Greetings, dear readers! It’s the end of March and I am up to my eyeballs in grading, as is the way of things. I will be attending ASECS 2026 in Philly this year, which should be exciting. I’m making progress on being caught up on my feedback on student papers, which is something of a relief, but for now I’ll settle for reporting the small amount of progress the LBP saw this month and take comfort that even amidst the sea of grading that happens when you teach an overload, one can still paddle a bit towards the eventual destination.
This month brings us into the letter M. M has a lot going on, and so I doubt I’ll be done with it before May. I will continue to poke at it, however.
Things I’ve learned so far from the Letter M:
- First, the number of institutions that just refer to the library as “Main Library.” It’s too many. Differentiate, people. You know who you are.
- The University of Edinburgh has a number of good things I need to see, including a surprising number of editions of the Memoirs of the Duke of Sully for a non-US institution and a copy of The Life of Harriot Stuart, which isn’t easy to come by.
Number of libraries confirmed: 360
Number of libraries entered into the database: 118
Number of extant copies confirmed: 1257
Lennox Bibliography Project 