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esherwood.bsky.social
university librarian at RIT, problem solver, collaborator, educator, digital humanist, early modernist, feminist, activist, theater geek, runner, dog mom
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I celebrated #FairUseWeek by discussing how Fair Use enables innovative research. Thanks to Katherine Klosek and @arlnews.bsky.social for hosting the panel and to @alisternburg.bsky.social, @bbutler.bsky.social, and Katherine for the excellent conversation! Recap: www.arl.org/blog/arl-hos...

Academic librarians, come join us at CUNY! Brooklyn College is hiring an Eresources/Collections Assessment Librarian: cuny.jobs/brooklyn-ny/... and Lehman College is hiring an Assessment/Data Management Librarian: cuny.jobs/bronx-ny/ass... I’m at a different campus tho happy to answer questions!

Excited to share our preprint "Provocations from the Humanities for Generative AI Research” We're open to feedback—read & share thoughts! @laurenfklein.bsky.social @mmvty.bsky.social @docdre.distributedblackness.net @mariaa.bsky.social @jmjafrx.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social @dmimno.bsky.social

This event is next Tuesday! If you're in NYC, please join me, Renee Bracy Sherman, Rebecca Traister, and Vanessa Perez-Rosario. I'll share stories about some of my favorite pieces in the book and what they taught me about the history of abortion. We need abortion stories now more than ever.

Really enjoyed the discussion and the chance to meet you all in person!

DEI initiatives are still legal. Universities need to stand their ground. A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

Looking forward to participating in this briefing next week!

Check out our latest on the recent United States Copyright Office report on copyright protection of AI generated works, and some remaining unanswered questions. www.authorsalliance.org/2025/02/20/c...

My latest article on copyright's fair use doctrine explains why the SCT's Warhol v Goldsmith decision should be understood as recognizing numerous types of justifications for engaging in fair uses papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Looking for #LibraryJobs in #RochesterNY? River Campus Libraries at @urochester.bsky.social has a few: Director of Metadata Strategies, Data Analyst, Instruction and Exhibitions Librarian and Systems Engineer. Start here and search with the job title: rochester.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UR_Staff 📚

Worried about how long your favorite art, stories, videos, and other media will remain online? You can do something about it. Archive it, put it on a flash drive, share it. Digital things are fragile, but you don't need serious tech skills to protect the digital things you care about. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Want to come work with me, developing open source, open-access humanities publishing technologies at Michigan State University? We have a role open... careers.msu.edu/jobs/python-...

Come work with me! Ohio University Libraries seeks an innovative, collaborative, and service-oriented Digital Archivist. More info and to apply: ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/51624 #jobs #libraryjob #digitalarchives #archivesjob #OHIOUniversity #AthensOhio

If you’ve been considering applying for one of the Gale Digital Humanities fellowships @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social – we have extended the deadline until 6th December. For more information see www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

Congrats, everyone! Looking forward to reading!!

ACM COMPASS 2025, hosted at the University of Toronto, invites interdisciplinary research on sustainability with a focus on how computing and moves toward sustainability are embedded in and shaped by specific local contexts—computing in place compass.acm.org/call-for-pap...

I know it's been several weeks since this exemption was renewed and expanded, but I am still chuffed: www.authorsalliance.org/2024/10/25/t...

I am chairing the search for the next Executive Director of the American Library Association. Please share and apply! www.imsearch.com/open-searche...

#DHmakes folks, if you create any make/craft-related DHy work (including GLAM, humanities, critical tech) you'd like shared in a scholarly repo (e.g. articles, datasets, zines, ?) we have a Knowledge Commons (formerly Humanities Commons) group here you can join & add to! hcommons.org/groups/dhmak...

Big thanks to everyone at #DLFForum for their work. Also, a shout out to the events and tech folks from UMichigan, ya'll were amazing!

Go work with Karen. She's the best.

