ElasticSystem's profile picture. An online, interactive portrait of the C19th librarian Thomas Watts, made by artist Richard Wright @NowMachine with the BritishLibrary.
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An online, interactive portrait of the C19th librarian Thomas Watts, made by artist Richard Wright @NowMachine with the BritishLibrary. http://www.elasticSystem.net

Check out this symposium about the work of @BL_Labs and the nice people that supported my @ElasticSystem project...

Hurry! Only a few tickets left for FREE @BL_Labs symposium 2018, Mon 12 Nov, London, goo.gl/HV9vE7. Find out about creative uses of @britishlibrary digital collections & who won our Research, Artistic, Commercial & Teaching/Learning awards. @BL_DigiSchol



For my last research seminar at the #BritishLibrary, I laid out the entire history of cataloging at the library on this one table.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. For my last research seminar at the #BritishLibrary, I laid out the entire history of cataloging at the library on this one table.
ElasticSystem's tweet image. For my last research seminar at the #BritishLibrary, I laid out the entire history of cataloging at the library on this one table.

The Asian and African Studies reading room at the #britishlibrary seems to have the friendliest readers – here are some of the #thankyou cards that have been sent to staff and displayed on the counter. #librarylife

ElasticSystem's tweet image. The Asian and  African Studies reading room at the #britishlibrary seems to have the friendliest readers –  here are some of the #thankyou cards that have been sent to staff  and displayed on the counter.  #librarylife

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a collection of relief #maps, different countries all modeled with their hills and valleys. This is Poland.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary  – a collection of relief #maps, different countries all modeled  with their hills and valleys. This is Poland.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a collection of photographic negatives, so big that many of them are not yet been catalogued yet.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary  – a collection of photographic negatives, so big that many of them  are not yet been catalogued yet.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – books that used to be kept inside other books, because book binding used to be a bit of a bind.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary  – books that used to be kept inside other books, because book binding  used to be a bit of a bind.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – the India Office collection including histories, memoires, islamic poems, songs and a book about “The Happy Union”. (V 10302 to V 10360)

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – the India Office collection including histories, memoires, islamic poems, songs and a book about “The Happy Union”. (V 10302 to V 10360)

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – huge collections of scientific documents – this one is from a whole wall devoted to Russian patents.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – huge collections of scientific documents – this one is from a whole wall devoted to Russian patents.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – all the children's comics and annuals that we read when growing up (and possibly still do). Unfortunately no one under the age of 11 is allowed into the Reading Rooms!

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – all the children's comics and annuals that we read when growing up (and possibly still do). Unfortunately no one under the age of 11 is allowed into the Reading Rooms!

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a huge foreign language collection, much begun by Thomas Watts in the 1840s, who had “mastered all the Celtic and Slavonic tongues, as well as Hungarian, and to make some progress with Chinese, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Danish and Swedish”

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a huge foreign language collection, much begun by Thomas Watts in the 1840s, who had “mastered all the Celtic and Slavonic tongues, as well as Hungarian, and to make some progress with Chinese, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Danish and Swedish”

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – lots of cardboard boxes containing very colourful newspapers which turned out to be Czech and Romanian theatre reviews.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – lots of cardboard boxes containing very colourful newspapers which turned out to be Czech and Romanian theatre reviews.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – some very old art books but containing some stunning reproductions.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – some very old art books but containing some stunning reproductions.
ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – some very old art books but containing some stunning reproductions.

#ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a huge multi-headed sculpture left over from some exhibition I think.

ElasticSystem's tweet image. #ThingsDiscoveredAtTheBritishLibrary – a huge multi-headed sculpture left over from some exhibition I think.

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