This morning we welcomed Leo S. Lo to the Library as the 16th University Librarian, as he begins his tenure as University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Professor of Education, and Advisor to the Provost for AI Literacy. Welcome to UVA and the Library, Dean Lo!

Local folks, Wed 9/17 5:30pm visit UVA Special Collections for the catered opening of a new exhibit of microexhibits. 48 of our library staff curated quick+deep dives into an "A-Z" of topics they care about in our collections, from Artist Books to Zines, Sea Monsters to Pandemic Books. Pls register:

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

Thanks to the RBS Board of Directors, all gifts made to the Annual Fund before September 30 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $150,000. The Annual Fund is essential to our work, funding scholarships and fellowships to support RBS students. You can help now. Visit rarebookschool.org/donate.

Some useful advice fromt he the ACLU.

A few folks have DM’d me abt the Frederick Douglass passage I excerpted at the rally. Here it is: “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; 1/

@dem8z.bsky.social Thanks for your speech. Both your words and the Douglass quote were energizing.

BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏 @ccp-org.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @jimccasey1.bsky.social

Woke up this morning unemployed from our federal government positions. Might we make a small request? Please spend a few minutes today browsing the names & bios of #NEH staff, most of whom are now without jobs, before the agency erases us from its memory. #humanities www.neh.gov/about/staff

Here's the FDA's public comment portal. There's still time to provide feedback on their plan to restrict those under 65 from receiving the COVID-19 booster. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

A few tips for NEH grantees: 1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP. 2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...

ATTN: artists and art workers impacted by the Palisades or Eaton Fires in Los Angeles. The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund was organized by Getty and a coalition of arts supporters, and is at $14M and counting. Apply at cciarts.org now for up to $10,000 of aid through February 18 at 5:00 pm PST

Born #OTD in 1892, Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman and Native American woman to earn a pilot’s license. Denied entry to pilot programs in the U.S., Coleman moved to France and learned French to fulfill her dream. Watch the NEH-supported series UNLADYLIKE2020: ow.ly/WIBL50ULlzi

In case folks haven’t seen this, we have a rapid response hotline in Virginia for concerns about ICE activity

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

❗ Exciting conference news ❗ Registration is OPEN for Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory, 2-4 April 2025, in-person and online @dh-researchhub.bsky.social www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/ins...

I'm just happy to be here. Looking forward to re-building community in this space!

It’s academic interview season so I thought I’d share here what I share with my advisees about campus visits. First up—job talk, then teaching demo, meals. Pan out and pro tip—your job is leave with them thinking of you as an 🔥exciting new colleague who wants to be there.🔥

We’re excited to announce the Library of Congress as this year’s Douglass Day partner! Together, we’ll transcribe important documents of Black history. Discover more at www.loc.gov. Let’s make history ✊! #YouMakeHistory #DouglassDay2025 #BlackHistory #HistoryMatters

@mellonfoundation.bsky.social, via the Public Knowledge program, is launching another round of open calls for proposals from community-based archives, this time for general operating support funding. Read the solicitation here: www.mellon.org/article/call...

Applications now open for @atbw.bsky.social’s Web Archiving School. We’re recruiting fellows, instructors, and teaching assistants. Everyone is paid. Apply by January 31st, 2025. www.archivingtheblackweb.org/warc-school/

From the Library of Congress, remembering Danna Bell❤️ blogs.loc.gov/teachers/202...

Archiving the Black Web has opened up our applications for Web Archiving School. Apply to be a fellow, instructor, or teaching assistant. Apps due January 31st, 2025.

Tomorrow, December 14th from 1-3 pm The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is holding workshops at the Islamic Society of Central Virginia, 708 Pine Street.

The Society of American Archivists is seeking volunteers for an Archival Labor Task Force. Interested in shaping a worker-centered future of the field? Info here: www2.archivists.org/governance/h...

Come work with me! An informational webinar is scheduled for December 18, 2024 from NOON - 1:00 PM Eastern Time. #archivesjobs

Sure, the UCLA "ai" class is obviously foolish, but has anyone followed the money? It's pushing a platform called Kudu, funded by a German expat in the Philippines who sells creepy language classes online using clips from the Apprentice, Baywatch & "SexyMandarin." You can't make this up.

