It was a pleasure to speak at the “What is @iiif.bsky.social ? The Images in Dialogue -project” (bit.ly/48pA6zr) program at the @kansalliskirjasto.fi (18 September) / It was great to meet with staff and to get a special tour of the amazing library spaces

Some insightful thinking from @kfitz.info on "Longevity and Sustainability" kfitz.info/longevity/

Just saw this phrase in a report on an AI-facial recognition implementation, "It promised a vendor will securely handle data". They said it, so it must be true!

"Access to open data at the @labnf.bsky.social using ARK variants" from @arks-org.bsky.social arks.org/news/2025-07...

SF-Based @archive.org Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED share.google/EFfrABB8u7LJ...

Here are some reflections on the recent @adho-org.bsky.social l #DH2025 conference. It was great to be on the “A Decade of @iiif.bsky.social : Advancing Open Science and Accessibility through Interoperable Digital Heritage” panel with such great colleagues iiif.io/news/2025/07...

Congratulations to Kate Zwaard for being named Executive Director of the @cni-org.bsky.social ! www.cni.org/news/kate-zw...

Ben's conclusion: we have no idea what to do. Hence the "shadow" of AI. Restrictive CC licenses don't work. Our old and generous ethos of openness is no longer workable. #DH2025

Multiple Digital Approaches: Metadata, Crowdsourcing, HTR, Retrocomputing and Inclusion | Session Chair: Manuel Portela, University of Coimbra | #DH2025 | bit.ly/3GSKRPs

Friday, 17 Jul, 09:00: “A Decade of @iiif.bsky.social: Advancing Open Science and Accessibility through Interoperable Digital Heritage” (speakers: Clarisse Bardiot, Jacob Hart, @udcmrk.bsky.social , Régis Robineau, Margaux Faure, Juliette Hueber, Dominique Stutzmann) | bit.ly/3GLgSch | #DH2025

4th session, day 2: Digital Tools and Techniques for Cultural Heritage and History | Session Chair: Nicholas Y. H. Wong, The University of Hong Kong #DH2025 | bit.ly/4eVMR6g

"Radically inclusive software development for digital cultural heritage" a discussion around @universalviewer.io | @miaout.bsky.social, S Akhter, J Misson (speakers); L Okorodudu, E Burnand | Thanks for the @iiif.bsky.social Shoutout| @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bldigischol.bsky.social ‬ | #DH2025

3rd session, day 2: Spatial Analysis for Literature, Fiction and Travel Writing | Session Chair: Ulrike Henny-Krahmer, Universität Rostock | bit.ly/4m4ppGl | #DH2025

2nd session, day 2: Network Analysis: from Ancient Greek to Twitter / great session that took classic scholarly/social network to the next state using contemporary DH tools #DH2025 bit.ly/4eUcqV2 | Session Chair: Paul Girard, OuestWare

1st session, day 2: “The global state of digital history: Establishing data culture(s) in uncertain times” / Take away quote: “History is important because it shows the past was different which means the future can be different” - Till Grallert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin bit.ly/3IO2LU1 #DH2025

The AVAnnotate Project and Creating Access to Culturally Sensitive AudioVisual Collections” | Speakers: Tanya Clement, Jason Camlot, Albert Palacios, Yasmeen Shorish, Sean Luyk, Christy Bailey-Tomecek, Jade Dakota Palmer | #DH2025

Museum content from archives & material culture collections supporting DH ethically / “Digital Humanities in Museums: Ethics, Data Histories, & Citizen Science” / Take away quote: “Make digital humanities more human” by Francisco Dias Nabais / bit.ly/46HCssI (pictured: Canning & Skorinkin) #DH2025

So glad that's part of the implementation!

Chose “Digital Mapping & Crowdsourcing for Cultural Heritage & Dialect Studies” for my first #DH2025 session. bit.ly/40R5T7U / maps are such a key entry point for many DH projects and these were all excellent examples / great to see @iiif.bsky.social used in various projects

1st day of full meetings at #DH2025 today; great opening keynote last night by @javiercha.bsky.social / so hard to choose sessions to attend with so much great content

This week marks my first year as Managing Director for the IIIF Consortium. It’s been a busy year and full of notable events. Take a look at the @iiif.bsky.social site for some reflections on the past year / iiif.io/news/2025/07...

