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Micah Bateman
2 days ago
I am once again asking. Any frameworks out there for evaluating faculty allocation of effort on (refereed) data work?
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Low public visibility and disconnectedness as a preservation strategy. (Geographically isolated monasteriesā manuscript holdings serving as the foundation for the revival of classical knowledge)
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mia ridge
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On ransomware and under-funded GLAMs: 'At no point was the British Library particularly negligent or unprepared. Instead, it was hindered by vulnerabilities shared by the majority of cultural institutions. ...the attack [is] a warning to the whole sector.'
informationsecuritybuzz.com/the-cyberatt...
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The Cyberattack That Exposed The Fragility Of Digital Heritage
Saturday 28 October 2023 is a date that will live long in the memory of staff at the British Library. As they arrived for work that day, they encountered
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/the-cyberattack-that-exposed-the-fragility-of-digital-heritage/
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Liesbeth Corens
2 days ago
In case anyone needed a neat encapsulation of how archives are power, in all its messy and dubious ways. (gift link for non-subscribers)
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Belgian museum caught in row over millions of DR Congo records
KoBold Metals and DR Congo are pushing a Brussels museum to release records that would help map valuable metals
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/ab0cb2e4-da32-4e6a-b0ab-b985e8bc518f
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Ben Kuchera
4 days ago
Infosec used to be serious
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Michael Oberg
4 days ago
Dream big, my friends. Dream Big.
www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/...
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A former Upstate NY collegeās entire library is up for sale, antique Bibles and all
Albany County is seeking proposals from anyone interested in buying a 150,000-item library that includes sheet music and 17th-century publications.
https://www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/02/a-former-upstate-ny-colleges-entire-library-is-up-for-sale-antique-bibles-and-all.html
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Dr. Steph Chancy
5 days ago
Join
@dlocaribbean.bsky.social
for "Legal & Ethical Oral Histories" on Thurs, Feb. 12 11 - noon. Featuring Arnetta Giradeau, UNC Charlotte, & Christina Boyles, UI Bloomington, facilitated by
@perrycollins.bsky.social
, UF. Register
dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/
. Bring your questions!
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Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)
5 days ago
Join dLOC partner ISPAN tomorrow for this great event! šš¹ Register here:
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Jacob Bogage
7 days ago
š What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (š gift link):
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The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
https://wapo.st/4ro6mKh
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James Neal
8 days ago
"First Monday will cease publication, after 30 years, with the May 2026 issue, volume 31, number 6, scheduled for release around the first Monday of May, 4 May 2026"
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Amalia S. Levi, PhD
9 days ago
Digitization in countries beyond Europe and North America is often a fine balance between standards and realities on the ground. Several institutions provide digitization guidelines (and grants) that have been developed for projects in such locations. Here I point to some:
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Speed running the decline.
www.wcjb.com/2026/02/05/u...
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University of Florida confirms measles outbreak in Alachua County, on campus
The University of Florida issued guidance to students and staff after the Florida Department of Health confirmed two cases of measles in Alachua County
https://www.wcjb.com/2026/02/05/university-florida-confirms-measles-outbreak-alachua-county-campus/
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Colleen T
11 days ago
Medieval Monks Wrote Over a Copy of an Ancient Star Catalog. Now, a Particle Accelerator is Revealing the Long-Lost Original Text
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
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Medieval Monks Wrote Over a Copy of an Ancient Star Catalog. Now, a Particle Accelerator is Revealing the Long-Lost Original Text
The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/medieval-monks-wrote-over-a-copy-of-an-ancient-star-catalog-now-a-particle-accelerator-is-revealing-the-long-lost-original-text-180988123/
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Dorothy Berry
11 days ago
So much of this is relatable "Personally, I am growing tired of archives, or rather of the over-romanticization of them as infinite sources of liberatory politics" is very much the motto of my career but once again I wish someone writing about archives would read/reference an archivist
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Fobazi M. Ettarh
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Colleen T
12 days ago
Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2025 with Over 820 Million Checkouts and Over 1 Billion Minutes Streamed š
company.overdrive.com/2026/01/21/l...
