Fiona Romeo
foeromeo.bsky.social
Fiona Romeo
@foeromeo.bsky.social
Museum curious, working towards universal access to knowledge at the Wikimedia Foundation. Views my own.
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inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health:

naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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We've joined a global call for open, equitable access to cultural heritage in the digital age!

By signing the Open Heritage Statement, we stand with partners worldwide to make cultural heritage freely accessible and reusable for all: medium.com/wikimedia-po...

#TAROCHCoalition #CreativeCommons
Wikimedia Foundation Signs the Open Heritage Statement: A Global Call for Unrestricted Access to…
Wikimedia Foundation joins a global movement calling for open, unrestricted digital access to cultural heritage in the public domain
medium.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Now is the time to apply for WMAU Partner Projects 2025-2026!
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📅 Register for an optional FAQ information session via Humanitix
📌 Applications close Friday, 5 September 2025
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Partner Projects 2025-2026
Partner Projects applications are open!
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August 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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[1/5] We're launching a new thing @ the Metro NY Library Council: The Cross-Reference Coalition is an experimental school tracing exuberantly🤗 interdisciplinary links btw NYC's libraries + archives; connecting its knwldg workers, grad students, artists + designers; and creating an open publicatio
METROCrossReferenceCoalition_Students
The Cross-Reference Coalition An Experimental School
docs.google.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Did anybody else catch this @theguardian.com article on censorship in libraries?

'in an Index on Censorship survey last year, 28 of 53 librarians polled reported that they had been asked to remove books from library shelves, many of which were LGBTQ+ titles'

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a....
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM