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My new home at Frassle has expanded a bit. Recently returned from Rare Book School, I have decided to use the precious free time that I have (before school and an impending move throw my life into chaos) to set up a Playful Antiquarian publisher site at Frassle. At the moment, the content is the same as my Playful Antiquarian feed, but as I figure things out, I hope to add more content.
Sorry for all of the recent site-hopping. With any luck, Frassle or some combination of Frassle and my other weblogs will be my location for the foreseeable future.
Addendum: I forgot to mention RSS feeds. There is a feed for the regular blog post section of my publisher site and a feed for my noteworthy links. Enjoy!
August 12th, 2004
As some readers may have noticed, my Rare Book School notes are on another weblog. I started a weblog at frassle because after seeing a demo of the latest version at last week’s meeting at the Berkman Center, I wanted to try it out. I am very happy with my second (third? fourth?) weblog, but I only started it a few days ago.
I had hoped to double-post my RBS dispatches, but the server for this weblog has been down quite frequently, especially late at night and early in the morning — the only times I have to post at the moment. The people at the Berkman Center are working very hard to maintain the server, and with any luck, it should be more stable soon. Until then, check The Playful Antiquarian or Paper Clips. If I am not blogging here, I am probably blogging somewhere else :-)
August 3rd, 2004
Do not be alarmed. This weblog has not been commandeered; I am just experimenting with a new look and new title.This is something that I have wanted to test for several months now. I did not want to start a new weblog, but at the same time, my weblog, as it was defined and designed, was not working for me. It felt like a shirt with a scratchy tag–irritating to the wearer but seemingly fine to others. The scratchy tag, in this case, was the fact that most of my new posts were being categorized as “off-topic but interesting” and “friday frivolity.” I took this as a sign that I needed to re-evaluate my weblog and its overall focus.
I am hoping to create a weblog that comfortably incorporates my interests in printing and paper history, children’s literature, and arts and crafts and also allows me to show my playful side. I want the freedom to mention interesting things about my daily work without the obligation of being “the special collections weblog” and to talk about libraries and librarianship without being “a librarian weblog”. Most of all, I need space to evolve and change intellectually.
As I have said before, this is my playspace. Play is about fun and about experimentation. I will see how this experiment goes. If it does not work, I will change everything back, and of course, if it works, I will proceed from there.
Thanks in advance for your patience.
April 5th, 2004
I suppose that the few readers that I have may be wondering why it has been quieter than usual in this whispering corner of the blogosphere. In special collections news, I have not reported on Houghton’s acquisition of the Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson. I have also let the announcement of the 2004 Leab Exhibition Awards by RBMS (the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the American Library Association) pass without acknowledgement. More shockingly, the Seussentennial has arrived without a Seussism from me. (By the way, many birthday wishes, little sister, if you are reading this!)Of course, I have good reasons for being so neglectful. Mostly, I have been busy, but I am also recovering from a repetitive strain injury. To say the least, I will not be updating this weblog much in the next few weeks (or possibly months) while I am on the mend. (sigh…no weblog posts, no Sims, no knitting…time to find new hobbies). As I have said before on this weblog, visit the excellent sites in my blogroll and keep me in your news aggregator. With any luck, I will be back soon.
March 2nd, 2004
I had hoped to post this yesterday but afterwork projects, early evening activities, and my self-imposed early bedtime did not allow for much time to work on my weblog. That being said, this is an experimental post.
Yesterday I decided to gather all of the interesting links I found on my aggregator and online throughout the day and put them all in one post. I like to think of it as my online notebook.
I am trying this to see if it makes maintaining my weblog a little easier. In the past, I was overwhelmed by all of the links that I came across. I had many links that did not need much, if any, commentary. It felt strange (aesthetically) to post them separately. Now, these lone links have a home.
My hope is that this will allow me to add more news and information on my weblog while also freeing up mental energy for longer, more personal posts and essays. So, without further explanation, here is the first installment of links…
Special collections links
Special collections links I missed while I was on vacation
Weblog links
Off-topic but interesting
January 7th, 2004
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