- Don't forget Oak Knoll Fest (virtual), coming up on 28–30 October.
- Derrick Spires will deliver the 2021 Lieberman Lecture for APHA on 2 December, "Nineteenth-Century Black Printing and the Matter of Black Life." Register here.
- On the Columbia Rare Books blog, Celeste Brewer "On Oudated and Harmful Language in Library of Congress Subject Headings."
- Over on the Bodleian's Archives and Manuscripts blog, "The First Black Student at Oxford University."
- From the Cambridge University Special Collections blog, "The Pilgrims' Tale: The Box that Moved the Library."
- The University of Pennsylvania has received a gift of 151 interpositive glass photographic plates by Edward S. Curtis.
- The Lazarus Project's technique for photographing books and manuscripts without opening them more than 30 degrees is highlighted in the University of Rochester news.
Upcoming Auctions
- The Alexander Hamilton Collection of John E. Herzog at Freeman's on 25 October.
- The Ricky Jay Collection at Sotheby's New York on 27–28 October.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions on 28 October.
- Fine Books & Autographs at Swann Galleries on 28 October.
- Comic Books: Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age & Undergrounds at PBA Galleries on 28 October.
