AI Is Not Inevitable join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I look forward to reading this volume, and am very grateful that its publication provided an opportunity to revisit a project that began in 2018, with a dear friend and favorite collaborator, @ashplantus.bsky.social

Many of my favorite yarns mentioned in this article, but I’m also thinking of the US-made yarns that have recently ceased production too www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I realy don't think there is any ethical justification for archivist use of AI, given its environmental impact and the affects of climate change on archives. It's a hardline stance but that's where I am.

In the process of making my fall course websites on @kcommons.bsky.social and wanted to share that the combo of course website + private group discussion seems like a workable alternative to canvas for teaching online classes, in case this is something other folks are trying to navigate.

Just so pointlessly cruel. Hideous.

The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government. action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch... follow @everylibrary.bsky.social to support libraries.

The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world. And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su... Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes

I’ve been organizing for many years now and I was so delighted to print this out and spend some time with it today. Highly recommend this as a resource to clarify your work and your own strategies for survival right now!

Have you been in an archive? We want to hear from you! Take our short survey :-) uclaed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #archives #reparativedescription #representation @toniasutherland.bsky.social

The Reading Room: A Journal of Special Collections is open for submissions (deadline March 31, 2025). Research articles, case studies, narrative features, and student work welcome! More details in our call here: readingroom.lib.buffalo.edu/announcement...

support archives and archivists sufficiently in times of normal operation so we can do our jobs in times of crisis. read about ongoing efforts before your library of alexandria comparisons. respect the expertise of people who have been doing the work. fund permanent archival and preservation labor.

"[Museum] staff have not received any communication from the museum’s leadership that clearly explains why the exhibit closed temporarily or which content the museum felt needed a trigger warning after the reopening."

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