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Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2025 with Over 820 Million Checkouts and Over 1 Billion Minutes Streamed - OverDrive
Libby, Sora, and Kanopy achieved new milestones as libraries, schools, and institutions worldwide expanded access to ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, and streaming video CLEVELAND ā January 21, ...
https://company.overdrive.com/2026/01/21/libraries-break-digital-lending-records-in-2025-with-over-820-million-checkouts-and-over-1-billion-minutes-streamed/
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jessamyn
12 days ago
Librarians sometimes can be weird as hell.
ask.library.harvard.edu/faq/82313
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Shannon K. Supple
13 days ago
Seven BIPOC curators, focusing on Native American, Islamic, and fashion collectionsā¦
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Colleen T
15 days ago
Licensing Is Speedrunning the Destruction of the Historical Record (Again) šš
copyrightfightclub.substack.com/p/licensing-...
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Licensing Is Speedrunning the Destruction of the Historical Record (Again)
Or, please stop setting the open web on fire and then invoicing libraries for the smoke damage.
https://copyrightfightclub.substack.com/p/licensing-is-speedrunning-the-destruction
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Mike Mashon
16 days ago
Great article that doubles as a powerful testament to film preservation. Kudos to Katie Trainor, Greg Pierce, and the crew at Colorlab.
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Rediscovered Warhols That Warhol Never Saw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/arts/design/warhols-lost-films-moma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.j9Rp.hgGGm1XvuNY4&smid=url-share
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katie mackinnon
17 days ago
š Big news!! The first papers from our AI & Archives SI are up!!!
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The 51st
19 days ago
Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99? The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back.
51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
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Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up ā and itās busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
https://51st.news/ebooks-are-expensive-for-dc-libraries/
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El Norte Recuerda
19 days ago
All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this?
goodereader.com/blog/digital...
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Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued
Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/mass-market-paperbacks-are-discontinued
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actualham
21 days ago
Emory libraries cancel Elsevier journals due to rising journal costs
www.emorywheel.com/article/2026...
#OA
#OpenAccess
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Emory libraries cancel Elsevier journals due to rising journal costs
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2026/01/emory-libraries-cancel-elsevier-journals-due-to-rising-journal-costs
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Leon Jackson
23 days ago
Indentures are contracts, usually for terms of labor, that were written in duplicate on a single sheet that was cut in half, creating the indentations that give them their name. Each party kept one half. These are from 1797 & 1800 and were issued by the Boston Overseers of the Poor šļø
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Andromeda Yelton
25 days ago
Truly one of the coolest library spaces out there. Any of my DC nerds need a fun night out where you feel like youāre actually making something better?
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Zanna Van Loon
25 days ago
Who's a good boy? Detail of a dog on a 16th-century blind-tooled leather binding.
#earlymodern
#bookhistory
#rarebooks
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Daniel F Gosling
27 days ago
Spent some time with this beauty today. 1650s King's Bench Plea Roll. TNA KB 27/1777
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Farley P Katz
28 days ago
Bookplate!? Who needs a stinking bookplate when you can mark your books with a red-hot branding iron? Here are two 17th c. āMarcas de Fuegoā showing that the book was owned by the Great Convent of St. Francisco in Mexico City - S. FRAN.CO d MEX. CO. The second mark AP refers to the apostolicaāÆsedes.
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Hyperallergic
about 1 month ago
After a successful election, staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are officially unionized. The new union will represent workers across 50 departments, including curators, librarians, conservators, visitor experience, and archivists.
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Met Museum Workers Are Officially Unionized
The new union will represent staff across 50 departments of the Manhattan institution.
https://hyperallergic.com/met-museum-workers-are-officially-unionized/
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Des Walsh
4 months ago
V&A East Storehouses, London E20 Storehouse lockers and utility conduit and rigging
#reference
#buildingreference
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Gillian Branstetter
about 1 month ago
The National Gallery of Art (one of my favorite places in the world thh) has been doing this series where one of their preservationists breaks down their collection in Zoomer speak
www.instagram.com/reel/DTeBJnB...
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National Gallery of Art on Instagram: "Itās not clocking to you that our curators are standing on business, is it? Watch til the end to hear this sigma shareĀ how you can be featured in our museum...an...
99K likes, 1,362 comments - ngadc on January 13, 2026: "Itās not clocking to you that our curators are standing on business, is it? Watch til the end to hear this sigma shareĀ how you can be featured i...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTeBJnBDRmA/?igsh=MTQwMzhiaWhpcjFtOQ==
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Heather Froehlich
about 1 month ago
University of Arizona Libraries is hiring for a RARE BOOK LIBRARIAN! 1st review of applications February 9, 2026.