I am looking for peer reviewers! I need a few more folks to review the smart, creative pieces that are coming in for On Gathering. If you work in DH, scholarly communications, or adjacent areas & are interested, lmk! It won't be a heavy lift, promise. journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/106/

Voices of XR speaker series @studioxrcl.bsky.social is coming up in April! All events are virtual, free, and open to the public. This series is made possible by Kathy McMorran Murray. More info and to register: bit.ly/VoicesofXR24

The University of Minnesota Press podcast has reached a landmark 75 episodes! ⚡ Huge thanks to the authors who've developed meaningful, important conversations, and huge thanks to listeners out there.🌟 🎧: Listen on Apple, Spotify, and more; full list at z.umn.edu/pod21

Excited to share the second annual report for Studio X! Many thanks to Meg Moody and Matt Cook for writing the report with me and to Vinicius de Andrade Romualdo for designing and building the site. bit.ly/StudioXReport23

An exceptional opportunity at my research institute: five PhD positions in the social sciences, fully funded for four years, to spend on a PhD research project of your own design. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Open...

An exciting start to the new year! Do check it out this week while it’s free. #earlymodern www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Hey friends—I'm offering two virtual retreats to start your year off right. Join me! Jan 10 or Jan 19, pay what you wish, all welcome: www.eventbrite.com/e/reflection...

Please enjoy our lovely chat with the editors of CELJ about the fantastic, open access journal, Borrowers and Lenders. Then, go and read our entire archive of issues! You won't be disappointed. www.celj.org/featured-jou...

Face/Interface 2023: Global Type Design and Human-Computer Interaction, December 1-2, 2023. in-person, sold out; livestream available! face-interface.com

OU is hiring an endowed chair in Technology and Society. Humanities and Soc Sci folks pls check it out! Share among your networks. apply.interfolio.com/136729

I'm getting some really great inquiries and ideas for this CFP. Reminder to submit abstracts by Dec 15! On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/news/106/

We've got a job open for a project manager for SILICON, a new initiative to support digitally disadvantaged languages being added to Unicode. There's opportunities for hands-on project work as part of it; it'd be perfect for a recent #MultilingualDH graduate. Happy to answer questions!

DH early modern folks: James Madison has posted a position just for you! "We are especially interested in candidates who can offer courses in both Shakespeare and in our new minor in Digital Studies." joblink.jmu.edu/postings/15439

Historian, literature mutuels, other interested folks: would appreciate suggestions for scholarship on cyborgs & empire. Asking for a close friend who has read Wells, Leckie…🙃

I’m so excited to share the news that the NEH has awarded the CUNY Graduate Center a grant to run the “Open Education Publishing Institute: Collaborative Knowledge and Social Justice” next summer. Stay tuned for the CFP to explore the creation of OER materials w/ us! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/neh-sup...

Sat 10/21 at 2p EDT, @studioxrcl.bsky.social is hosting a virtual keynote by @antoniarforster.bsky.social creator of the LGBTQ+ VR Museum and Senior XR Technical Specialist at Unity. Please join us! Registration: bit.ly/RRRKeynote Museum: vimeo.com/702903797

Just Tech Fellowship applications are opening soon! "This fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable, and representative technological futures." www.ssrc.org/programs/jus...

DH folks, I'm excited to announce that the English Department at UCSB is hiring an assistant professor (tenure-track) in Digital Humanities. Applications due Nov 10. Info here: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02587

Oct 18-21, UR Libraries is hosting the Roc Rainbow Rally, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ identities and histories. We're hosting panels on archives and activism across generations; hands-on workshops; and showcasing the world's first LGBTQIA+ virtual reality museum. Please join us! bit.ly/RocRally

Aimi Hamraie's Critical Design Lab is hiring two Community Fellows! Open to artists, activists/organizers, designers, access workers, community scholars, and cultural workers who do not have traditional academic affiliations. Their lab does amazing disability work! docs.google.com/document/d/1...