Events

Overview Presenter George Snook will explore the collection of drug literature and artifacts that he has assembled since the mid-1960s. An impulse purchase of de Quincey’s English Opium Eater in a used bookstore in London sparked a lifelong interest in drugs and their influence on culture. This journey has led [...]

Overview Launched in 2024, the new Digital Scriptorium Catalog aims to be the first national union catalog for premodern manuscripts in North America built on Linked Open Data technologies and practices. Following a brief history of similar attempts, Lynn will discuss the motivations and principles behind the redevelopment project and [...]

Overview Stephen King has published close to 70 books in the last 50 years. In 2021, he and his wife Tabitha collected all of his available manuscript drafts into a secure, climate-controlled archive attached to their home in Bangor, Maine. Bicks was the first scholar to be granted extended access [...]