Paige Roberts
@paige-roberts.bsky.social
Public historian:
Archives & Special Collections at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass., USA) https://phillipsacademyarchives.net/
Swimming, hiking | Seacoast NH (she/Dr.)
Interested in #EnvHist
Archives & Special Collections at Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass., USA) https://phillipsacademyarchives.net/
Swimming, hiking | Seacoast NH (she/Dr.)
Interested in #EnvHist
Pinned
Paige Roberts
@paige-roberts.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Amazing trip to China with particular focus on places connected with early Chinese students at Phillips Academy (Andover) since the 1870s. Educational diplomacy!
chinesestudents.andover.edu
chinesestudents.andover.edu
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Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
archivesgig.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Mashpee, MA: Archive Technician, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
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Curious about AI4LAM? You can join the Slack or Google Group via ai4lam.org or check out the community call tonight at 4pm GMT
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Curious about AI4LAM? You can join the Slack or Google Group via ai4lam.org or check out the community call tonight at 4pm GMT
Reviews in Digital Humanities covers a wide variety of scholarly projects via a broad range of methods & disciplines
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
Editors @roopikarisam.bsky.social @jenguiliano.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities #dh
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
Editors @roopikarisam.bsky.social @jenguiliano.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities #dh
Reviews in Digital Humanities
Home page for Reviews in Digital Humanities, a journal edited by Dr. Jennifer Guiliano and Dr. Roopika Risam
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Reviews in Digital Humanities covers a wide variety of scholarly projects via a broad range of methods & disciplines
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
Editors @roopikarisam.bsky.social @jenguiliano.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities #dh
reviewsindh.pubpub.org
Editors @roopikarisam.bsky.social @jenguiliano.bsky.social
#DigitalHumanities #dh
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"When did human beings first become literate? Who was able to read in different societies – men or women, adults or children, masters or slaves?"
fivebooks.com/best-books/h...
fivebooks.com/best-books/h...
The History of Reading
We can learn about the past not just through what was written but how it was read. Historian of books Leah Price tells us about reading aloud in Roman times, Gutenberg-era marginalia, and Middle Age…
fivebooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"When did human beings first become literate? Who was able to read in different societies – men or women, adults or children, masters or slaves?"
fivebooks.com/best-books/h...
fivebooks.com/best-books/h...
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I very much appreciate research at scale on the representativeness of and biases in digitized archival collections.
Some examples below.
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Some examples below.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I very much appreciate research at scale on the representativeness of and biases in digitized archival collections.
Some examples below.
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Some examples below.
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Read this whole thread.
It is worth it!
It is worth it!
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Read this whole thread.
It is worth it!
It is worth it!
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GAERHF talk happening November 25th at 5PM in London. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.history.ac.uk/digital-huma... . It will be on Zoom as well. Link will be sent after registration (I think).
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
GAERHF talk happening November 25th at 5PM in London. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.history.ac.uk/digital-huma... . It will be on Zoom as well. Link will be sent after registration (I think).
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Come work here at Illinois! We have two Diversity Residency Visiting positions open. I'm chairing one of the two searches:
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
Library Diversity Residency Program – General Information – U of I Library
www.library.illinois.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Come work here at Illinois! We have two Diversity Residency Visiting positions open. I'm chairing one of the two searches:
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/resi... #libraryjobs
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I'm at @clirnews.bsky.social DLF Forum today grappling with the AI paradox: we hate Big AI's extractive practices but people are using these tools anyway. @anildash.com's piece on Mozilla offers a way forward: Don't just protest, build better alternatives.
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
Learning from Firefox: Building Better AI for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage
People Like AI. What Do We Do That?
foundhistory.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I'm at @clirnews.bsky.social DLF Forum today grappling with the AI paradox: we hate Big AI's extractive practices but people are using these tools anyway. @anildash.com's piece on Mozilla offers a way forward: Don't just protest, build better alternatives.