Smart blog post from my colleague Chela Weber on the evolving public services landscape in special collections. What is impacting special collections service environments, and where do we want to go next? So much gratitude to our OCLC RLP participants that make these discussions possible!

I am so excited to read Dr Anna Sexton’s new article about the legacies and trajectories of trauma in the archives field! It’s open access too (yay)! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007... 📜📚

In this #Thanksgiving story penned by Langston Hughes as a student for Central High School Monthly’s December 1918 issue, a young rural woman, Diane Jordan, visits her wealthy aunt and cousins in Cleveland, Ohio, for Thanksgiving.

In the 17th-century, the Jamaican intellectual Francis Williams was rejected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on racist grounds. This brilliantly written piece in the @londonreview.bsky.social tells the story. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"She often had a bemused smirk on her face and when we spoke she would tell me how proud of me she was. She was invested in me and cared to share that with me. Her care for me made me a better me." - @thomaspadilla.bsky.social thomaspadilla.substack.com/p/memory-of-...

Hello central Virginia! We’re giving Bluesky a try! Please tell your followers to follow us for local news!

Come through! go.bsky.app/MmpvekB

After a two week stay at Monticello—then a few nights at Montpelier—the Marquis de Lafayette made his way into Fredericksburg, Virginia #OTD in 1824. This diary (MSS 1709), kept by Millie Richards Gray, documents her thrilling experience meeting “the Nation’s Guest:”

Archives Gig is now on Bluesky! Good news! Archives Gig is now feeding to Bluesky! Please find daily posts at @archivesgig.bsky.social. I check social network activity relatively infrequently, so if you need to contact me the best… http://archivesgig.com/2024/11/18/archives-gig-is-now-on-bluesky/

@stephestellar.bsky.social It was good to see you presenting with your staff member at MARAC! I had current and former colleagues presenting so I tuned in to the poster Q&As.

Applications for Archives Leadership 2025 open on 11/13/24. This is a great opportunity for finding community and purpose in the profession, which we need now more than ever. archivesleadershipinstitute.org

The Angelina Grimké diaries (from the Weld-Grimké Family Papers) are now online with full transcriptions and annotations by Anna Speicher. 🗃️ quod.lib.umich.edu/w/weldgrimke...

Another big deal from the LOC! 📚🔍 The Library of Congress has put up Mary Church Terrell's FULL archive as a dataset - loc.gov/item/2021387726 ✅ 25,000+ items ✅ Accurate transcriptions ✅ LOC metadata An amazing resource for classes too! Hooray for Douglass Days past!

If you are in NYC in a few weeks or want to live stream, I'll be at the Belle Green symposium with some of the coolest people I have internet crushes on. My talk is on Greene's impact on other women book collectors. www.themorgan.org/programs/sym...

We are hiring a processing archivist for the Sallie Bingham Center! I am on the search committee! You should apply! library.duke.edu/about/jobs/t...

Maryland State Archives (who we stan) is hiring a trained paper conservator. Education/training can stand in for experience, they just want someone who knows what they're doing. #LISJobs #GLAMJobs www.jobapscloud.com/MD/?Keyword=...

In this thread, I am going to list all of the articles of the American Library Association Library Bill of Rights that this action violates. (There are a total of 7 articles, and this decision clearly violates at least 5 of them.)

Hey y'all, The USPS is shipping out free Covid tests again. We are in the midst of a Covid surge, so get yours today! special.usps.com/testkits

I am starting a new chapter on marriage within enslavement (in my case for 18th/19th C. Saint Domingue). Send me anything I need to look at! Thanks!

BBC News have live coverage of London Zoo doing their annual weigh in. Watching it is obviously one of the best ways to spend your day.

Hoping the good people here will give some pre-order love to Justene Hill Edwards's Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank, a great book that calculates the costs of white men's pillaging of the Freedmen's Bank. wwnorton.com/books/978132... #TeachReconstruction