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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Great turnout for the “Hands on with @iiif.bsky.social: A Pillar in Digital Preservation” at the @ipres2025.bsky.social conference in Wellington, NZ, 17 people from multiple institutions and countries #iPRES2025 /

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Jeffrey van der Hoeven (KB Netherlands) presenting on “Collaborative Web Archiving Tools” at the iiif.bsky.social at our session with netpreserve.bsky.social , “International Partnerships” at @ipres2025.bsky.social in Wellington, NZ #iPRES2025 (co-author: Andrea Goethals (NL New Zealand)

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

@netpreserve.bsky.social & @iiif.bsky.social presenting on “International Partnerships” at @ipres2025.bsky.social in Wellington, NZ #iPRES2025 / We’ll share insights of international collaboration as @clirnews.bsky.social affiliates

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Congratulations to the 16 awardees of Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices” program, receiving a total of $3.9 million in funding! For a complete list, see: hubs.li/Q03R1W3N0

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Last chance! ⏰ Our hotel block closes October 30 and registration closes October 31. Don’t miss your opportunity to join us in Denver for the 2025 DLF Forum. Secure your spot today! 👉 forum2025.diglib.org

Flyer: Last chance! ⏰ Our hotel block closes October 30 and registration closes October 31.

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 17/10/2025

See you next month, Denver!

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 15/10/2025

We'll be showing some new 16mm prints (created as part of a CFA project funded by @filmpreservation.bsky.social) as well as films newly digitized via a Recordings at Risk grant from @clirnews.bsky.social.

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 15/10/2025

Join us at the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center this Friday at 7pm for a FREE screening of films by Chicago-based photographer, writer, filmmaker, and man-about-town Bill Stamets, who will be appearing in person!

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Small Gauge, Big Shoulders: Films by Bill Stamets - Chicago Film Archives

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Can you believe the DLF Forum is almost here? Here’s what @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team will be diving into while in Denver! Don’t miss out—register today: forum2025.diglib.org

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Reminder: Initial applications for the current cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices are due October 20. Learn more and apply here: clir.org/hiddencollections/apply-for-an-award

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🎉 Congratulations to two former recipients of the CLIR Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources who are among this year’s 2025 Dan David Prize winners: ✨ Mackenzie Cooley ✨ Hannah Marcus We’re proud to see their contributions recognized with such a prestigious award!

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Congratulations to the University of Victoria Libraries on a successful launch of the Kula Library Futures Academy! CLIR President Charles Henry, CLIR Board Chair Guy Berthaiume, and CLIR Board emerita Richard Ovenden and Leslie Weir all spoke at the Kula opening.

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Applications must be received by September 30, 2025!

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happy Rosh Hashanah to all who celebrate! 🥂

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 15/09/2025

We'll also be screening six of Bill's films on October 17 at UChicago's Logan Center for the Arts, with Bill in person for a post-screening conversation. Hope to see you there!

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Small Gauge, Big Shoulders: Films by Bill Stamets - Chicago Film Archives

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 15/09/2025

After a year of work, we've finished digitizing and cataloging hundreds of reels shot by photojournalist Bill Stamets, who described his subjects as "a miscellany of civic occasions where Americans make sense of power." You can watch them all our website for free.

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Hundreds of reels of Chicago history through the lens of Bill Stamets, digitized with support from a CLIR Recordings at Risk grant - Chicago Film Archives

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 15/09/2025

This project would not have been possible without the support of @clirnews.bsky.social!

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

CLIR’s newest affiliate is hiring! The Shared Print Partnership is seeking a part-time, fully remote Program Coordinator. The role is 20 hours/week and includes a standard benefits package. Learn more and apply here: jobs.diglib.org/job/16/

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Shaneé Yvette Willis as CLIR’s new Senior Program Officer for DLF! She brings 14+ years of GLAM experience, most recently at the HBCU Library Alliance, and has been recognized as a 2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Welcome to our newest DLF members: University of Cincinnati & Arizona State University! 🎉 Membership includes Forum perks, job board access, and support for open + accessible DLF programs.

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

📅 Save the Date! Join CLIR’s Grant Team for the Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Initial Applicant Q&A Webinar on September 25, 2025, at 2 p.m. ET. The team will answer questions about the initial application process. 👉 Register here: clirdlf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Labor issues in libraries, archives & museums deserve year-round attention. Since 2017, the DLF Labor Working Group has shared resources like the Labor Advocacy Toolkit, “Do Better” Guidelines, & Valuing Labor Research Agenda. Learn more: www.diglib.org/groups/labor...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Welcome to our newest DLF members: University of Cincinnati & Arizona State University! 🎉 Membership includes Forum perks, job board access, and support for open + accessible DLF programs.

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

For this past #LaborDay, we’re highlighting CLIR’s Creating Ethical Temporary Positions in Archives, offering research-driven guidelines for more ethical grant-funded & term-limited roles. Read: www.clir.org/pubs/reports...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

We are honored that CLIR has been recognized with the Society of American Archivists Council Exemplary Service Award! This recognition affirms CLIR’s role in supporting archives, libraries, museums and galleries through funding for essential services and innovative projects.

