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Librarian, Reader, Walker, Lover of all things ships and pirates

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University of Alberta Library Digital Scholarship Graduate Student Fellowship Program - Call for Applications

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjqfCgfEEY7_WEcOH6xD7eV8fByXBYHMWQxxWc0Zo0I/edit

This will be our third year offering these fellowships - digital scholarship is so broad that it […]

24.09.2025 19:09 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Season 2 of Gerber/Hart’s ‘Unboxing Queer History’ podcast confronts archival silences, centers new voices  - Windy City Times The second season of the podcast “Unboxing Queer History” invites listeners to experience historical materials from Gerber/Hart Library and Archives’s collections and follow along as the audio produce...

Season 2 of the "Unboxing Queer History" podcast explores everything from Chicago's lost lesbian bars to stories from today's queer elders—bringing the Gerber/Hart Library & Archives collection to life through audio storytelling.

✍️: Kayleigh Padar for @windycitytimes.com

23.09.2025 02:34 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Violet I am so very sorry to hear this.💔

29.07.2025 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
LibGuides: Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium: About MJOKLA LibGuides: Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium: About MJOKLA

Looking forward to the Metadata Justice in Oklahoma Libraries & Archives Symposium, happening online Thursday. Sessions on reparative description, LCSH revisions, Indigenous subject headings, & more. Registration is free! library.uco.edu/mjoklasympos... #critcat

15.07.2025 16:20 — 👍 20    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
A flyer for a set of documents "Demonstrating the value of cataloging". Six folders are labeled "talking points for administrators, top 5 reasons why you need a cataloger, annotated bibliography, resources list & acronym cheat sheet, side-by-side comparisons of good administrators bad metadata, and introduction to metadata zine. At the bottom text reads you can find these resources at the link in the post, and they were created by the ALA SAC Devaluation of Cataloging Working Group, 2025.

A flyer for a set of documents "Demonstrating the value of cataloging". Six folders are labeled "talking points for administrators, top 5 reasons why you need a cataloger, annotated bibliography, resources list & acronym cheat sheet, side-by-side comparisons of good administrators bad metadata, and introduction to metadata zine. At the bottom text reads you can find these resources at the link in the post, and they were created by the ALA SAC Devaluation of Cataloging Working Group, 2025.

Could you use help explaining the value of #cataloging & good metadata to your admin, coworkers, #MLIS students, etc.? Happy to share this set of resources put together by an ALA working group chaired by @magsjoy.bsky.social. All of these & more are available at hdl.handle.net/11213/22872. 📚

03.04.2025 18:35 — 👍 112    🔁 54    💬 2    📌 3
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Archivist Actions Abolitionist Futures • CLIR Alison Clemens and Jessica Farrell, editors January 2025. 47 pp. (electronic only)CLIR pub 193 PDF download >> Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarcerat...

New collection of short essays: "Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration," edited by Alison Clemens & Jessica Farrell www.clir.org/pubs/reports...

16.01.2025 15:43 — 👍 17    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

Lovely to see you too @violetbfox.bsky.social Looking forward to all the critcat things!

18.11.2024 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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