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Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs. Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth

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Joe Borsato @theecoalchemyst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My latest blog post about Cree geographic knowledge in 17th-century cartography is now live with the British Library’s blog, focusing on some research that I completed this summer at the library as a 2026 Eccles Fellow. www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
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Charting Indigenous lands and waterways
Cree geographical knowledge at the British Library and the early cartography of the Hudson Bay watershed.
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And an example of its potential - similarity search in action zldyu46n7tab6m3loyi66triau0dckhk.lambda-url.us-west-2.on.aws/record/metmu...
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI, ace work from @thisisaaronland.bsky.social on shared vector embeddings for images as 'an exercise in practicing agency in our work [,] in producing tangible and reusable artifacts which have a longer shelf life' www.aaronland.info/weblog/2026/...
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shared vector embeddings (fantastic futures '26)
Shared vector embeddings simply makes it possible to do something similar at a smaller, more targeted, scale with fewer resources and less coordination.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’re delighted to announce Dr Paul Bate as the British Library’s new Chief Executive Joining us from the UK Space Agency, Paul brings experience supporting world-class research communities. We look forward to welcoming his expertise at the Library. Read the full announcement here link.bl.uk/fc6
A photograph of Dr Paul Bates stood in a stairwell at the British Library. He is a white man, with dark brown hair and wearing a white shirt and camel coloured chinos.
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🎉 We're excited to welcome 6 new Community Interest Groups to the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association! From #webarchives, #pedagogy, and #openknowledge, our CIG network now includes 10 active groups. 🔗 digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/09/21/2... #DH #DigitalHumanities
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Announcement: New CIGs | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Humanities and Data Science (HaDS, or H&DS), formerly known as Turing's Humanities and Data Science group, is delighted to be among the new UK-IE DH groups! Find out more, join, at our work in progress site: had-uk.github.io
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Humanities and data science
An independent research group advancing computational approaches in humanities scholarship. Building on the legacy of the Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science special interest group.
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Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert @adi-keinan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#GreenLibraries Week 2026 is one month away! Look at this incredibly rich programme coordinated by Head of Sustainability, Catherine Ross @britishlibrary.bsky.social lnkd.in/eqSjUiF4 I'm contributing to a session on setting up a staff sustainability network: lnkd.in/efEMPV83 -- free registration!
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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Seal impressions can reveal ownership, reading practices, and the journeys of manuscripts across collections. A new DFG-funded project is creating a database of seals from manuscripts in the Islamic world. It will link images and descriptions and develop tools for automated recognition
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New DFG Project for Exploring Seal Impressions
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have you explored Sak Supple's BL Playbills site lately? Check out the visualisations! blplaybills.org
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British Library Playbills | Historic playbills and theatre programmes 1600–1902
Searchable archive of historic playbills and theatre programmes.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you're going to be at the Fantastic Futures 2026 conference in DC next week, keep an eye out for Nora, Neil and Adi from our team! The #FF2026 programme is packed - online places still available www.conftool.org/fantastic-futures-…
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
LIBER's Digital Scholarship and Digital Cultural Heritage working group presents an 'AI Pulse' seminar on 'critical AI literacy' on Oct 23: libereurope.eu/event/liber-... Online and recorded for later viewing #AI4LAM
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LIBER AI Pulse - Session VI - LIBER Europe
LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the voice of Europe’s research library community.