Image: CLIR has been recognized with the Society of American Archivists Council Exemplary Service Award

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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 19/08/2025

Excited to announce that I am following in the footsteps of my mentors @safiyanoble.bsky.social and @kishonna.bsky.social as the 2025 keynote speaker for the Digital Library Federation at CLIR Forum in Denver! forum2025.diglib.org/speakers/

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🎤 Featured at #DLF2025: @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.app — Your Silence Will Not Protect You: A Clarion Call to Make Online Protection the Rule and NOT the Exception. Nov 16–19 | Denver, CO. Learn more: forum2025.diglib.org/speakers/?ut... #DLFForum #OnlineSafety #DigitalLibraries

Featured DLF 2025 Speaker: Dr. KáLyn Coghill

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

📢 Apply now for 2025 DLF Forum Fellowships! Support for students, emerging pros, public library staff, HBCU affiliates & grassroots archives workers. Nov 16–19 | Denver, CO. ✅ Free reg + hotel + $650 stipend. Apply by Sept 2: forum2025.diglib.org/resources/fe...

DLF Forum Fellowship Applications are open!

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

It is! We're thrilled to be with @clirnews.bsky.social.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

📢 Big news! BHL has a new fiscal sponsor – @clirnews.bsky.social 🎉 This marks a major step forward in BHL’s transition to a more sustainable, community-led future. 🌍 Read all about what this means for BHL: 🔗 blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/08/tran... #ILoveBHL

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BHL Transition Update #4: Welcoming CLIR as BHL’s New Fiscal Sponsor

We’re thrilled to share some exciting news: 🎉 The Biodiversity Heritage Library has a new fiscal sponsor – the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)! This is a major step forward in s…

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

⏳ ICYMI — Early bird registration for the 2025 DLF Forum ends August 15! Secure your spot and save: hubs.li/Q03mJVG_0 #DLFForum #DLF2025 #DigitalLibraries

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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Congrats of Ohio History Connection for their award for "Sights and Sounds of LGBTQ+ Ohio: Preserving the Gay Ohio History Initiative’s Audiovisual Collections"! 🏳️‍🌈

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Schmalyson @schmalyson.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Amplifying Unheard Voices is open until October 20 for $50k-$300k for digitization. 📜

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

CLIR is now accepting applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices! Grants from $50K to $300K support the digitization of rare materials that center on underrepresented communities. Initial apps due Oct. 20. 🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...

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CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program

CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program August 5, 2025, Alexandria, VA: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is no...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Big news! CLIR has funded 21 projects through the Recordings at Risk program. Rare recordings, including Muhammad Ali footage and LGBTQ+ oral histories, will be digitized and preserved for future generations. Learn more 👉 www.clir.org/2025/08/clir...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🎙️ CLIR is thrilled to announce that Recordings at Risk will continue with 2 new grant cycles in 2025 & 2026, thanks to generous support from the Mellon Foundation. 📼 First time ever: Canadian nonprofits can apply alongside U.S. orgs. MORE: www.clir.org/2025/07/mell...

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 28/06/2025

Scenes from Chicago’s 15th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade in June 1984. 📽️From a loosely assembled reel of Super 8 film in the Bill Stamets Collection.

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Wishing a joyous Canada Day to our Canadian colleagues, grantees, and especially our sponsors and members: Concordia University, McMaster University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria!

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ Pride highlight: UVic Libraries is leading a new CLIR-funded project to digitize the Rikki Swin Institute Trans+ media collection. Materials span the 1970s–2000s and include Fantasia Fair workshops, fashion shows, and interviews with key activists. Explore more here: www.uvic.ca/transgendera...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Spotlight 🏳️‍🌈 This Pride Month, we’re celebrating LGBTQ+ history with a special project from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. More content is on the way with help from a community advisory group, but you can start exploring the archive now: texasarchive.org/taxonomy/ter...

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🚨 The 2025 DLF Forum program is live! Take a look at the lineup and plan your time at this in-person event for the digital library, archives, museum, and cultural heritage communities. 🔗 Check out the program and register here: forum2025.diglib.org

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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

2025 DLF Forum Program Now Available www.diglib.org/2025-dlf-for... #libraries #digitallibraries @clirnews.bsky.social

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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The monthly @clirnews.bsky.social DLF Committee on #equity and #inclusion mtg is a welcoming space to discuss supporting #libraries, #DEIA work, and each other in this challenging time. DM me for details about the next mtg this Monday, 6/23/2025 wiki.diglib.org/Committee_fo...

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Committee for Equity and Inclusion

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

For #AAPIHeritageMonth, we're spotlighting the DHC-AUV funded project Unboxed — a project digitizing photos, letters & stories of Japanese Americans during WWII by @jamuseum.bsky.social. These hidden stories are now accessible online. Credits in alt text. #Unboxed #DigitizingHiddenCollections #JANM

Ruth Shiraishi's girl scout scrapbook page: 2007.50.19

Ruth Shiraishi kept a scrapbook of photographs, ephemera, and keepsakes from her time as a Girl Scout while incarcerated at Rohwer, Arkansas.

(Gift of R. Ruth Shiraishi, 2007.50.19)

a Chiura Obata Yosemite artwork (98.322.6)

Chiura Obata created many sumi-e ink depictions of Yosemite National Park, a place that inspired him and sustained his relationship with Dai-Shizen (Great Nature).

(JANM, 98.322.6)

Citizen USA book cover (2002.174.2)

Charles Ferguson, Director of Adult Education at Manzanar, wrote a children's book manuscript about life at Manzanar from the perspective of the fictional "Jane Sato," a semi-biographical representation of a real girl and her family.

(Gift of Lois Ferguson in Memory of Charles K. Ferguson, 2002.174.2)

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clirnews.bsky.social @clirnews.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We're spotlighting Histories of South Asians in Canada—a two-year effort to digitize 20,000 photos by Chandra Bodalia, a legendary South Asian Canadian photojournalist in BC. The images capture decades of cultural, political, and social moments. 🔗 Explore more: sacda.ca

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