Reposted by Bryony HooperBOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well that’s a hot pro-glove use with books take 2713526
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Got a bit busy with work so never responded to bemysource's first request for feedback (it sits in my drafts). But I am so happy to see that others are on the archives mailing are responding and articulating the amazing work of archive staff and the services they supply all users! 020
Reposted by Bryony HooperGwent Archives @gwentarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Gwent Archives has an exciting opportunity for an Archives Apprentice to join their team and develop a career in the archives and heritage sector. 11519
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The NRA archive listserv has an advert for a research service. That's fine (if there is a need, someone will monetise delivering it). I just find the company a bit "funny" as it A. Insults the archive services its business model relies on (archives don't respond to enquiries apparently) 692
Reposted by Bryony HooperUni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Our Senior Archivist Arantza wrote a blog post for #EYAArchitecture ! Fairground architecture fans will love this one... 🎡😍🎠 061
Reposted by Bryony HooperJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals... 6035481669
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 15/07/2026EThOS platform restored #ArchcivesInTheNews link.bl.uk/kxklink.bl.ukEThOS records restoredWe are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack. 011
Reposted by Bryony HoopertiffAH! Real Monster @bakedpotiffa.bsky.social · 11/07/2026#supportyourlocallibrary 5317
Reposted by Bryony HooperJames Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Somewhat depressing that although the British Library is one of the headline cases, the article (and seemingly the report behind it) then pivots to talking solely about Galleries and Museums, ignoring Libraries. And Archives aren’t even mentioned. Don’t forget the L and A in GLAM!theguardian.comUK’s museums and galleries left vulnerable to cyber-attack and theft, MPs warnReport by Commons committee says government has failed to make concrete changes after recent security failures 1239
Reposted by Bryony Hoopermia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Cool post at the British Library! Barker Postdoctoral Fellow in Born-Digital Archives: 'Co-design a research project for a 12-month funded-fellowship, embedded in our expert curatorial and research teams'. LLMs for Personal Digital Archives ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...ce0752li.webitrent.comPowered by MHRPowered by MHR 1814
Reposted by Bryony HooperUni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Hot 🥵 off the press! This summer, the National Fairground and Circus Archive is hosting a one-day symposium on women in circus. For free! Students can also apply for a UK travel bursary to get to the University of Sheffield 🐎 Book your free place, online or in-person: tinyurl.com/WomenInCircu... 042
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026University of Sheffield in the news BBC News - University of Sheffield Arts Tower and record-breaking lift turn 60 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Sheffield Arts Tower and record-breaking lift turn 60The Arts Tower features a paternoster lift, running on a continuous cycle while passengers access it. 020
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Archives in the news And archives at risk www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comA bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyoneThe Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt 020
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Archives in the news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOrgreave inquiry chair 'encouraged' by evidence appeal responseMore than 100 responses and 2,500 pieces of documentary evidence have been submitted to the inquiry. 000
Reposted by Bryony HooperRare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We invite you to the 2026 Malkin Endowed Lecture, “𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 .𝘁𝘅𝘁: 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱” with @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social at 5:30 p.m. ET on Monday, 6 July at UVA’s Shannon Library, Room 330. A livestream will also be offered via Zoom. Details at tinyurl.com/RBS-Kirschenbaum. 0143
Reposted by Bryony HooperUni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social · 11/06/2026We were delighted to meet the family of Dr Lydia Henry last month and show them our collection the Lydia Henry Documents. Dr Lydia Henry (1891-1985) was the first female graduate in medicine from the @sheffielduni.bsky.social Medical School in 1916 💊💉 Find out more ➡️ tinyurl.com/3ctz5tya 031
Reposted by Bryony HooperCopim @copim.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Join the next #DPClinic & discover how to future proof your #PhD thesis! Explore the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ with @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy 🕰️ 22 June @ 2:00pm 📍 Online 🎟️ buff.ly/P9X0EWi Photo: Sebastian Kuss, Unsplashbuff.ly#DPClinic June - Future Proofing PhD Theses: showcasing the new ‘Preserving E-Theses Resource Pack’ - Digital Preservation CoalitionClick here to check your local time. 046
Reposted by Bryony HooperRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 10/06/2026Nostalgia Content xkcd.com/3256/ 6766611229
Reposted by Bryony HooperNo Time to Wait @nttw.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Dear colleagues! Our call for proposals is still open for #nttw10! All the info and link for submitting here: mediaarea.net/NoTimeToWait10. Look forward to reading you!static.klipy.comMorticia Addams Shocked While Reading BookALT: Morticia Addams Shocked While Reading Book 001
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...notinourname.org.ukWomen in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name 050
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Whoop, my #iPRES26 paper got accepted! Eek, my #iPRES26 paper got accepted. 090
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Sarah Middleton #dpc summarises her workshop on advocacy For more, see (1) Novice to Know-How: Advocacy share.google/zVWSrMBtyeNo... (2) Digital Preservation Advocacy Toolkit share.google/DVVqZQEIrPSf... 021
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Great keynote by Jane Milne from NRS. Lots of insight sharing this slide on the tipping point of physical vs digital deposits #dpc 000
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Good morning from Scotland! Here for the @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy network and member's forum. Currently there is sunshine. At 7am there was not (just slippy granite and some views) 020
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Phew, I would say I enjoyed peer reviewing for iPRES. But I wouldn't want to say I'd like to do any more conference paper reviewing for quite some time 130
Reposted by Bryony HooperAndy Jackson @anjacks0n.bsky.social · 21/04/2026It was a joy to be invited onto the @code4thought.bsky.social podcast to talk about Making Data Last: www.dpconline.org/news/code-fo... #DigiPresdpconline.orgMaking Data Last: Andrew Jackson on the Code for Thought Podcast - Digital Preservation Coalition 012
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I'm not sure how I feel about "blending the nostalgic soul of the 80s with the peak convenience of today..." share.google/XAWa7fY45ZHe...share.googleWireless Cassette Player - Maxell USAWith this masterfully engineered player, blending the nostalgic soul of the 80's with the peak convenience of today’s wireless technology just became a reality. At its heart lies a stabilized transpor... 010
