Stuart Hunt
Director of University Library & Collections and University Librarian, Durham University. All views or opinions expressed my own. “Non minima pars eruditionis est bonos nosse libros.”
- This, along with the original mss of The Dharma Bums, also being put up for auction, should be in a public collection & not a private one.
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- There’s nothing quite as refreshing as getting to your destination at 4AM after what should have been a 4 hour train journey that ends up taking 9 hours. Made especially wonderful when the final 40 minute stretch takes 5 hours. And passengers & staff are left to suffer.
- Really lucky to have secured tickets for a preview of the fantastic Hamnet. An outstanding film with amazing acting aided by a wonderful Max Richter soundtrack. Can’t recommend enough.
- “saving up to 20 minutes per title.” Just how long were they spending before?! This isn’t how I would define efficiency. Seems to me that there’s another non-AI issue to be addressed here.
- Our Shakespeare Recovered exhibition has been a great success. So much so that we are extending it. It also won the Institute of Conservation Heritage Conservation in Action prize 2025. Congratulations to the colleagues that made this happen.
- Kunsthaus Graz is a great museum with fascinating architecture and excellent exhibits. Sat and watched the mesmerising Bill Viola “The Raft” for ages. Absolutely recommend.
- Many thanks to colleagues at Universitätsbibliothek Graz @uni-graz.at for hosting an excellent Arqus Alliance Libraries of the Future seminar. Lots of good discussions and much appreciated hospitality.
- That moment when you realise your arrival in a wonderful European city for a conference coincides with an English football team match in the same city.
- Knowledge on top of the hill at Uppsala University. The Carolina Rediviva has a physical and symbolic location between the castle and cathedral. A beautiful library with fascinating collections.
- If you know you know. If you don’t you can guess.
- Who would have thought it? Mafia boss as collector of literary mss.
- RIP Brian Patten. A loss to poetry.
- Excellent performance of #BornWithTeeth at Wyndham’s Theatre w/ Ncuti Gatwa as Marlowe & Edward Bluemel as Shakespeare. Equally excellent staging & production. Thoroughly recommend.
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- An interesting and thoughtful piece. Don’t necessarily agree with everything (eg LC distributed catalogue cards pre library automation so the argument of local vs central control is more complex) but worth engaging with.
- Definitely worth visiting. Always enjoy going to Ushaw House as part of the Durham Ushaw Partnership.
- Excellent discussions at @coimbragroup.bsky.social Heritage Working Group meeting hosted by Università di Bologna. Added bonus is walking under the nearly 40km of porticos/colonnades which are themselves a @unesco.org World Heritage Site. #CoimbraGroup2025
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- WHUK meeting reinforcing the tension identified by @unesco.org between outstanding universal value (OUV) and climate change. The move from cultural heritage to natural heritage as a direct outcome.
- Highly informative & engaging couple of days at World Heritage UK 10th anniversary meeting discussing sustainability, climate crisis & cultural heritage. Lots to take away.
- Shakespeare Recovered exhibition officially opening this evening. Durham’s unique First Folio exhibited in its home; Cosin’s Library, Durham University. @ducollections.bsky.social
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