Social Media and Blog Update
07 Aug 2019
The best in blogs and social media in the Library over the past fortnight
Blogs
- The Special Collections blog has a new look and feel but the same great stories. Read about research on John Goodwin from Lawrence Rabone, a PhD student studying seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian relations. And Dr Victoria Stobo writes about an upcoming exhibition of archive material relating to the poetry publisher Carcanet held from Monday, 30 September 2019 until the end of March 2020.
- Phil Reed’s latest Bloomberg blog post is out, helping you to understand and use BQL (Bloomberg Query Language).
Social Media Stars
- The John Rylands Library Imaging Team has been using Reflectance Transformation Imaging on the St John’s Fragment.
- The Peterloo exhibition is still on and visitors have been recording their thoughts on what Henry Hunt would say if he were alive today.
- Janette Martin, Student Engagement Manager at The John Rylands Library was interviewed by students exploring the Learn and Discover strand of the Six Ways to Wellbeing. Mike Kelly took a screenshot of their Instagram story and a follow up article was also featured on MyManchester.
- Dr Jo Edge finds an interesting face in this Latin manuscript.
- The Library has played a role in Manchester becoming a University of Sanctuary.
- The Alan Gilbert Learning Commons is extending its opening hours throughout August in response to student feedback.