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📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL

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In the DC area? Join us Friday eve for premiere screening of The Librarians @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social at @dcdoxfest.bsky.social on chilling story of book bans in Texas & the fight against censorship. Sadly more timely than ever. #TeachTruth publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/the-l...

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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

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Immense dignity and restraint on show from Dr Carla Hayden, in her first interview since being fired by email from her position as Librarian of Congress. #Burningthebooks in full flow in Trump’s America.’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rme21qIbVHM

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Believe it or not our grant cycle continues at the National Recording Preservation Foundation. NRPF is a charter of the 106th US Congress and a partner affiliate of the Library of Congress. Applications are due June 30th.

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"These bespoke prompts guide the model to generate descriptive metadata grounded in archival standards like Dublin Core. We’ve refined our prompt engineering to coach the AI to “think” like an archivist, not just output words that sound descriptive." buff.ly/BWmG2zP

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For the rest of you who want to get on with your life in another crazy news day, here's a great job: Website Admin & Multimedia Technologist @ Smithsonian American Women's History Museum. Application closing date: 06/09/2025; Salary $101,401 - $131,826 per year (GS 12)

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An LLM (Copilot, in this case) made an impressive looking graph of collection items over time for a colleague, but after a bit of probing he came to the most 2025 realisation possible: 'Oh wait I've just realised it's made the whole thing up....DOH!' #AI #LLM #Copilot

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Looks like a great opportunity in DC

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So many colleagues involved in running professional conferences telling me - sotto voce - that their European colleagues do not want to come to the US, so they are moving their conferences elsewhere for the "foreseeable future".

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What do the coins mean? A penny: A veteran visited. A nickel: The visitor was in basic with them. A dime: The visitor served with them in some direct capacity. A quarter: The visitor was with them when they passed. The coins should remain undisturbed. #MemorialDay🇺🇸

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Here is the official Harvard University website! www.harvard.edu Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!! +1 617-495-1000 The link to the Free Government courses is ... pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

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‪FYI @drkatieturner.bsky.social‬ @culturedoug.bsky.social list of Open Access GLAM collections (most comprehensive list out there, I believe.)

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An amazing photographer, Sebastião Salgado, had died. Learn about his work in this short video we made with LACMA, youtu.be/pjl7AzUwpeo

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A much happier mycological piece of news: @rbgkew.bsky.social has digitized its fungarium collection of more than 1.1 million specimens! www.kew.org/read-and-wat... 🍄 🌎

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Please boost! The NOEL PRIZE, in memory of the great and good and much-missed Will Noel. Celebrate your (or any) open access library project. No project too small, or too big. Full details here, deadline 8/1, extremely low-effort Google Form: pacscl.org/what-we-do/f...

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Job Posting: Regional Director, STARS program, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. $107,382 - $139,598 / year Location: Amado, AZ. To learn more about the STARS program, see: smithsonianstars.si.edu

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Job posting: One-year temporary position - Registrar at Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. $101,401 - $111,543 / year Work location in Suitland, MD facility. Deadline for application May 31.

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I wrote something on why Meta's AI-generated 3D assets are slippery slope for creators and audiences, & why the cultural heritage sector is perfectly placed to demonstrate the benefits of authentic 3D data in the age of the metaverse. 🔗 nebulousflynn.substack.com/p/ai-authent... #GLAM3D

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Art historians, digital humanists, data scientists - explore the new Getty Provenance Index! A vast trove of high quality data about relationships between artists, dealers, collectors, and institutions. The new resources provide many opportunities for research and teaching with more to come.

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Hurray!

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Let’s please make sure that our community has ACCURATE information? I understand the concern but let’s be strategic and on point in identifying imminent threats. Please circulate. @esglaude.bsky.social www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...

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New Smithsonian initiative "connecting classrooms to the cosmos." Program to launch in Arizona (which ranks 50th in the nation for K–12 school funding and resources.... ). Planned expansion to rural schools across the country.

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$34 million

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Change is in the air for BHL! In 2026, BHL hosting will transition away from the Smithsonian, opening doors to reimagine our future. Rest assured, our 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge remain secure and accessible. Learn what's next for BHL ➡️

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This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, and a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!

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As the Trump administration moves to gut programs that allegedly “divide Americans based on race,” a bipartisan coalition of senators is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino a spot on the National Mall.

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Scoop: DOGE officials met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art this week to discuss the museum's legal status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEH grant “terminated”? Fill out this report!!!

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The AMIA Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, posters, and workshops for the AMIA Annual Conference to be held December 3-5 in Baltimore, MD.

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I'm gripped by the ever-increasing bling in Trump’s Oval Office. What does it mean? Yes, Trump has bad taste. But also something else. Here’s an art historical view. 🧵 1/

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Thousands of images of this work are already "out there" (cf. Google image search...), but hey, let's pretend we still need to control the quality of any digital reproductions.... 🤦‍♀️

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New job posting: Senior data engineer @ Smithsonian's Digital Platforms Office. $120.579-156,755. On-site work. Posting closes after first 150 applications, so apply NOW if interested.

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Another important use case on the value of natural history collections.....

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#HandsOff DC

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As @polgreen.bsky.social says in the discussion: “Every inch given is a permission slip to push a little further next time.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

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New job posting: Sponsored Research Data Analytics & Reporting Supervisor @ Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Location: Cambridge, MA. $119,355-$155,164. To lead a team responsible for reporting & data analytics to support decision-making & operational efficiency.

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"Cancellation of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Is Drastically Impacting the Delivery of Digital Inclusion Services for Millions Nationwide" www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...

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🏛✨ Begin your weekend by exploring some wonderful cultural heritage in full 3D 🔗 skfb.ly/pvBPA 30+ new scenes this week. #GLAM3D #3DforCulture #museums #openGLAM #MuseTech #art #history #3dmodeling #3dscanning #photogrammetry #museos #博物館 #Museen #музеи #美術館

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And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave.

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