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I love that this includes 'What is Benchmarking and Why Should You Care?' RISE-UNIBAS/humanities_data_benchmark: LLM Benchmark Suite for Humanities Data github.com/RISE-UNIBAS/... #AI4LAM
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GitHub - RISE-UNIBAS/humanities_data_benchmark: LLM Benchmark Suite for Humanities Data
LLM Benchmark Suite for Humanities Data. Contribute to RISE-UNIBAS/humanities_data_benchmark development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Jessica Chapel @jnchapel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's been gratifying to see the response to this project since we officially put it out into the world last week: www.bpl.org/news/boston-... #AI4LAM
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Boston Public Library and Harvard IDI Release Open Dataset from 135 Years of Historic Newspapers
Newspapers represent one of the richest available primary sources for historical research — capturing not just major events, but births…
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Zooniverse @zooniverse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A New AI Ethics Framework for Zooniverse This post was written by Hillary Burgess and Sam Blickhan. In June 2025, we announced an initiative to develop a set of recommendations for running AI/ML-engaged projects on the Zooniverse platform. After a year of collaboration and discussion with…
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A New AI Ethics Framework for Zooniverse
This post was written by Hillary Burgess and Sam Blickhan. In June 2025, we announced an initiative to develop a set of recommendations for running AI/ML-engaged projects on the Zooniverse platform. After a year of collaboration and discussion with volunteers, experts in ethics, communications, AI, and participatory research, as well as Zooniverse project leads (noting that these groups are not mutually exclusive!), we are excited to finally share the results of this work.
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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today we launch our new @zooniverse.bsky.social AI Ethics Framework: www.zooniverse.org/about/ai-eth... It includes Key Principles, Internal Actions taken by Zooniverse, and Recommendations for Project Teams that will guide the use of AI/ML on the platform moving forward.
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Zooniverse AI Ethics Framework | Zooniverse
Projects on Zooniverse that engage with artificial intelligence and/or machine learning
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kgeographer 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇦🇱 @kgeographer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵 The Environmental Dimensions of Place Service (EDOPS) v0.4 is live: edops.computingplace.org Give it a place (settlement, historical polity) & get a structured "environmental signature" of the drainage basin(s) it occupies: hydrology, climate, terrain, etc. + climate & land use over time 1/3
Home page of the Environmental Dimensions of Place Service (EDOPS), with links to its 3 principal pages, Sandbox, Workbench, Data Explorer
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IDI @institutional.org · 08/09/2026
Institutional Books is expanding. The Institutional Data Initiative @institutional.org at @harvardlawadmin.bsky.social Library has added paragraph-level text analysis and 22M extracted images to our work on ∼1M books, opening new possibilities for research, experimentation, and discovery. 🧵
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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 11/09/2026
Young people want to connect in person, but often have nowhere to go. A new report from @ippr.org highlights the need for free, welcoming “third spaces”. Libraries can be part of the answer — giving young people somewhere to meet and take part in local life. www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interested in helping @adho-org.bsky.social's work after the success of #DH2026? Now you can! Join the Awards Committee or be the 2026-2027 ADHO Communications Fellow - apply by September 18 adho.org/2026/08/26/c... adho.org/2026/08/13/c... #DigitalHumanities #DH
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Call for Applications: 2026-2027 ADHO Communications Fellowship – Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) seeks applicants for one 2026-2027 Communications Fellowship, which comes with a one-time stipend of €500 (Euro).
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Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) @adho-org.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📢 We are delighted to share highlights from ADHO’s DH2026 conference and the latest updates in our special-issue newsletter. 🔹 Read this issue: listmonk.adho.org/campaign/6cc... 🔹 Please consider subscribing to our newsletter to receive the latest news. 🔗 Link to subscribe: adho.org/newsletter/
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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The #DH2026 Book of Abstracts is out — final version, now on Zenodo. PDF + machine-readable XML, CC BY 4.0. This is the version of record; no further revisions will be issued. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Digital Humanities 2026: Book of Abstracts
This volume collects the abstracts of the contributions presented at DH2026: Engagement, the 36th annual international conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), held on…
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@britishlibrary.bsky.social were grateful to receive a large allocation of studentships as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. We have 4 exciting new studentships starting in Oct 2027 - 3 are now open for prospective HEI supervisor proposals! www.bl.uk/services/res...
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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards
Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Swedish National Archives have launched a Model Content Protocol Server and asking for feedback on this beta service riksarkivet.se/en/resources... #MCP #AI
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Swedish National Archives have launched a Model Content Protocol Server and asking for feedback on this beta service riksarkivet.se/en/resources... #MCP #AI
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Test our new AI integration
Imagine asking an AI assistant to summarise travel diaries held in the archives. Or asking it to find out who sat on the board of Swedish joint-stock companies in...