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Archives / Records Management in the news BBC News - Retired Sheffield photographer demands answers over pension - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRetired Sheffield photographer demands answers over pensionRetired photographer Ian Stocks says he has been on an 120
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Libraries in the news www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...indexoncensorship.orgSchool book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on CensorshipA school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women 100
Reposted by Bryony Hoopervalerie @vfo.northsky.social · 18/03/2026i love how so much of digital accessibility is just reaffirming what librarians have been trying to tell you for 1000 years: METADATA IS IMPORTANT, ACTUALLY 18825
Reposted by Bryony Hooper(C)aroline Sam(P)son @sampscaroline.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I've loved my time with #ArchivesWM! We're a friendly, supportive group and are looking forward to welcoming some new trustees later this year. 056
Reposted by Bryony HooperHannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.site · 02/03/2026📚 131054311
Reposted by Bryony HooperColleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks 📜 www.popsci.com/technology/f...popsci.comThe archivist preserving decaying floppy disksIt's a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware. 121367
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Representation of Archives in the media: Watched Madame Le Blanc last night and she visited an Archive. The Archivist insisted on nitrate gloves for touching paper records (better than white gloves... I guess), and then brought over a coffee to the desk with the papers on.media.tenor.coma woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide openALT: a woman in a purple shirt screams with her mouth wide open 150
Reposted by Bryony HooperUni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives SCHA @uoscollections.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Call for papers now OPEN! 📣 Join The National Fairground and Circus Archive in a one-day symposium to celebrate the role of women in circus through history 🎪 Want to present your research at @sheffielduni.bsky.social? Keep reading 👇 [1/7] 145
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Procrastination has led to some forced weather metaphors in a proposed iPRES paper. I take themes (Horizon in this case) a bit too literal and need to just ✍️ something interesting! 110
Reposted by Bryony HooperErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 21/02/2026The headline does not convey how completely batshit this story is. The Archive Today (archive.ph etc) admin weaponized the site's captcha to attack a blogger who wrote about them and *altered archived screenshots* as part of the attack. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comWikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive linksIf DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots. 5537261495
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Archives in the news V&A Museum acquires YouTube’s earliest video from 2005 | CNN share.google/anY7B1TTvlMD... #archives #digitalpreservationshare.googleYouTube’s earliest video has been deemed museum-worthy | CNNLondon’s V&A museum has added YouTube’s first video to its collection, displaying 2005’s “Me at the zoo” in one of its galleries. 032
Reposted by Bryony HooperJennifer Wallis-Bernard @harbottlestores.bsky.social · 18/02/2026#noiselife www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...theguardian.com‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezersRedditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles 0137
Reposted by Bryony HooperJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026"A British historian has uncovered a Europe-wide programme in the 1930s and 1940s in which restorers repaired and cleaned historic church and civil records, making them legible so that the Nazis could detect anyone with Jewish ancestry." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...theguardian.comNazi letters reveal paper restorers’ role in compiling Holocaust ‘hitlist’Exclusive: Research uncovers programme to make centuries-old records legible to detect people’s ancestry 04020
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Archives (of the future?) in the news: www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #Digitalpreservation #archives #datatheguardian.comStone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve dataHard disks and magnetic tape have a limited lifespan, but glass storage developed by Microsoft could last millennia 122
Reposted by Bryony Hoopermia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 13/02/2026On ransomware and under-funded GLAMs: 'At no point was the British Library particularly negligent or unprepared. Instead, it was hindered by vulnerabilities shared by the majority of cultural institutions. ...the attack [is] a warning to the whole sector.' informationsecuritybuzz.com/the-cyberatt...informationsecuritybuzz.comThe Cyberattack That Exposed The Fragility Of Digital HeritageSaturday 28 October 2023 is a date that will live long in the memory of staff at the British Library. As they arrived for work that day, they encountered 05938
Reposted by Bryony HooperUK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 22/01/2026CLOSING NEXT WEEK 🚨 Send us your feedback on The National Archives’ digital capacity building strategy, Our Digital Century, that ends this year! Your responses will help us evaluate the programme and ensure future initiatives meet the sector’s needs: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OISX44/ (1/2) 138
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The @ads-update.bsky.social Archeology Data service (ads) are looking to recruit a Digital Archives Assistant. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/digi... #digipres #digipresnorth #archivejobsjobs.york.ac.ukJobs - The University of York 026
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Managed to just send a message that just said hell. Not hello. Just hell. To someone I wanted to give professional advice to but haven't spoken to in 20+ years. On a public forum.media.tenor.coma cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in a room on fire .ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in a room on fire . 250
Reposted by Bryony HooperFishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Morning! #MosaicMonday 36733151
Reposted by Bryony HooperCopim @copim.bsky.social · 14/01/2026📢 We want to find out more about the training needs for long-term e-thesis preservation YOUR professional experience is essential to understanding current institutional practices, challenges & opportunities 👉 Take our short survey by 16 Jan buff.ly/Zf4mlLH @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gybuff.lyPhoto by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash 013
Bryony Hooper @bryonyhooper.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Archives in the news This share is not about whether they should have redacted the data (they shouldn't of), it's about using such bad redaction techniques. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comSome Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacksUn-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening 040