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Omeka @omeka.org · 10/09/2026
We're excited to join everyone at the @aaslh.org and @ncph.bsky.social 2026 joint conference. Come visit us at booth 214 with our @digitalscholar.bsky.social colleagues to talk about developing engaging digital exhibits with your collections or how we can help with training and/or hosting.
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2026 Annual Meeting | National Council on Public History
Registration will be Available onsite in providence. Check out the program here. Frequently Asked Questions Q. When and where will the conference be held? A. The joint conference will be held in Provi...
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Omeka @omeka.org · 04/09/2026
Omeka’s intensive course offerings have something for everyone! Whether you are new to Omeka or an experienced user, we're here to help. Learn more here:
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Omeka - Omeka Training
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.
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Digital Scholar @digitalscholar.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Take a few minutes to listen to @omeka.org Director, @sharonmleon.bsky.social, highlight the many preservation & sustainability pathways available for all Omeka platforms. No content will be isolated or trapped. Check it out!
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Sheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If you're going to #DH2026, say hello to @sharonmleon.bsky.social & @stakats.bsky.social who will be at the @digitalscholar.bsky.social table with goodies for your laptop and your colleagues. Have a great conference, everyone!
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Daisy Martin @daisymsc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Respect and gratitude to Prof David Blight and Dir Anthea Hartig on representing history and truth telling abt our multiracial democracy’s shared past in Congress today. (& Blights correction of that wrong assertion abt US abolishing slavery-chefs kiss)
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Scholarly folks who have ever received federal funding: today is the deadline for public comment on proposed revisions that will decimate our national research capacity and replace expertise with political whim. Please consider throwing in your 2¢. See below for some useful links and encouragement.
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Omeka @omeka.org · 10/07/2026
We have had a python scripts for Classic export since 2013 (github.com/omeka/Pyt...), and there are add-ons with user interfaces for export and static site building. Read more about them here: omeka.org/news/2026/.... Please do take the necessary steps to preserve your work!
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GitHub - omeka/PythonOmekaApiToCsv: Python script for exporting metadata from Omeka to a CSV file via the Omeka API.
Python script for exporting metadata from Omeka to a CSV file via the Omeka API. - omeka/PythonOmekaApiToCsv
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Omeka @omeka.org · 10/07/2026
Friends, you might have seen some recent publications discussion paths to preservation for Omeka Classic and Omeka S. We think those things are important too! And we have scripts and add-ons to help.
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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The National Council on Public History unequivocally rejects the findings of the White House's report on the National Museum of American History. Read the reasons why at ncph.org/news/ncph-st....
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NCPH Statement in Response to White House “Saving America’s Story” Report | National Council on Public History
NCPH Statement in Response to the White House “Saving America’s Story” Report and in Support of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Published July 9, 2026 The National Council on Publi...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/07/2026
Column by Philip Kennicott: The Trump administration has issued a lengthy 160-page report, with more than 500 footnotes, on the Smithsonian. Just follow the footnotes, and you quickly realize this is a relentlessly tendentious piece of trash. wapo.st/4h0t20w
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Omeka @omeka.org · 06/07/2026
Friends, if you're interested in working with both ArchivesSpace and Omeka S, register for an introductory webinar on July 8 @ 12:00 pm ET to learn more: archivesspace.org/archives/233...
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Webinar Announcement: Omeka S ArchivesSpace Connector integration - ArchivesSpace
Dear ArchivesSpace users, Join us on July 8, 2026, at 12:00pm ET/9:00am PT for this webinar introducing the ArchivesSpace community to Omeka’s new ArchivesSpace connector.  Members of the Omeka team w...
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Pleased to talk to IOI about our approach at @digitalscholar.bsky.social to developing and supporting open infrastructure, including the many ways our small team is working to support the larger field.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 19/04/2026
Blogging is painful but essential for preserving my work beyond my lifetime. I discuss the steps I take, from metadata to digital preservation, and why it's worth it. eve.gd/2026/04/19/the-necessary-pai…
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The Necessary Pain Involved in Blogging (if you want your work to be preserved beyond your lifespan)
I am thinking a lot these days about my own mortality. That’s not because I am obsessed with death or anything of the sort. It’s more that my health problems are accumulating and I do not know how long my body is going to hold out against them. It might be that I can clear all my current...
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm so pleased to be part of this effort to ensure the long-term sustainability of RightsStatements.org!
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I see all of you in elder care situations. My Thanksgiving day is a drive to PGH to hang with my Mom, who might not know the day. Still, it's an incredible gift to be together.
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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem. Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
screenshot of announcement for Allmaps + IIIF Partnership reading "Open up your map collections: Announcing the Allmaps - IIIF Partnership", with mini, multicolored map outlines and the Allmaps and IIIF logos.
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Alexander Kruska @akruska.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
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Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Lost a beloved mentor unexpectedly over the weekend. Such a shock, but at least I know that she knew how important she was to me. Take a minute to tell those people how much they've influenced your life while you have the chance.
