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My semi-annual request for nominations for the digital history reviews section of the Journal of American History. Self-nominations welcome. www.oah.org/publications...

I'm listening in on the first @omeka.org Community Call! Omeka's global user community is represented, participants from South Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, France, Spain, & across US using Omeka.net, Omeka Classic, and Omeka S.

"Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersedes any prior notices which may have been received related to grant termination.Grantees should access the agency's electronic grants management system for further information. "

Want to share a project you're working on with the Omeka community? Join us for a Community Call on December 4th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT. If you've already signed up to share, keep an eye on your inbox--we'll be sending more info soon! Register:

Submissions for the National Postal Museum Awards ($$) for Scholarship in Postal History are due by December 1st! Articles, books, digital public history projects accepted. Grad students, professional historians, & philatelists are welcome. postalmuseum.si.edu/the-national...

The world lost a very kind, smart, & curious person in David Weinstein. He served as an NEH Senior Program Officer in the Div of Public Programs for 25 years. www.washingtonjewishweek.com/david-weinst...

Librarians: Are students and researchers are still using your amazing LibGuides to learn digital tools and approaches to research? Or are they turning to ChatGPT or Claude instead? And then need your assistance?

Yesterday I held a sign designed by an anonymous furloughed fed. Thank you! They are still struggling as are the many more Feds who were unlawfully fired. This is a DC area focused sheet with resources, and you can add to it, docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The Aces did it in 4 straight, Wilson can’t be beat.

Re-type or Retype?

As of this morning, the National Council on the Humanities went from 21 members to 4: (Wayback machine from 9/16/25) web.archive.org/web/20250916... to today: www.neh.gov/about/nation...

Sending some love to federal employees and contractors out there who are stuck right now. This is messy (adding to the $*!t show). It creates unnecessary work and adds to the constant anxiety. And for contractors, no back pay. Hardships for citizens that you want to serve.

Hoping the rain holds off for Ian’s show today.

The program for this online conf exploring the history & current landscape for museums, organized by National Gallery UK, looks great. It's tomorrow and Sat, still seems open for registration: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/confe...

The NPM Awards for Scholarship in Postal History are accepting nominations for different types of researchers, with a cash award: Grad students: $1,000; Professionals (faculty, philatelists, GLAM) - $2,000; postalmuseum.si.edu/the-national...

We are ecstatic to have @omeka.org become the first certified Integration Partner on the Local Contexts Hub. Read more: localcontexts.org/omeka-certif...

Life continues. I’m going to a funeral, a good friend is going to a wedding. We are participating in these ceremonies that celebrate life at different stages. There is much that angers me, and still much that brings some joy.

"The problem, she says, is these companies are rushing products to market, making the skills academic librarians are trying to teach students and researchers to use obsolete." www.404media.co/librarians-a...

If I was currently researching in DC-area archives, I would sign up. You may know some grad students, or someone in between jobs, who have their LC researcher cards, or are immersed in collections at one of the Smithsonian Libraries, who might be interested.

My lab is running a study to investigate how serendipity relates to information seeking in digital collections. We're looking for researchers & practitioners who have used, designed, or stewarded digital collections to participate in our survey (<10 min): forms.gle/zGJDZZ14vx2M...

I really appreciate @ncph.bsky.social including this reminder in the latest newsletter, "In tough times, Fat Bear Week lifts us all up:" It's true, and thanks! explore.org/fat-bear-week

Join @oah.org and the NCPH #Advocacy Committee to write our representatives to advocate for history, or write our support to institutions doing essential work in difficult times. Register: https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?alias=PostcardCampaign

cc: @neh-odh.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

As I settle into @digitalscholar.bsky.social I am catching up on 7 years of development & resources for @tropy.bsky.social, @zotero.org, & @omeka.org--there is a lot! One of the coolest things is that the Omeka team now offers online courses for both Classic & S: omeka.org/services/tra...

Workers not Billionaires! Small protest on the overpass. #LaborDay

I, too, have been thinking a lot about Hurricane Katrina after 20 years, and all that has, and in some cases, has not changed along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans proper. I browsed through some of the collections in the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, hurricanearchive.org 1/

Omeka’s intensive course offerings have something for everyone! Whether you are new to Omeka or an experienced user, we're here to help. Learn more here:

@ncph.bsky.social is looking to contract Tribal Engagement Specialist(s) in the first phase of 2 admin histories for Chaco Culture NHP & Petroglyphs NM. The Specialist will ensure meaningful inclusion of Indigenous perspectives for both admin histories. Submit by 9/15. ncph.org/what-is-publ...

Twenty years tomorrow that Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish. C-SPAN has assembled some fascinating archives. www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?h...

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

If you’re in DC before Sept 14 & haven’t seen “The Shape of Power” at Smithsonian American Art Museum, go now. We won’t see another critical interpretive & dialogic exhibit like this for many years: americanart.si.edu/exhibition/6...

It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:

Handsome trio of birds here for 9:30:14am birdoclock.onrender.com

I feel very fortunate to be moving into a new position. I also honor my NEH colleagues --those also unlawfully RIFed and those still at the agency --who are struggling. It is not easy, on both sides of the agency doors right now. Hire an NEHer, if you can, you won't regret it.

I couldn't be happier to share the news that I'm joining @digitalscholar.bsky.social next week!

Replacing the carpet in the basement pushed me to finally clean out the bags I brought home from the NEH office (along with other stuff). I'm pleased to report that soon I will share news on my next move.

Yes, we filled our carryons with HEB tortillas and tamales, with some local TX meat market sausage.

Just spotted this opening for a Research Associate, Managing Editor and Digital Data Specialist for the World Historical Gazetteer, whgazetteer.org. Deadline is July 11, 2025 tomorrow! Great for folks doing critical GIS & working w/JSON, python: networks.h-net.org/jobs/68811/u...

Very much appreciate the humor of the mammography team who affixed colorful bird stickers on the walls featuring the tit family www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_...

Fab! It also shows why projects funded by @nehgov.bsky.social matter. + how open source software projects like @omeka.org —designed by and for humanists—make a difference.

Cf @anthonyclark.bsky.social esp. for careful accounting here of what happened. bsky.app/profile/anth...

#ThanksBrett for understanding that the humanities, done digitally, needed specific lines of federal R&D and capacity building $$ to innovate, creatively address field needs , build communities, and foster open source and open access work. (We still need it.) 1/

Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.

Our baby wrens fledged this morning! They are exploring and chirping with their parents all across the yard.

Letting go of my blog domain I first purchased in 2010. Time for a digital refresh. Not quite ready to let Stamping American Memory go, but it's next!

Nearly full-contact rhubarb shopping at the farmers market.

Glad to see you back!

Reminder 🔔 ! Join the AAPI Digital Public History Project Showcase TOMORROW, 5/14 at 3pm ET. Hosted by NCPH, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation and @savingplaces.bsky.social - register now at savingplaces.org/upcoming-web.... #AAPIHeritageMonth #PublicHistory