst Museum @catalystarchives.bsky.social Museum of the Chemical Industry in Widnes, Cheshire and home of the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) archives - well, some of them at least ... and much more
From Judith Wilde @heyjudewilde.bsky.social
and Charlie Linton @charlie-linton.bsky.social
Berea College Archives @bereaarchives.bsky.social Archive boxes full of preserved stories, sights and sounds from the Appalachian region. Home to the bell hook papers and the Janis Ian Archives.
https://libraryguides.berea.edu/archives