Are you a PhD student? Interested in working with #BritishLibrary collections? While we're still recovering from the cyber-attack, we can explore what IS possible. Take a look at the next Doctoral Open Day, which is on the Library's digital collections. I'll be talking about the Digital Research Team @BL_DigiSchol and our work! Friday 23 May 12-4pm
https://events.bl.uk/events/not-just-books-digital-collections-and-resources
I've recently attended and delivered a keynote at the #Wikisource 2025 Conference in Bali, Indonesia, which was an absolute delight. Read here about my impressions: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/04/wikisource-2025-conference.html
@BL_DigiSchol #BritishLibrary
Children's book illustrations
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12403504@N02/albums/72157638906393085
That embarrassing moment when your medieval pet suddenly decides it isn’t going to walk any further and you have to carry it back home - 2nd half of the 13th century, Rutland Psalter, British Library, Add. 62925, f. 76v
@MedMilMedicine #Medieval #humour #humor #BritishLibrary
We are very happy to share the #FF2025 call for proposals: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2025/03/fantastic-futures-2025-ff2025-call-for-proposals-.html please share with your networks across #GLAM #AI #ml #DH #DigitalLibrary #DigitalScholarship #DataScience #BritishLibrary
Call for Proposals! 
Fantastic Futures 2025: AI Everywhere, All at Once
AI4LAM’s annual conference, December 3 – 5, 2025, #britishlibrary London
Last week I travelled to London in a whirlwind trip to see the Mike Kelley show at the Tate Modern & Medieval Women show at the British Library, and the new Hunterian Museum. A report back at my blog:
https://allysonshaw.com/2025/03/06/rampant-pizzled-magic/ #London #MedievalWomen #BritishLibrary #Tate #TateModern #MikeKelley #Travel #nostalgia
The devastating attack on the British Library by the Rhysida ransomware gang shook the public arts establishment to its core, according to Keith Nolan, head of technology delivery at the Royal Ballet and Opera (RBO).
“Everybody in the sector is very concerned about how secure we are, or think we are,” he said.
‘No one is born knowing how to chop an onion’.
An essay on living with autism and chopping onions.
This year will also see the first British Library Food Season Food Awards, which will recognise the value of narrative cookery writing and storytelling in archives, museums, and exhibitions, and shine a light on the Library’s extensive food collections.
British Library acquires long-lost draft for Elgar masterpiece.
The British Library has secured previously unknown drafts of Edward Elgar’s 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', shedding new light on the composer's creative process.
"Ich musste sehr dafür sorgen, dass die Berichterstattung nicht zu Dan-Brown-mäßig wird," sagt Dirk Schultze, einer der beiden Entdecker einer mittelalterlichen Handschrift an der @stabi_berlin. Doch die Geschichte hinter diesem Manuskript liest sich mindestens genauso spannend wie der "Da Vinci Code": https://www.spkmagazin.de/2025/der-moench-und-die-handschrift.html
British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece.
Sketches for Introduction and Allegro for Strings had been removed from sketchbook by composer in 1930 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/22/british-library-acquires-torn-out-drafts-of-edward-elgar-masterpiece #music #BritishLibrary
Medieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged.
1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r
@MedMilMedicine #medieval #BritishLibrary #manuscripts
One of the first chatbot source code...
#britishlibrary
A unique 16th-century Reformation mandate enters collection #BritishLibrary #HenryVIII #Reformation https://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2025/01/henry-viii-mandate-enters-collection.html
Doing a #PhD in the UK and interested in climate change? Full-time or part-time placement opportunity at the #BritishLibrary. https://www.bl.uk/more/research-collaboration/understanding-user-needs-on-climate-change-and-sustainability-project-profile.pdf
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words review – a bracing cold shower with Joan of Arc and co
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/12/medieval-women-in-their-own-words-british-library-review-as-bracing-as-a-freezing-cold-shower?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#BritishLibrary
#MedievalWomen
Doctoral Open Day: Global Languages, Culture and Societies
One day event for researchers.
Friday 14 February 2025, 10.00 - 16.00.
#BritishLibrary Knowledge Centre.
See here for more details: https://thebritishlibraryresearch.seetickets.com/event/global-languages-culture-and-societies/british-library/3192382
Very exciting events coming up: AI Data Debates at the #BritishLibrary
23/1 - Libraries and AI: Opportunity or threat?
20/2 - Creativity and AI: Friend or foe?
27/3 - Democracy and AI: Who decides?
https://thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/tour/the-ai-debates
#AIdebates @BL_DigiSchol