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Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) @adho-org.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 ADHO invites applicants to join the ADHO Awards Committee. 🔗 Read more: adho.org/2026/08/13/c... 🔗 To apply, please fill out this form: nextcloud.adho.org/apps/forms/s... ⏰️ Application deadline: 18 September 2026.
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Dr Jessamy Carlson @jessamycarlson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve got some events coming up, which regular readers may enjoy. First up, I’ve got a webinar on #localhistory and getting started next week. Details here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
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Researching your local history
Uncover your local history with The National Archives.
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UCD Library @ucdlibrary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📢The deadline for queries about this OPEN CALL📸 is Fri, 4 Sep & the deadline for applications is ✨Wed, 16 Sep✨. UCD Library seeks photographers and lens-based artists for a commission capturing the National Folklore Collection's move to its new home. Full details at www.ucd.ie/irishfolklor...
Ediphone audio recording tool with box of wax cylinders. Photo by Dragana Jurišić.
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 03/09/2026
All are welcome to join DRI's online coffee morning on 30th Sept at 11am with Padraic Stack, Digital Librarian & Web Archivist at the @nlireland.bsky.social discussing “Collecting the Online Record Together” and NLI's collaborative approaches to web archiving. Register here: dri.ie/events/dri-c...
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In 2020, Dolly joined us for a very special live-streamed conversation about her life, music and love of books. We’re remembering her today by sharing that story. youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8zMyXgCwU
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An Evening with Dolly Parton at the British Library
YouTube video by British Library
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remembering this awesome event with Dolly Parton at the British Library www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ8zMyXgCwU
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reaffirming the British Library's commitment to making metadata as open as possible: Sharing British Library open metadata with our communities: www.bl.uk/about/governance/policies…
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Sharing British Library Open Metadata with Our Communities
This policy reaffirms the British Library's commitment to making metadata as open as possible.
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DH2027 @adho-conferences.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#DH2027 is coming to Galway! ⛵️ Join us 28 June–3 July 2027 at the University of Galway for ADHO’s 37th annual conference, on the theme #Creativity. Our website is now live: dh2027.adho.org Watch this space: the CfP is coming soon. #DH2027 @adho-org.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Reaffirming the British Library's commitment to making metadata as open as possible: Sharing British Library open metadata with our communities: www.bl.uk/about/governance/policies…
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Sharing British Library Open Metadata with Our Communities
This policy reaffirms the British Library's commitment to making metadata as open as possible.
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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#DH2026 now has a video archive page: highlights, keynotes, ceremonies, and both celebration performances — including the Opening Performance, newly uploaded. dh2026.adho.org/video-archive/
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Video Archive - DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
DH2026 Video Archive A record of DH2026: Engagement, the 36th annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, held 27–31 July 2026 at the Daejeon Convention Center. All videos…
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dhnow.bsky.social @dhnow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Report: DH2026 Video Archive
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Video Archive - DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
DH2026 Video Archive A record of DH2026: Engagement, the 36th annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, held 27–31 July 2026 at the Daejeon Convention Center. All videos are hosted on YouTube and open in a new tab. Open the full playlist on YouTube #dh26va{ box-sizing:border-box!important; width:100%; line-height:1.65; } #dh26va *{box-sizing:border-box!important;} #dh26va p{margin:0 […]
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/08/2026
'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians
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'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS
History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Is your venue on the Cool Off in Culture map yet? We’re mapping cultural venues across the UK – from museums and galleries to libraries and cinemas – where people can cool down during heatwaves. Your cultural venue can be a vital community hub in the heat. Join today >> tinyurl.com/7nxw4nx4
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 11/08/2026
News | National Library of Wales launches Culture and Climate Cymru resource New website and networking platform to help Wales’s culture sector respond to the climate crisis
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National Library of Wales launches Culture and Climate Cymru resource - Museums Association
New website and networking platform to help Wales’s culture sector respond to the climate crisis
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Exciting news - the British Newspaper Archive's new platform is here Explore millions of digitised pages of newspapers and other publications from our British and Irish collections, dating as far back as the 1700s We can't wait to get exploring 🗞 link.bl.uk/7ci
Graphic image featuring four front pages of old British newspapers. Text reads: Welcome to the new. The British Newspaper Archive.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Library and archive professionals – don't miss the EPICo Conference 2026 hosted here at the Library this autumn We’ll be exploring collaborative approaches to the management and preservation of physical library collections From 30 Sept – 2 Oct Find out more and book your place link.bl.uk/epico
Photograph of dozens of old books from the Library's Collection. They mostly have deep red covers, with gold accents and dark brown pages. They are all on shelves, awaiting to be placed on a conveyor belt the Library uses to send items around the Library.