Excited to get my print copy of Digital Libraries Across Continents (2025) edited by L Yang and A Salaz with my chapter, "Data Born in Literature: The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social -- A Global Digital Library Serving the Planet" / Thanks to all my colleagues past/present at BHL for their work

Great overview of @iiif.bsky.social recently released work on 3D by @nebulousflynn.bsky.social / "Interoperable, Accessible, Portable 3D Data" open.substack.com/pub/nebulous...

And to close out the 2025 @iiif.bsky.social Annual Conference & Showcase, Tristan Roddis (Cogapp) presents "Fun with IIIF!" #iiif

Final set of lightening talks at @iiif.bsky.social #4: Claudio Cortese, Science & Matthew Yang, J. Paul Getty Trust #iiif

Final set of lightening talks at @iiif.bsky.social #3: Erin Burnand, @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Sara Weale, @librarywales.bsky.social speaking on @universalviewer.io #iiif

Final set of lightening talks at @iiif.bsky.social #2: Richel Cuyler and Meredith Steinfels, Dartmouth College

Final set of lightening talks at @iiif.bsky.social #1: Margaux Faure, Institut national d'histoire de l'art & Juliette Hueber, CNRS #iiif

Final talks from @iiif.bsky.social annual conference: Jules Schoonman (TU Delft) & Bert Spaan (Allmaps); Daphne Van Wijngaarden (TU Delft) & Paul Mollahan (Digerati); Hennie Brugman (KNAW Humanities) ... but final lightening talks coming up! #IIIF

Day 2 lightening talks at the @iiif.bsky.social annual conference: Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University); Rita Gautschy (DaSCH, University of Basel); Tiffany Chan (University of Victoria Libraries); Patrick Cuba ( Saint Louis University) #iiif

Some day 2 presentations from the @iiif.bsky.social annual conference: Stephanie M. Luke (UIUC); Andy Cummins (Cogapp); Ian McCrabb (Glycerine) #iiif

Day 2 of the @iiif.bsky.social annual conference getting underway at U of Leeds #iiif

Team from @labnf.bsky.social presenting at @iiif.bsky.social annual meeting #iiif

The @iiif.bsky.social Showcase, opening the 2025 Annual Conference just concluded. Thanks to the the capacity audience from around the world who attended in the event at U Leeds Cloth Hall! #iiif

Great tour today, along with IIIF staff, of some of the meeting spaces for the @iiif.bsky.social Annual Conference in Leeds (UK) from @cgknowles.bsky.social / Leeds owls are the best owls

Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

The registration for the @iiif.bsky.social Annual Conference in Leeds (UK), 2-5June closes Friday, May 16! Still time to register: iiif.io/event/2025/l...

"AI, Authenticity, & the Future of 3D Cultural Heritage Challenges and opportunities for GLAM in a world of AI-generated content" fascinating take on the place of 3D cultural heritage objects by @nebulousflynn.bsky.social nebulousflynn.substack.com/p/ai-authent... #3d #GLAM #IIIF

"Knowledge Without Borders" a new report from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social documents the global impact of the BL via digital and other platforms blogs.bl.uk/living-knowl...

A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. www.wired.com/story/scient...

New IIIF-powered browser extension developed as part of the newly launched State Library Victoria LAB; the extension adds an image at random from SLV's pool of copyright-free images. Read about it's development here - lab.slv.vic.gov.au/experiments/...

This #WebArchiveWednesday, we are thrilled to announce that #iipcGA26 and #iipcWAC26 will be hosted by @kbrbe.bsky.social, the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels! #webarchives | #webarchiving | #digitalpreservation

We are here to support you and your digital cultural heritage work. A message of reassurance from the Omeka Team about our shared work: omeka.org/news/2025/...

"When Information is Networked: A Tribute to Clifford Lynch" by @dancohen.org / newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/when...

Dr. Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture: "The Convergence of Data, Information and Knowledge in Practice Today" by Richard Huffine / Event Date: Friday, March 28, 2025 / Event Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm / lis.catholic.edu/news-events/...

Erin from our @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bldigischol.bsky.social Universal Viewer team shared an update on work to make it more inclusive and user friendly, improve visibility of IIIF collections, and provide image manipulation youtu.be/m3-cmfPfoK4?... #IIIF #UniversalViewer #UniversalPlayer

Call for proposals for Fantastic Futures 2025 (FF2025) Call for Proposals - Digital scholarship blog - join the #FF2025 channel on the AI4LAM Slack for regular updates blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...