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
foundhistory.org/learning-fro...
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The Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives team has released Viewfinder: A toolkit for values-driven AI in libraries and archives that was created by librarians and tech ethicists at four universities.
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Responsible AI - MSU Library | Montana State University
www.lib.montana.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives team has released Viewfinder: A toolkit for values-driven AI in libraries and archives that was created by librarians and tech ethicists at four universities.
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
Print-at-home PDF: osf.io/yue9s
Interactive website: www.lib.montana.edu/responsible-...
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Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles. BEHOLD! The cover for The Infinite Loop! It is now live and preorders are available on the ALA…
lynnemthomas.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Cover Reveal for The Infinite Loop!
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
Cover for The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination by Lynne M. Thomas and Katy Rawdon. The title and author text are black text on a white background. Above and below the title block is a pattern of bright pink concentric circles.…
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Missed the Challenging Maps and Exploration Symposium? Don’t worry, the videos of the panels are now live!
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Sunderland Collection Map Symposium at RGS - 30 October
The Sunderland Collection Symposium at the Royal Geographical Society, 30 October 2025
l.uk-1.a.mimecastprotect.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Missed the Challenging Maps and Exploration Symposium? Don’t worry, the videos of the panels are now live!
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
Enjoy all the discussions of #maps, #empire, Indigeneity, archives, and contemporary exploration. #skystorians 🗃️
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ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
ACLS Online Fellowship and Grant Administration System
ofa.acls.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
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We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
COP websites emit 10 times more carbon than average webpages - Energy Live News
COP conference websites emit more carbon per page view than typical webpages
www.energylivenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
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Hey this is today. 😊
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Hey this is today. 😊
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Learn more about the background and process in this CNI briefing from @jasonclark.bsky.social and @doralyn.bsky.social youtu.be/-N0u7OMebtw?...
Bringing AI into Focus with Viewfinder: A New Toolkit for Values-driven AI in Libraries & Archives
YouTube video by CNI: Coalition for Networked Information
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Learn more about the background and process in this CNI briefing from @jasonclark.bsky.social and @doralyn.bsky.social youtu.be/-N0u7OMebtw?...
Harvard Library has a beta Collections Explorer for Special Collections
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
Collections Explorer
Explore Harvard Library's special collection materials using semantic search
collex.lib.harvard.edu
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Harvard Library has a beta Collections Explorer for Special Collections
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
collex.lib.harvard.edu
AI-based hybrid search with natural language interaction
#SpecialCollections
cc @dhandlib.bsky.social
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"Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)" by Tess McCoy is the fifth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)
Contemporary Circumpolar Indigenous artists express visual sovereignty through traditional and innovative materials, reclaiming identity, resisting colonialism, and connecting generations across time.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Arctic Pasts and Presents (Presence)" by Tess McCoy is the fifth post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social and guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
niche-canada.org/2025/11/06/a...
#envhist #envhum #arthistory #indigenous #arctic
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The Rare Books and Manuscripts #SpecialCollections Conference CFP is live! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
RBMS 2026 CFP Collaboration
docs.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Rare Books and Manuscripts #SpecialCollections Conference CFP is live! web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Want to put together a panel? There is a planning for for that!
#RBMS26
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
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Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us on Nov. 14 for our upcoming seminar, "Analyzing Networks Through Pension Claims: African American Women's Community Making at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." Author Halima Haruna with comments by @alkleintop.bsky.social Register here: www.masshist.org/eve...
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
Launching our new Digital Preservation Policy
On World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we’re pleased to announce the release of our new Digital Preservation Policy.
www.bl.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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📣📣 PRIZE 📣📣
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Prize for Projects in Map History 2026
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History. The ISHMap Prize in for Pr…
ishmap.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📣📣 PRIZE 📣📣
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
Details: ishmap.com/prize-for-pr...
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
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✨📢 ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social + @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
✨📢 ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social + @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog