RIP Dr. John E. Fleming. Fleming shared many years of service to the cultural heritage community in Ohio (and elsewhere). blackmuseums.org/remembering-...

Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!

Since 12 September, the EU Data Act applies to all cloud providers operating in the EU. Users can now transfer their data to another provider at no extra cost — a key change for institutions and organizations relying on cloud services. More here: www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/the-eu-...

Something I’ve been thinking about: History as a profession has long relied on affiliation. Your university or museum pays your salary, and in return, you give time to edit journals, peer review articles, write book reviews, consult on exhibits, and volunteer for institutional support. 1/

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. www.loc.gov/programs/joh...

Fall 2025 issue of the Ohio Archivist, from Society of Ohio Archivists now available! Find recap of SOA spring meeting "Show Me the Money," award recipients, articles on interactive displays, archives and mental health & much more! ohioarchivists.org/ohioarchivist/ #OhioArchivists #archives

Slides now available for July #OhioDIG meeting in Akron! "From Tape (and other formats) to Terabyte: Audio/Video Digitization." On our meetings page, scroll down to July. Incl handout on "Magnetic Media Preservation & Digitization Resources" from Tim Lanza & Sarah Hartzell. ohiodig.org/meetings

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Carla Hayden! The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has honored her with the inaugural Jean Blackwell Hutson Award as part of its Centennial celebration. www.nypl.org/blog/2025/08...

Underwater hybrid creatures in medieval times?🫣 Hortus Sanitatis - Jacob Meydenbach First published in Latin 1491, Mainz Germany. This leaf, or page, is from very first printing. https://bit.ly/farfel371 #WoodcutWednesday #Herbals #HortusSanitatis #IllustratedBooks #Incunabula #15thCentury

Nov #OhioDIG meeting Call for Speakers! Seeking practitioner speakers for VIRTUAL panel about #transcription and/or #OCR in #digitization. Experiences good/bad? Software/processes? Ethical issues/concerns? Date TBD, 10min talk & group Q+A. Contact [email protected] ohiodig.org/meetings #archives

SAA Statement on State and Territorial Archives and Records Repositories 📜 www2.archivists.org/news/2025/sa...

Slides now available for July #OhioDIG meeting in Akron! "From Tape (and other formats) to Terabyte: Audio/Video Digitization." On our meetings page, scroll down to July. Incl handout on "Magnetic Media Preservation & Digitization Resources" from Tim Lanza & Sarah Hartzell. ohiodig.org/meetings

The 2025 Digital Scriptorium Annual Meeting @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, open to all, will be at OSU in Columbus 9/30. Register if you plan to attend in person OR virtually. digital-scriptorium.org docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

my take: i don't like colorized historical photos because they are not necessarily more accurate, they don't actually make things look "more modern," and finally, we should not accept that people can only understand that people were as real in the past as they are today through a lens of bw vs color

This video is too long for Bluesky but for those interested in cataloguing, library mistakes, and 14th or 5th century manuscripts: www.instagram.com/p/DJY84fNt2w...

Nov #OhioDIG meeting Call for Speakers! Seeking practitioner speakers for VIRTUAL panel about #transcription and/or #OCR in #digitization. Experiences good/bad? Software/processes? Ethical issues/concerns? Date TBD, 10min talk & group Q+A. Contact [email protected] ohiodig.org/meetings #archives

Want to take a quack at #DataRescue? Check out our website or join our bi-weekly office hours to learn more about getting involved. Next office hours are on September 17. Grab your favorite beverage of choice (maybe an eggspresso or something from Starducks?) and hope to see you there!

Save the date: Society of Ohio Archivists & Midwest Archives Conference Joint Annual Meeting, May 14-16, 2026, Columbus Ohio. #archives #OhioArchivists ohioarchivists.org/std-annual-m...

“Future funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services cleared a legislative hurdle this week, with the House Appropriations Committee endorsing a $291,800,000 IMLS budget for fiscal 2026. The Senate Appropriations Committee also has approved that funding amount without amendment.” 🍀 …

Join the @nearchivists.bsky.social and JCAS authors for a reading group discussion of the article “Beyond the Grant: Cultivating Sustainable Next Steps” – September 24 at 1 PM on Zoom. Register: newenglandarchivists.org/event-6301787 & read: elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol11/i...

Program is now available--several sessions to do with #DigitalArchives and #archives.

Society of Ohio Archivists #ArchivesMonth poster unveiling virtual event 9/25. 2026 theme “Ohio-born companies." Speakers: Pam Speis, Mahoning HS & Grace Ethier, Wright State U. Trivia on Ohio companies past & present! Register: ohioarchivists.org/archives-mon... #OhioArchivists #OhioArchivesMonth

Upcoming #OhioDIG meetings (after Thurs) Nov: OCR & Transcription (virtual) Jan: Imaging Quality Management (virtual) Mar: Digital Preservation Basics (virtual) May: TBD @ CWRU in Cleveland (in person) July: TBD (in person) Sept: TBD (in person) ohiodig.org/meetings

Join @nearchivists.bsky.social Wed 9/24 1pm for free, virtual reading group event to discuss article "Beyond the Grant: Cultivating Sustainable Next Steps" from @jcasonline.bsky.social. Authors incl #OhioDIG members Ginnie Dressler/Nick Pavlik! newenglandarchivists.org/event-6301787 #archives

Last day to register! Register by 5pm Tues 9/2 for Thursday's in-person Ohio digitization Interest Group meeting at Ohio Genealogical Society on digital repositories! Free as always, thanks to hosts and volunteers. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #OhioDIG #DigitalArchives #Digitization

Registration is OPEN! KHS will host Ohio Valley History Conference October 9-11, 2025. Conference is open to historians & graduate students from all time periods & specializations, including public historians and independent scholars. history.ky.gov/events/ohio-...

