- From Georgianna Ziegler, "What were women reading? A dive into the Folger vault."
- A look at a very cool 1663 book on metametrica from the Princeton Graphic Arts collection blog.
- Over at Sammelband, "Making the Syllabus Zine."
- Coming up in May at the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the inaugural Summer Institute in Book History & Digital Humanities, on the theme "Acting on the Book."
- The Washington Post reported this week that the Library of Congress also chose not to highlight a photo of the 2017 Women's March in an exhibit because of "anti-Trump messages" appearing in the photograph.
- Tulane University has acquired the Anne Rice archives, with support from Stuart Rose and the Stuart Rose Family Foundation.
- Things don't appear to be quite so devastating as first reports indicated for the collections of the Museum of Chinese in America—still awful, but not a total loss, at the very least. Atlas Obscura ran a report on the first round of retrievals from the building.
- Don't miss the February Rare Book Monthly articles.
Upcoming Auctions
- Paul Destribats: Bibliothèque des avant-gardes, Partie II at Christie's Paris on 4 February.
- Sporting & Travel Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson at Doyle (online) on 4 February.
- Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Pasadena Book Fair at PBA Galleries on 6 February.
- Lettres & Manuscrits Autographes at Ader on 6 February.
