☞ PhD Candidate with Innerpeffray Library and Stirling University. Researching nineteenth-century visitors' books, borrowing records, and library history. Book and cat lover. She/her.https://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3mi24kadkb22qAnd so Baby Ramsay joins the ranks of Baby Willie and Baby Betty in the @innerpeffray.bsky.social visitors' books! 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi24kadkb22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3luzlepaics2zI am officially on maternity leave from today! Next time I visit @innerpeffray.bsky.social, I'll be emulating the Herbinsons and Dunlop families from July 1897 by signing the visitors' book with 'Baby' in tow! 👶28 Jul 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzlepaics2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3luzjgvl4i22zVery exciting to see @physiciansgallery.bsky.social's The People's Dispensary published online! I loved working on this project a few years ago — sometimes I can still see Dr Andrew Duncan's handwriting when I close my eyes... https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/peoplesdispensary/index.html28 Jul 2025 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3luzjgvl4i22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lunf6sqo4c23This is what I have so far for my handover notes, hoping to help myself hit the ground running when I return to the PhD after maternity leave. I think it'll be really helpful. 🙃23 Jul 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunf6sqo4c23https://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lsykevsvhk2qGreat fun the last couple of days at @natlibscot.bsky.social comparing nine editions of Murray's Handbook for Scotland (1867-1913), looking at how the descriptions of @innerpeffray.bsky.social as a visitor attraction/tourist destination have changed throughout time. #librarytourism02 Jul 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsykevsvhk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lsbp42snyk2uVery important announcement - the bears are back! It's time to watch these beautiful brown bears get super fat over the summer 🐻 https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls23 Jun 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbp42snyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lrpzwwe74s2cAbsolutely not! I do not consent, I don't like it, make it stop.16 Jun 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpzwwe74s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lrdjlbzbfc2rI've got some reading to do before baby arrives, courtesy of @innerpeffray.bsky.social!11 Jun 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdjlbzbfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lqs3l7hkwk2lI have witnessed two separate people being SO RUDE to @natlibscot.bsky.social staff today and the NLS staff being unfailingly polite in return. It's not that hard to treat people with common decency - especially when they are just trying to help you!04 Jun 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs3l7hkwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lq7wb4c7tc2eI love a little drama on a Wednesday morning! 💒 On 4 May 1872, the Revd and (allegedly) Mrs A. M. Gibson visited @innerpeffray.bsky.social together and signed the visitors' book - but they weren't actually married until the 21st of May, almost three weeks later!28 May 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7wb4c7tc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lq5sa2ht5c22I just stumbled across an old article in The Central Queensland Herald, Australia, by an international visitor to @innerpeffray.bsky.social - Miss Constance Bardsley visited Innerpeffray with 2 others on 1st July, 1937. On her return home, she wrote about her 6-month world tour in her local paper.27 May 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5sa2ht5c22https://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lptqqegkrc27Clearly this display at my local library was a work in progress but also... pretty apt!23 May 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptqqegkrc27https://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lpr6eesmbc2uGenuine question - how does anyone get anything done while pregnant?? I've just hit the 3rd trimester and I am e x h a u s t e d 😴22 May 2025 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpr6eesmbc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3loyax6vgvc2yOn holiday last week I sadly couldn't see the Franciscan Library in Sorrento as it was all covered up by cloth panels (the woman running the exhibition seemed so confused that I actually wanted to see the library itself) but I did get to make traditional paper at a 13th century paper mill in Amalfi!12 May 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyax6vgvc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lnzrms34qc2cYou can still register to join the Library of Innerpeffray for the launch of its shiny new catalogue at 4pm this afternoon! See you there 📚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzrms34qc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bibliophisla.bsky.social/post/3lmuazllo322aThank you so much to @louisecreechan.bsky.social for her talk on ‘Access, Accommodations, and Rigour, Oh My!: Neurodivergence and Method’ - excuse me while I go look up ndhumanities.com immediately! https://ndhumanities.com/15 Apr 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:cefr3agdftf6pp3ditex2rv7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuazllo322a