📆 Save the Date 📆 The #IIIF Online Meeting will be held Jan. 27-29, 2026 and is free and open to all. Learn more at: iiif.io/event/2026/o...

The September meeting is our last in-person meeting for the year. Our #OhioDIG pattern is to meet virtually in Nov, Jan, Mar, then back to in person for May, Jul, Sep. See our meeting page for details! ohiodig.org/meetings #digitization #DigitalArchives

Registration closes soon- 9/4 #OhioDIG meeting @ Ohio Genealogical Society in Bellville! "Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Ask (or Share!) About Digital Repositories: A Discussion." Free. Tour of OGS incl--largest state genealogical society in the US! #digitization docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👉🏼 Rare Books Job Alert: Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western is hiring a director of rare books and university archives. 👈🏼 Pros: Cleveland rocks; our collections are fab, esp in history of print and science; you get to work with me 🥰 Cons: 🤷🏻‍♀️ employment.case.edu/psc/ERECRUIT...

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography now live! 🏳️‍🌈 Thank you to all of the collaborators who made this resource happen! And what a resource it is! Let us know if and when and how you use it! Check it out! #BookHistory #QueerBookHistory #LGBTQIABooks #Research sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

What's the closest you can get to digital time travel? The #WaybackMachine. 🌐⏳ A trillion pages of history, preserved so the web’s past is never lost. 📝 Tell us why the Wayback Machine is important to you ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w... #Wayback1T #InternetArchive #digitalpreservation

Registration open for 9/4 #OhioDIG meeting @ Ohio Genealogical Society in Bellville! "Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Ask (or Share!) About Digital Repositories: A Discussion." Free. Tour of OGS incl--it's largest state genealogical society in the US! #digitization docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Job: Archivist w/ focus on archival/digital preservation & access to lead preservation efforts and coordinate access to both physical/digital archival materials. Develop, implement, manage collection digitization... Apply by 8/20. #OhioArchivists #ArchivesJob #LISjobs jobs.wright.edu/postings/21231

Registration open for 9/4 #OhioDIG meeting @ Ohio Genealogical Society in Bellville! "Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Ask (or Share!) About Digital Repositories: A Discussion." Free. Tour of OGS incl--it's largest state genealogical society in the US! #digitization docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! 🚨 The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) invites those in the digital preservation community to attend Digital Preservation 2025: Where We're At (Digital Preservation in Uncertain Times). This virtual event will take place […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Save The Date for World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD2025) on Thursday 6 November 2025 www.dpconline.org/news/save-th...

Some good news

Apply! Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board Achievement Award for accomplishments in preserving/improving access to historical records by Ohio archival institution. All Ohio inst. resp for archival records w/ some public access eligible. Due 10/1. #OhioArchives #OHRAB ohrab.org/celebrate-ar...

Congrats to Yellow Spring's WYSO Center for Radio Preservation and Archives for @saa-official.bsky.social Diversity Award! #archives #OhioArchives #PublicRadio www2.archivists.org/recipients/2...

2025 #ODNFest registration is open! Sept 30, in person, #StateLibraryOfOhio Columbus, 9:30-4, $35. Featured speakers on Vicarious Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care in Archives / When AI Takes Over...Gaining, Losing, What Still Matters #DigitalArchives #DPLA ohiodigitalnetwork.org/odnfest-2025/

Congrats of Ohio History Connection for their award for "Sights and Sounds of LGBTQ+ Ohio: Preserving the Gay Ohio History Initiative’s Audiovisual Collections"! 🏳️‍🌈

For a special one hour #CoffeeWithACodex next week (8/14), Curator Dot Porter will bring out a facsimile of Beinecke Library MS 408, aka The Voynich Manuscript. We’ll be joined by Lisa Fagin Davis, who is the world’s expert on the Voynich as a physical object. Register here: https://bit.ly/3GPcs4e

Save the date for our Sept 4 in-person #OhioDIG meeting on Digital Repositories. Host is the Ohio Genealogical Society in Bellville. Free! Includes BTS tour of OGS. #DigitalArchives #Digitization Meetings info: ohiodig.org/meetings

Thanks for this write up, @rosemccandless.bsky.social ! Happy to work alongside DS to make more North American manuscripts discoverable!! #medievalsky #skystorians #manuscripts

Hi 👋 Librarian at the Internet Archive here. Last week’s announcement that @archive.org is now a Federal Depository Library sparked some great questions—so we put together a new FAQ to explain what this means (and what it doesn’t). 👉 help.archive.org/help/federal...

Speaker slides and the recording of the May joint #OhioDIG & Ohio Preservation Council meeting on Disasters and Disaster Preparedness are now posted to our meetings page! ohiodig.org/meetings

2024-2025 Annual Meeting Posters: “Recommendations for Describing Gender Identity: a resource to support inclusive description” by Elise Riley This post is part of a SNAP series of five posts presenting posters on the projects of emerging professionals in the archives field. They will be presented…

The Montgomery County Records Center & Archives has two open positions: • Digital Records Technician • Imaging Center Specialist For more information and to apply, go to www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mont...

Cincinnati, OH: Processing Archivist, Archives & Rare Books Library, University Of Cincinnati Link out to job announcement