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
We have great collections and great people here. Not on the committee, happy to chat.
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Librarian, Rare Books (Assistant or Associate)
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIESAcquire, appraise, and preserve collections of primary and significant research value, especially rare books.In partnership with ...
https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/24875?c=arizona&sq=req24875
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Boston Public Library
about 1 month ago
Congratulations to
@mayorwu.boston.gov
for celebrating her second inaugural yesterday! We were honored to be a part of this historic moment, as she again chose the āBible of the Revolutionā from our Special Collections for her second swearing-in ceremony.
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Lawrence Vulis
about 1 month ago
Catastrophe bond market records that were broken in 2025
#climaterisk
www.artemis.bm/news/catastr...
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Catastrophe bond market records that were broken in 2025 - Artemis.bm
Catastrophe bond market activity in 2025 resulted in a landmark issuance year for the sector, as adoption of the cat bond as a structure for reinsurance
https://www.artemis.bm/news/catastrophe-bond-market-records-2025/
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Bill Grueskin
about 1 month ago
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire. One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched. The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jacksonās only synagogue before dawn Saturday ā the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
https://mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/fire-damages-mississippi-largest-synagogue/
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Catherine Rampell
about 1 month ago
Mississippiās largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested. It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jacksonās only synagogue before dawn Saturday ā the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
https://mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/fire-damages-mississippi-largest-synagogue/
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The 51st
about 1 month ago
It's January, which means we're all telling ourselves to "read more," right? How about these titles that dive into the history and culture of our city? To help build The 51st's bookshelf, we asked our readers for their favorite books about D.C. Let us know what you'd add!
51st.news/what-to-read...
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Readers recommend: Books to learn about Washington, D.C.
Our local bookshelf, curated by you.
https://51st.news/what-to-read-to-learn-about-washington-dc/
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Dan Pemstein
about 1 month ago
Love this quote from the article: āI characterize science as a bunch of 5-year-olds playing soccer,ā says another researcher [Sam Goldman]. āThey all go where the ball is, running around the field in a herd.ā
www.wired.com/story/scient...
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'The British Pamphlet Press and the American Controversy 1764-1783" By Thomas R. Adams
www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/...
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https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44517630.pdf
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Andy Craig
about 1 month ago
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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Sara Charles
about 1 month ago
I'm really looking forward to the wonderful exhibition on the Hereford Gospels later this year. I'll also be giving a talk and hosting an ink making workshop if you are in the area in May!
www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/from-p...
www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/making...
@bibliojenni.bsky.social
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From Parchment to Binding - 29/05/2026 19:00:00
The Practical Processes of Making a Medieval Manuscript with Dr Sara Charles
https://www.herefordcathedral.org/Event/from-parchment-to-binding
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Lincoln Parish Library's slideshow of all the bookmarks left in returned books in 2025.
#ThingsLeftInBooks
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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTLt2ZagWVP/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
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Daniel Bellingradt
about 1 month ago
A small library is made of wood. Zoom in, you see woodblocks simulating paper books. This art piece dealing, among other aspects, with the materiality of books is owned by the Swedish writer Sven Nordqvist of Pettson and Findus fame.
#booksky
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Melissa Terras
about 1 month ago
Last year I was asked to give the keynote at the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) meeting on AI and Libraries, and here it is! "Be More Library: Upholding Library Values in a Tech Industry World". In short, we need to define what WE want, and go get it!
www.cenl.org/wp-content/u...
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https://www.cenl.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ArtificialIntelligenceMeetsCulturalHeritage.pdf
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University archives are home to many under-described hazards. Especially if they have or had medical or dental programs.
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Dr. Steph Chancy
about 1 month ago
Please join
@dlocaribbean.bsky.social
for a series of workshops focused on Copyright and Ethical Reuse facilitated by copyright expert
@perrycollins.bsky.social
. Register here,
dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/
, to receive the Zoom links.
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Christopher Hilton
about 1 month ago
The power of ephemera! These things will have been mass-produced to be disposable, thousands manufactured and tossed out straight away; I suspect many will be the only surviving example. Everyday "rubbish" becomes a time-capsule if you just wait long enough.
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Ben Goldfarb
about 1 month ago
One of the chief virtues of the book is that itās nearly the only remaining form of media that isnāt constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.
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