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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group)
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Ohio Digitization Interest Group: informal discussion group open to all w/ interest in cultural heritage digitization, description, access, digital preservation. We meet 6x a yr, half in person/half virtual. Free meetings since 2005! https://ohiodig.org
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 7d
Save the date for Nov 12 #OhioDIG free virtual meeting on #transcription & #OCR in #digitization.
ohiodig.org/meetings #archives #DigitalArchives
OhioDIG MEETINGS – Ohio Digitization Interest Group – OhioDIG
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Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 4h
🎉 JPEG 2000 turns 25!

To celebrate, the #dpc is hosting a free online event on 19 Nov 2025 exploring how this standard has shaped digitization and digital preservation over the past quarter century.

Have YOU used JPEG 2000 in your work? We’d love to hear your […]

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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 1h
This talk will be recorded! It will be posted on our YouTube page once we have a chance to caption it. That can take a few weeks.
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University of Illinois RBML @illinoisrbml.bsky.social · 1d
Join us on Thursday, October 23 from 3-5 pm for a talk by Scheide Librarian Emeritus Paul S. Needham (Princeton University), titled "Gutenberg's Second Invention: The 1460 Mainz Catholicon."

All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Graphic with an image of the Catholicon partially enlarged by a magnifying glass and text: "The RBML presents a talk by Paul Needham. Gutenberg's Second Invention: The 1460 Mainz Catholicon. Thursday, October 23, 3-5pm in Main Library Room 346. More than 500 years after its printing, the production details of the Catholicon are still a much debated topic in incunabula research. Come learn about the most recently discovered clues with the subject's preeminent scholar, Paul Needham!"
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Library Juice Academy @libjuiceacademy.bsky.social · 6d
Y'all!

Our friends at @dpoe-n.bsky.social have funding for #digitalPreservation training and education!

Learn more here:
www.dpoe.network/professional...

#libraries #culturalHeritage
Professional Development Funding – Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network
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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 🍂🍁🍎 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 1d
3rd International Conference on Digital Preservation

October 15 2025, 9:30 CEST

Will be held ON-LINE and registration is free:
forms.office.com/e/Mne6g04WhF

Agenda:
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#digipres #libraries #archives
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 7d
Save the date for Nov 12 #OhioDIG free virtual meeting on #transcription & #OCR in #digitization.
ohiodig.org/meetings #archives #DigitalArchives
OhioDIG MEETINGS – Ohio Digitization Interest Group – OhioDIG
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d
If you want to start taking steps to enhance your digital security, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some simple concepts and tips. ssd.eff.org/en/playlist...
Want a security starter pack?
Start from the beginning with a selection of simple steps. Surveillance impacts all of us, no matter where we live or what we do. While some of us might be directly affected, others may simply want to know what measures they can take to protect their communications and data from...
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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 8d
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13d
📢 The #InternetArchive is celebrating an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #WaybackMachine. 🎉

Join us!
📆 Weds, Oct 22

🎟️ IN-PERSON: 5–10 PM PT (SF) ⤵️
www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...

💻 ONLINE: 7–8 PM PT ⤵️
www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 13d
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 13d
Ohioans! Apply for the State Library of Ohio's Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Cohort program! 15 slots for 2026. Due by Nov 16.
#DigitalArchives #DigitalCuration #OhioArchivists

