Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week.
The Flowers of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Preserved from Another Century
Colorful travel guides and alluring destinations: How to have a good time in Edo Japan
James Gillray and Georgian Medical Satire
Caxton 550 A video series celebrating the anniversary of England's first printing press

Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week.
America 250 Film Series Short videos about treasures from the Library of Congress
Yale Library's digitized Takamiya Collection helps solve mystery of medieval fragments
Riding Thoroughbreds and Donkeys Across Victorian Board Games
Rosa Parks's Pancake Recipe

Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi.

Better late than never as high school receives library book 72 years late. Murray Bridge's Malcolm Blight held on to the adventurous The Kon-Tiki Expedition for more than 70 years, during which time he was inspired to undertake several journeys of his own.

Some highlights from special collections libraries' blogs this week.
Who Counts? A History of Voting in America
Flying Squirrels and Delicious Garlic: Animals and Plants in an Illuminated Early-Modern Miscellany of Ancient Japanese Poetry
Worth a Thousand Words: The Literary Map Painting Collection
Devotion in Print – Catholic Women and Their Books, 1500-1800

The Art of Japanese Publishing: An Online Exhibition of Japanese Illustrated Books from Princeton, 1660-1960
A Fleeting Impression: Multispectral Imaging of a Fifteenth-Century Paste Print
Applying Handwritten Text Recognition to Premodern Devanāgarī Manuscripts Promising, but still a work in progress
Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné An exhibition of beautiful and surprising paper art