My latest episode on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Library Science channel is live! newbooksnetwork.com/preserving-g... it was a pleasure having @freegovinfo.bsky.social on the program to talk about the government information landscape past, present, and future

Had a lot of fun responding to these digital preservation questions. Neat to also see how @rfrank.bsky.social and so many other smart folks responded!

LIL fellow @maxy.bsky.social asked 14 scholars, archivists, designers, business leaders & engineers: "If you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?" Their answers: lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...

One answer from Rebecca Frank who is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information: "The glib answer is the money itself would be the solution." lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...

I'm at #NDSADigiPRES2025 this week. I'll be presenting tomorrow afternoon about digital preservation and financial uncertainty. Conference details here: ndsa.org/conference/ See you there!

The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future? 📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern. 📅 Thurs Sept 25 🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...

I'm hiring a mid-level full-stack SWE! Our team at @jstor.bsky.social Labs is looking for yet another product-minded engineer to join our team. We come from all kinds of backgrounds, tech and non-tech alike. Please apply or send to your awesome friends, and DM me with ?s: grnh.se/19o370345us

UMSI is running multiple searches this year, starting with the John Derby Evans Professor in Information, at the Assistant or Associate level! This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share! www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

📣 AIP's Niels Bohr Library and Archives is collecting personal stories from scientists, engineers, students & others in the physical sciences whose careers have been impacted by recent U.S. policy & funding changes. Learn more about how to get involved here -> www.aip.org/library/ex-l...

#Vacancy: We are hiring a new Marking and Communications Officer. You won't have to have all the #DigitalPreservation answers, but we hope you'll be curious, adaptable, and happy to roll up your sleeves in a small, supportive team. openpreservation.org/news/vacancy...

We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students. Apply here: - Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... - Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

📢#IDCC26 Submission deadlines extended📢 Deadlines have been extended to support our community submit proposals over the summer⬇️ 📅3 August 2025 - Papers and Lightning Talks 📅14 September 2025 - Posters 📅30 September 2025 - Workshops Learn more now and submit your proposal dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Mellon Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow 📚📜 librarytechnology.org/pr/31511

That bear is NOT friend. But he wants you to care about the endangered National Park signs. Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here: saveoursigns.org. #SaveOurSigns

We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS." Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes. bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...

JOB POSTING: Catalog/metadata librarian Reposting for broader reach. Come work with me! 📜📚

‘Archival intelligence’: A retrospective on retiring faculty member Elizabeth Yakel 📜 www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/n...

Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...

🚨#IDCC26 Call for Submissions is now open! Theme: AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation Submission formats: ✅ Papers ✅ Lightning Talks ✅ Posters ✅ Workshops ➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/call-for-submissions #DigitalCuration #OpenScience #Research

I've seen a lot of anger and sadness about terminated grants & am so angry & sad for those colleagues. I'd like to hear more about the junior scholars who submitted proposals that will never be reviewed & who do not have data to continue publishing from. I'm done wringing my hands - what can we do?

this. so much excitement. so much hope.

Carla Hayden was president of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social when ours was one of few organized voices opposed to the USA PATRIOT Act. Librarians have been fired all across the federal government, gutting not just ours but the world’s intellectual infrastructure. Devastating.

HUGE NEWS. The judge in the case where 21 state attorneys generals sued the Trump administration over dismantling the IMLS just issued an injunction in favor of the plaintiffs. This is good news & the judge further indicates that the plaintiffs have a STRONG case here. bookriot.com/the-latest-f...

🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social. www.ala.org/news/2025/05... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries

More coverage of what is happening with IMLS.

Today is National Library Workers Day—a day to celebrate the hardworking professionals who keep our libraries thriving. Library workers are facing tough times, and it’s more important than ever to show our support. Show some love to the library worker in your life today! ala-apa.org/nlwd/ #NLWD25

Congress has the power to restore funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Join me in calling your reps!

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story. forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7... imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

This is terribly alarming for all kinds of memory institutions, but also support from IMLS has been so important for so many scholars. I spent much of my time as a doctoral student working on IMLS-funded research projects that made my education and training possible. www.npr.org/2025/03/31/n...

This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

I think the academic community can help US academics, as well as academia in general, by providing safe haven for datasets that are being targeted by the Trump administration.

Our #iconf25 paper is available now! Thrilled to share "Gallery walk as research method in information science" OA in Information Research -- publicera.kb.se/ir/article/v... #iconference25 #academicsky

LIVE STREAM UP! m.twitch.tv/standupforsc...

Please share widely to get the word out.

In Den Haag this week for #IDCC25 - come find me tomorrow to talk about my poster: "Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Satellite Images, AI, and Risk"

I just did this as well. Legislators need to hear from you, they need to hear that you understand the illegality of this action, and they know that you’re looking for them to take concrete steps to restore constitutional order of checks and balances. You can do it!

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Archives/LIS researcher: The cup is a document

deadline to apply for the open rank TT position in digital archives at UMSI is December 1 www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...

If you have’t seen it yet, I’m working with @rfrank.bsky.social as co-editor of “Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social. You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org

one more time here: umsi has an open rank TT position posted in digital archives/curation. deadline is dec 1st: www.si.umich.edu/people/facul... please share widely! #AcademicSky

UMich School of Information is hiring a TT prof (open rank!) in digital archives/curation. This is a good fit for library, info science folks, and data science folks with at least a foot in archives/curation literature Ad: www.si.umich.edu/people/facul... Deadline: Dec 1

One day left to sign up for tomorrow's World Data System webinar: worlddatasystem.org/webinars/ I'll be talking about CoreTrustSeal certification and am hoping for a lively discussion after the talk. Join us! #AcademicSky

boosting one more time b/c i'm just so f'n happy that this article is finally out #AcademicSky

New article is out! "Constructing risk in trustworthy digital repositories" in the Journal of Documentation OA version here: deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.... publisher version here: doi.org/10.1108/JD-0...

new job time! so excited to finally be able to say that starting today i'm an assistant professor at the university of michigan school of information.

The deadline for #IDCC25 proposals is extended. Come join us in The Hague next February. In person, or virtually. Deadline for papers, lightning talks, and workshops is now August 11, 2024. For posters, September 15. dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

If you're in Berlin this Thursday, join us at the ECDF for a great keynote and panel discussion: How Do We Know & Trust What We See? Satellite Imagery in an Era of Global Crises, Surveillance, and Misinformation More info here: sgs.princeton.edu/ecdf24 #AcademicSky