Digital Scholarship @ British Library

Curious? The code is here github.com/harrylloyd-b...

Thanks Harry Lloyd and @adi-keinan.bsky.social for your work on this! And all the curators, metadata folk and crowdsourcing volunteers who helped earlier versions of this work

My topic guide on Digital Sustainability is now out! It includes topics like digitisation, digital preservation, websites, data management, green software & IT, AI and more -- and has recommendations for tutorials, communities of practice and some things to watch and read.
#GreenLibrariesWeek

Convert-a-Card: Helping Cataloguers Derive Records with OCLC APIs and Python Last week Dr Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert delved into the invaluable work that she and others have done on the Convert-a-Card project since 2015. In this post, I’m going to pick up where she left off, and describe how we’ve been automating parts of the workflow.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250623215117/https:/blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2023/09/convert-a-card-helping-cataloguers-derive-records-with-oclc-and-python.html [2/2]

Work at the British Library on pulling structured information from scanned card catalogues:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250805102551/https:/blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2023/09/convert-a-card-past-present-and-future-of-catalogue-cards-retroconversion.html [1/2]

A photo of the British Library's St Pancras building with the text: Where are all the British Library images? Can't find our images? They're now listed as type 'illustration/art" (not photos'), so you'll need to use Flickr's Advanced Search to find our images. There's an Advanced option on search results pages. Select that to choose 'Content' then select 'Illustration/Art'

Curious about using 'public domain' British Library Flickr images? https://web.archive.org/web/20240525111448/https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2024/04/curious-about-using-public-domain-british-library-flickr-images.html

Can't find our images anymore? Try Advanced Search

Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️

From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years.

Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

New LIBER Digital Scholarship & Data Science Topic Guide focused on Digital Sustainability!

Explore digital sustainability and learn how GLAMs can measure and reduce their digital footprint libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-gui...

https://libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-guides/sustainability.html [2/2]

ai4lam - Awesome List Use this page to learn more about the AI4LAM Awesome List and how to contribute to it!

In her great talk hosted by @pelagios.bsky.social, @miaout.bsky.social mentioned the AI4LAM project, which has this awesome "Awesome List" of AI resources for the GLAM sector sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/...

blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs Search for, view and download 300 years of theatre posters from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1902.

In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR

Yugoslav socialism, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Global South Learn how Yugoslavia forged a unique path between East and West.

Call for HEI Partners/Academic Supervisors to supervise a PhD with BL European collections curators on 'Yugoslav socialism, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Global South' - includes support from us in @bldigischol.bsky.social www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

My most excellent colleague @adi-keinan.bsky.social mentions the @bldigischol.bsky.social internal training programme on digital scholarship - a lot of our material has been turned into public guides at libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-gui... (thank you @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social ) #KnowledgeIsHuman

Are you missing specific blog posts from our Digital Scholarship blog? You can check what's been captured by the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/ *

#DH2026 CFP is now live! Submit your work on fostering meaningful connection between communities, cultures and emerging technologies.

🔗 Visit to learn more and submit your entry: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/

🗓️ Deadline: Dec 8, 2025
#DigitalHumanities #DH2026 #Engagement

Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores Help us to collect digital scores from composers and independent publishers.

Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Please share with any musicians you know!

Living with Machines | University of London Press *Living With Machines* is a data-driven history of the coming of the machine age in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Featuring an innovative open access edition enhanced with interactive maps, ...

Hey! We have two new draft chapters of the Living with Machines book up online for your delectation! One on Mapreader and one on the Environmental Scan. read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/liv...

Banner with images of the 3 recipients of the CILIP 2025 Presidential Citations

Our President, @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social announces her Presidential Citations.

🎉Congratulations to @philbradley.bsky.social, Dr Carla Hayden & Maja Maricevic. Three individuals who've shown exceptional dedication, leadership & innovation. #CILIPAGM www.cilip.org.uk/page/preside...

Go Maja! 'Maja Maricevic is awarded the Presidential Citation in recognition of her outstanding work as a driving force behind the evolution of the Green Libraries movement.'

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

https://hcommons.social/@mia/115333567347425105

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

Draft Code of Ethics 2025 - Museums Association The code provides a framework for the practical application of ethical considerations to our everyday work in museums

The Museums Association's membership has voted to approve the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics 🗳️

We're pleased to announce that our members have ratified the updated code as part of the business of our AGM at this year's conference.

You can read the code on our website 👇

In case you missed it, British Library E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update from Sept 3: https://www.bl.uk/collection/ethos

EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.

✨Deeply honoured to deliver this year's Annual Digital Lecture at The National Archives! Drawing on our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project, I'll explore how preservation creates loss in the digital age and what that means for the politics of archives. Nov 20 6pm at Senate House, London. Do join us!

Join us on October 8 for a conversation about managing bots, including:

🔸 How institutions are managing overwhelming bot traffic;
🔸 the downstream ramifications of those safeguards;
🔸 and possible solutions for keeping IIIF resources available for reuse

Zoom info: iiif.io/community

CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.

📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH

Blogs and updates from curators, staff and guests - British Library Get the latest stories and updates from our curators, cataloguers, reference staff and guest contributors. Find out more about amazing items in our collection.

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social‬:
Our blogs have a new look: https://bit.ly/BL-Blogs

All previously published blog posts will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.

A group of students sat at a table examining documents and books from the Library's collection.

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.

Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...

Blogs and updates from curators, staff and guests - British Library Get the latest stories and updates from our curators, cataloguers, reference staff and guest contributors. Find out more about amazing items in our collection.

Our blogs have a new look: bit.ly/BL-Blogs

All previously published blogs will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.

Ethical terms of use Learn about our framework for including digitised collections in online projects, which considers both legal and ethical issues.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230921100918/https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-use
About: https://www.flickr.com/people/britishlibrary/ [2/2]

Content on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s greatest libraries. We hold over 13 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents and 3 million sound recordings. Open to everyone, the Library also offers exhibitions, events and a Treasures Gallery that displays over 200 items, including The Lindisfarne Gospel, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, Shakespeare’s First Folio, lyrics by The Beatles and the world’s earliest dated printed book, Diamond Sutra.

We've just updated the broken 'terms of use' links for our Flickr Commons images:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230325130540/https://www.bl.uk/about-us/terms-and-conditions/content-on-flickr-and-wikimedia-commons
Ethical terms of use [1/2]