Well, as week’s guest says, you’ve heard of #SciComm (Science Communication), now get ready for #BibComm (Bibliographic Communication)! Allie Alvis is the mastermind behind Book Historia. They currently work as a rare book cataloger at rare books dealer Type Punch Matrix, having worked at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Special Collections and the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture. She has multiple degrees in the history of the book and digital preservation from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. You can say they know a thing or two about rare books. I loved chatting with Allie about books! We talk digital preservation, book detectives, licking books, charlatan linguists, old book vs old manuscript smell, poisonous books, kissing manuscripts, why rare books matter, and so, so much more.   Learn More! Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar https://www.bookseminars.com  Douglas Cockerell & Sons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Cockerell Hunterian Psalter https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/psalter/psalterindex.html Illuminated Manuscripts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript John Ruskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin Napoleon wallpaper https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/was-napoleon-poisoned Poison book project http://wiki.winterthur.org/wiki/Poison_Book_Project Poisonous books: analyses of four sixteenth and seventeenth century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint  https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-019-0334-2 Type Punch Matrix https://www.typepunchmatrix.com Vellum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellum Virginia Rare Book School https://rarebookschool.org   Find Allie https://bookhistoria.com https://www.instagram.com/book_historia/ https://book-historia.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/book_historia https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtNISxDL3_3VuLVk6sFinJg   Allie’s favorite nonprofits The National Center for Transgender Equality The Center for Reproductive Rights The Voting Rights Alliance   Nonprofits supporting Ukraine and surrounding countries: Člověk v tísni, ops https://www.peopleinneed.net  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies https://www.ifrc.org  International Fund for Animal Welfare https://www.ifaw.org/eu  Mercy Corps https://www.mercycorps.org Nova Ukraine https://novaukraine.org Polish Center for International Aid https://pcpm.org.pl/en World Central Kitchen https://wck.org   Hang out with me at https://instagram.com/lovewhatyoulovepod or https://twitter.com/whatyoulovepod Need transcripts? Contact Emily White at The Wordary [email protected] Check out my books at https://juliekrose.com LWYL Music: Inspiring Hope by Pink-Sounds https://audiojungle.net/user/pink-sounds