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 04/08/2026
We’re pleased to announce the grantees of the most recent round of the @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social Communities and Collections Fund 🙌 The fund supports projects using museum collections to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners. Scroll to meet the awardees 🧵 1/3
Two people stand outside National Museum Cardiff during a stop on a walking tour of Cardiff with The Wallich. Text reads: Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund. June 2026 grantees.
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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📋 The #DH2026 FAQ is now live! Badge pick-up, getting to Daejeon, Whova, and presentation guidelines — everything you need before you arrive. Onsite presenters: please read the presentation section carefully. dh2026.adho.org/dh2026-faq
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DH2026 FAQ - DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
DH2026 FAQ Location: Daejeon Convention Center (DCC), Daejeon, Republic of Korea | July 27–31, 2026 Official English Homepage · Google Maps (Plus Code: 99GR+3P Daejeon) Note: The Daejeon Convention…
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Christof S. 🇪🇺 @christof.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 With #DH2026 in #Daejeon starting next week, please join me in applauding the local organizers for publishing the complete "Book of (extended) Abstracts" ahead of schedule! In PDF with no less than 1013 pages, and also in glorious XML versions! […] [Original post on fedihum.org]
Zenodo landing page for the Book of Abstracts.
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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
⏰ #DH2026 — Registration Deadlines Complete BOTH registration and payment by: - In-Person — 23:00 AoE, 6 July 2026 - Virtual — 23:00 AoE, 17 July 2026 All registration & payment must be completed in advance. Register now: dh2026.adho.org/conference-r... 📍 Daejeon, Korea · 27–31 July 2026
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Dr. sc. ETH Ana Petrus @anapetrus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Calling all #researchlibraries - my colleagues and I are mapping the #FAIR support across #Europe If you can spare 15 min please fill out and share our survey vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢 The DH2026 Main Conference Program is now live! 📍 Daejeon, Korea · July 29–31 🔎 Search your session: dh2026.adho.org/program-agen... 111 sessions · 421 talks · 94 posters · 3 keynotes Authors: please check your session details. #DH2026 #DigitalHumanities
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Program Agenda – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Our Research Software Engineer Harry Lloyd has blogged about his time in post, what being a Digital Research RSE at the British Library is like, and why you should apply for his role! Applications open until 19th July www.bl.uk/stories/blog... ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
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Research software engineering at the British Library
Why should you apply for the job of Research Software Engineer in the Digital Research team at the British Library?
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Our Research Software Engineer Harry Lloyd has blogged about his time in post, what being a Digital Research RSE at the British Library is like, and why you should apply for his role! Applications open until 19th July www.bl.uk/stories/blog... ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
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Research software engineering at the British Library
Why should you apply for the job of Research Software Engineer in the Digital Research team at the British Library?
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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our Research Software Engineer Harry Lloyd has blogged about his time in post, what being a Digital Research RSE at the British is like, and why you should apply for his role! Applications open until 19th July, link in the blog post www.bl. [1/2]
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