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Folks who are also on historians.social on Mastodon - the instance is shutting down at the end of October, so you'll want to migrate or whatever the appropriate verb is. 💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern
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Mastodon
Historians.social is open to all who are interested in history.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Be sure to check out this upcoming immigration history manuscript workshop from our colleagues with the @ihrc-umn.bsky.social :
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 13/09/2025
“Due to the threat posed by Russian drones operating over Ukraine near the Polish border, Polish and allied air forces have begun preventive operations in our airspace. Ground-based air defense systems have reached the highest level of alert.”
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Romania air force just intercepted Russian drone on Romania territory , - Antena 3 CNN
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13/09/2025
A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...
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Catholic bishops call immigration crackdown a 'category 4 storm'
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Before the Georgetown roundtable, El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz told RNS he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE.
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Omeka @omeka.org · 13/09/2025
Want to explore the various ways Omeka can best serve your project? Join us for our next round of intensive courses for the opportunity to develop your project with the guidance of an Omeka team member! Register at
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Omeka - Omeka Training
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.
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Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 11/09/2025
New issue of my newsletter: "The Reboot of Digital Humanities Now" — Discover the latest work from across the field and around the world newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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The Reboot of Digital Humanities Now
Discover the latest work from across the field and around the world
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I miss a world where we wrote and engaged with each other about DH in small bites. @dhnow.bsky.social helped create that community and I'm glad it's back. digitalscholar.org/dhnow-and-co...
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Digital Scholar
The Corporation for Digital Scholarship is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of software and services for researchers and cultural heritage institutions.
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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Hundreds of Greenlandic women and girls were forcibly given contraception between 1960 and 1991, report says
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This is a global crisis problem as far as I’m concerned. People who say they have historically cared about national autonomy must step up. In years past this would not be a question for the US, regardless of party affiliation.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Release! Classic 3.2 is out. Looks pretty much the same but includes approximately a metric ton of accessibility improvements.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Considering taking an Omeka Intensive? Sign up for this webinar next Wednesday to learn more.
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Omeka @omeka.org · 18/08/2025
It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:
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Omeka - Omeka Training
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.
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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · 29/07/2025
Registration is now open for “Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond.” The conference will take place October 10-13, 2025, in Houston and features keynote lectures by Ruth J. Simmons and Crystal R. Sanders! More info …
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I took some time to write about the ways that the @omeka.org platforms can help support the creation of FAIR data. Perhaps it will help you think about how you're shaping your collections data. omeka.org/news/2025/08... #FAIRdata
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Omeka - Omeka and FAIR data principles
Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an onl...
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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A little research exercise: go find out what the Nazis did to museums they took over, for example in Strasbourg. Once you’ve recovered, report back.
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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 08/08/2025
We can all scream together. 🙀 And then start gathering what we can. Get your @waybackmachine.bsky.social finger moving.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Useful. And, also be on the look out for Sourcery in a city near you soon. sourceryapp.org
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Sourcery
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Tom Scheinfeldt @foundhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
How do we reach an audience when the audience has scattered? New blog post: Digital Humanities Outreach and Media Fragmentation foundhistory.org/2025/08/digi... #dh #digitalhumanities
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Digital Humanities Outreach and Media Fragmentation – Found History
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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 06/08/2025
Having sat with it for a bit, I'm still struggling with this document. The document is at once very cautious, and effusive. The text of the guidance itself is pretty good--in fact, I think they point out a lot of ways in which generative AI is a terrible thing for doing history.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 06/08/2025
Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history? We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop. Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details! www.historyworkshop....
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
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sharonmleon.bsky.social @sharonmleon.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at @georgemasonu.bsky.social and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...
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Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.
I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 24/07/2025
In this episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast: historian IAN MILLIGAN in conversation with BREWSTER KAHLE on AVERTING THE DIGITAL DARK AGE & Canada’s role in preserving born-digital history. Moderated by TAKARA SMALL. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes
Promotional poster for Episode #5 of the podcast “Future Knowledge,” titled “Averting the Digital Dark Age.” The design features a retro-futuristic aesthetic with grainy textures and a collage of images, including three speakers: Ian Milligan, Brewster Kahle, and Takara Small. Their photos appear above bold text reading “FUTURE KNOWLEDGE.” In the background are stylized digital and classical elements like a vintage computer labeled “NEW,” the Space Needle, a Roman statue, and abstract shapes.Ian Millian's book Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory set against a field of static.
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The submission deadline for #CHR2025 is fast approaching! Authors, you have until Friday, 18 July, to submit your short and long papers, lightning talk abstracts, and workshop ideas. ⚠️ Please note: there will be NO extension of this deadline. 🔗 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/06/2025
'“I don't think that people appreciate how few people are working to keep these collections online, even at huge institutions,” Weinberg told me. “It's usually an incredibly small team, one person, half a person, half a person, plus, like their web person who is sympathetic to what's going on.'
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AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"My father, an early and prominent computer scientist, passed away more than two years ago. Since then I’ve been trying to make sense of how rapidly the world that helped make him, and in turn the one he helped shape, is unraveling." 1/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
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Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
In 2021, the AHA sued the federal government over the proposed closure of the NARA facility in Seattle. It’s worth reading Sarah Weicksel’s #AHAPerspectives article from that period, if you don’t know much about NARA and what it does.
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Records Retention – AHA
A lawsuit to prevent the sale of the National Archives at Seattle facility uncovered the many ways the community engages with their collections.
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