When a 19th century woman remarks that she has “mittened nearly half the Freshman class” of Dartmouth, what did she mean?

Mitten: It's a Verb Too!

One of the great joys of working at Rauner is the pleasure of unexpected discoveries. You're looking into a person or event when you stumble...

Remembered I’ve been keeping this in my desk for a special occasion.

“We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”—Harvard President Alan Garber

Harvard University President

The Promise of American Higher Education

No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which...

Its reputation is assured a century later, but The Great Gatsby was kind of a dud on publication. A World War II special edition for troops played an important role in giving it the prominence it enjoys today.

The Library of Congress

The Not-So-Great Gatsby | Bibliomania

One hundred years ago, on April 10, 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald celebrated the publication of what he considered to be his greatest work of literatur...

The Library Company of Philadelphia has acquired a collection of more than 5500 pieces of culinary ephemera.

Library Company Acquires the William Woys Weaver Collection of Culinary Ephemera – The Library Company of Philadelphia

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

Harvard Magazine

Encouraging Harvard to Resist | Harvard Magazine

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

We have been presented with the clearest possible choice between resistance to fascism or capitulation. I’m going to go stand up for democracy tomorrow and if you can I hope you will stand with me.

Mobilize

Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.

I just cannot state strongly enough how profoundly this misunderstands what I want from a vacuum cleaner.

The Verge

Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages

Can I call you back after the rinse cycle?

I’m not going to say there’s a lot of overlap between digital preservation librarianship and knitting, because this post says it more clearly than I ever could. https://digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-through-digital-decay-a-collection-of-digital-preservation-jumpers-no-one-asked-for-but-478c48009521 Via @Calishat

Not yet illegal: “The Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project, launched by Virginia Tech’s Center for Communicating Science, is designed to celebrate and preserve the stories of Black scientists.”

Project preserves Black scientists' voices and histories

Patty Raun and Carrie Kroehler from the Center for Communicating Science wanted a way to highlight the voices often marginalized in STEM.