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@HarvardDivinity Other books our seminar on apocrypha/pseudepigrapha will see at @hdslibrary this week include Antwerp Polyglot & London Polyglot (Oana Capatina & I checking out Hebrew Tobit in the latter below!)

The HDS Library will be closing tomorrow, December 22 for our winter recess and will reopen on Tuesday, January 2. Click the link in our bio to view our full hours. See you next year!

With finals approaching at HDS, why not take a break this week with Myrtle the Therapy Dog! Myrtle will be at the HDS Library this Thursday from 1-2 pm.

Apply at the link in our bio. The deadline to submit is February 1. (2/2).

One of our NERFC fellows is hard at work in the reading room! Would your historical project benefit from a research visit to Harvard? HDS is a member of the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. This collaboration will offer at least twenty awards in 2023-2024. (1/2).

It’s Open-Access week! Enjoy Harvard-affiliated scholarly works through Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH), Harvard’s Digital Collections, and open-access collections in Hollis. Click the link in our bio to learn more. #OpenAccessWeek2023

Recently processed! We’ve just finished processing the records of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills. Check it out through the link in our bio! @UUSC @UUWellesley

Hey, Harvard students! Got 5 minutes? Take a brief survey about AI Chatbots, like ChatGPT and you’ll be entered in a raffle to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards. harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6g…

The first week of classes is in full swing! Ryan from Access Services is busy at work scanning material for class reserves. Say hi to Ryan if you see him at the desk! #Libraries #Librarians #LibrariesOfInstagram #Harvard

Join us this Wednesday, July 12 at 3pm for a summertime treat to celebrate the occasion of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Divinity School Address, July 15, 1838! We will be gathering for popsicles outside at the entrance to the HDS Commons.

Celebrate 100 years of the Flower Ceremony! This June marks the 100th anniversary of the Flower Ceremony celebrated by hundreds of UU congregations. This first image is from the UU World magazine which is available online (Link in bio). #UUA #FlowerCeremony

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 #spinepoetry #libraries #harvard

Congratulations to the class of 2023! #HDS #Harvard #HarvardGraduation #HDSGrad23

Starting to feel like spring at the Library! 😎 #spring #springtime #libraries

During the colonial era, churches were often a community’s main record-keepers, documenting births, deaths, marriages, and more. Thanks to the @hdslibrary, you can explore colonial era life through nearly 40 digitized church record books:buff.ly/3HpBP9H

Stop by the HDS Library on Tuesday, May 2, and see Myrtle the Therapy Dog! #TherapyDogs #HDSLibrary

Happy Easter from the HDS Library!

We've got Barbie fever over here at HDS Library! So excited for this refulgent summer and our Emerson popsicle party in July. #Barbie #RalphWaldoEmerson #Refulgent #FridayFun

Happy Passover from the HDS Library! Chag Sameach!

Take a sneak peek inside this Syriac New Testament! A unique feature of this work is that four varieties exist of the title page. This copy contains interlacing curves featured in the second image which help to identify the specific version of this text. #TBT