Publications

Allie writes for academic audiences, general audiences, and everyone in between.

Book Chapters

“Working on the Best Material and by the Best Methods: Douglas Cockerell and Son and Their Work for the University of Glasgow Library”
Chapter for Suave Mechanicals volume 7, Legacy Press

“Books of Ours: What Libraries Can Learn About Social Media through Manuscripts”
Chapter for Intermediate Horizons: Book History and Digital Humanities, University of Wisconsin Press

Articles

“Poisonous Books: Analyses of four 16th and 17th century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint” [co-author]
Heritage Science Vol. 7, November 2019

“The Beetle and the Bard: Aspects of 17th Century Printing Practice as Illustrated by the Works of Thomas Moffet and William Shakespeare”
The International Journal of the Book Vol. 17 Issue 2, December 2019
(Awarded the International Award for Excellence for The Information, Medium & Society Research Network)

“Book Marks: Mysteries in the Margins”
Smithsonian Libraries Connect Magazine, Summer 2018
A slightly different version of this article is available here

“Publishing, Pretense, and Pigeons: The Case of Madame Knip”
Smithsonian Libraries Connect Magazine, Summer 2017
A slightly different version of this article is available here

“Sharing, Not Shushing: Social Media and Rare Book Librarians”
TXT Magazine, University of Leiden, 2017 Issue

“Issues in the Rebinding of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts: Facing the Future, Conserving the Past, and Creating Useable Objects for Today”
The International Journal of the Book, Vol. 15 Issue 1, Dec. 2016

Blog Posts

“No Love for White Gloves, or: the Cotton Menace”
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives blog, November 2019

“A Heavy Hoax: The “Lying Stones” of Johann Beringer”
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives blog, July 2019

“If Books Could Kill: A Deadly Secret in the Cullman Library”
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives blog, August 2018

“Elizabeth Gould: An Accomplished Woman”
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives blog, March 2018

“Book Marks”
University of Glasgow Library blog, May 2016

“Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!”
University of Glasgow Library blog, April 2016

“Old Books, New Discoveries: The Tale of a Feather”
University of Edinburgh Library CRC blog, May 2015