library.ohio.gov/libraries/tr...
Digital Curation
The State Library of Ohio selected a third cohort for the Library Juice Academy Digital Curation Certificate Program.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 14d
What a great day! Lots of small group discussion after each presentation/Q&A. Can't wait for next year! #ODNFest
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Virginia Reinburg @vreinburg.bsky.social · 14d
This is a terrific discussion about archives, paperwork, and ordinary people’s use of the law and documentation to defend and protect themselves. Informative back and forth between early modern and contemporary issues. Highly recommend! #earlymodern #migration #refugees
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15d
How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️
Changing The Record
How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 14d
Final #ODNFest presentation: "Digital Collections Documenting Climate Change" w/ Eira Tansey.
Keeling curve slide with presenter at podium.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 14d
2nd of 3 presentations: "When AI Takes Over: What We’re Gaining, What We’re Losing, and What Still Matters" w/ Rebecca Bakker
#ODNFest
Slide on screen on facial recognition, with speaker in front.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 15d
1st presentation is "Looking at Vicarious Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care in Archives" w/ Rachel Weiher & Erin McBrien. Focus is on secondary trauma & student workers in archives/libraries. #ODNFest
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 15d
Penelope Schumacher, Ohio hub manager, updates us on the Ohio hub and DPLA. #ODNFest
Woman with auburn hair, wearing pink blazer gestures while speaking at podium.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 15d
We are attending the annual #ODNFest at the State Library of Ohio, Ohio's #DPLA hub today! Evan Struble welcomes us and pitches available IMLS grants.
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Art Libraries Society of North America @arlisna.bsky.social · 20d
Open now! The ARLIS/NA Compass Award supports students & early career art librarians/archivists who identify as racialized or BIPOC. Get $3k for a project-based internship, a year of membership in the Society & your chapter, & registration for the conference. Full details: linktr.ee/arlisna
Open Call for Applications: 2025-26 Compass Award Are you a student/early-career art librarian/archivist who self-identifies as racialized or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC)? Do you have a project/internship in mind that you’d like to get paid for? The ARLIS/NA Compass Award provides $3000 USD for a project-based internship, and now is the time to apply! Submissions Due: Oct. 15
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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 18d
#FairUseFriday Do you enjoy shows like Saturday Night Live or movies like the Scary Movie series? These are both classic examples of fair use! Fair use allows for the use of copyrighted material for a transformative purpose. Learn more about fair use below:
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American Association for State and Local History @aaslh.org · 19d
Former Chair of AASLH Council and recipient of AASLH's highest honor, the Award of Distinction, Dr. John Fleming passed away on September 12. Read a memorial on the AAAM website at tinyurl.com/mpvtm5vk.
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 19d
(That particular OSU refers to the Ohio one.)
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HathiTrust @hathitrust.bsky.social · 19d
HathiTrust Resource Sharing has launched a pilot with nine member libraries, including NYPL, UMich, UChicago, UND, Brown, Cornell, Berkeley, UMass-Amherst, and OSU. Full service for U.S. members is expected in early 2026. More details at: buff.ly/yy2RAIk #trusty #digitallibraries
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 29d
The 2025 Digital Scriptorium Annual Meeting @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, open to all, will be at OSU in Columbus 9/30.
Register if you plan to attend in person OR virtually. digital-scriptorium.org

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2025 Digital Scriptorium Annual Meeting
Please fill out this form to register for the 2025 Digital Scriptorium Membership Meeting at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Please register if you plan to...
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OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group) @ohiodig.bsky.social · 21d
RIP Dr. John E. Fleming.
Fleming shared many years of service to the cultural heritage community in Ohio (and elsewhere).
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Remembering Dr. John E. Fleming – Association of African American Museums
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21d
Can't make it to the live talk? Go ahead & register to receive a link to the recording!
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22d
The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?

📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.

📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
Promotional image for an online book talk titled 'After Disruption.' Left side shows portraits of Trevor Owens and Shannon Mattern with text: 'After Disruption Book Talk, with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.' Center panel reads: 'September 25th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, Online. Join us for a book talk with Trevor Owens, author of After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in conversation with Shannon Mattern, as they explore how libraries, archives, and museums can reclaim their role in shaping a just and sustainable digital present.' Logos of Internet Archive and Authors Alliance appear at the bottom. Right side shows the book cover for 'After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory' by Trevor Owens, featuring a photo of a grand library entrance.
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Archives Portal Europe @archivesportal.bsky.social · 22d
Since 12 September, the EU Data Act applies to all cloud providers operating in the EU.
Users can now transfer their data to another provider at no extra cost — a key change for institutions and organizations relying on cloud services. More here: www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/the-eu-...
The EU Data Act
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