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Matt Huculak

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Librarian. Director, Kula Library Futures Academy. Dad. Erstwhile modernist and periodical / book history person. 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Nov 28

"Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Longevity" has just been published in The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities. Many thanks to @gworthey.bsky.social & Isabel Galina Russell, eds. extraordinaire! doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Lon

Academic libraries and archives struggle to preserve Digital Humanities (DH) projects due to the divide between faculty expectations and operational realities

doi.org

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to working with the library and archives community on our futures! news.uvic.ca/2025/reimagi...

Reimagining the future of libraries - UVic News

In a time shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), misinformation and complex global challenges, trusted sources of knowledge have never been more vital.

news.uvic.ca

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Jun 19

Academic libraries are catalysts for innovation and creativity. We are a place for conversations, debates, and sense-making in a world of polarized and entrenched views. Join us in Victoria, BC, Sept. 15 & 16 for a discussion on Truth, Knowledge, & Society kulalaunch.eventbrite.ca #libraries #uvic

Kula Academy Launch: Symposium on Truth, Knowledge, & Society

Join us for engaging discussions with internationally renowned thinkers about the future of democratic societies.

kulalaunch.eventbrite.ca

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hallelujah! SSHRC and NSERC integrate ORCID into Convergence!!! www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

NSERC - Latest News - Enhancements to the Convergence platform: Integration of Open Researcher and Contributor ID and principal research ...

To better meet the evolving needs of researchers, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working together to introduce two key updates to the Convergence platform.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · May 12

Grateful today for the Endings Project @dhquarterly.bsky.social 2023 special issue:

www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/1...

ed. @jmhuculak.bsky.social @janellejenstad.bsky.social @martindholmes.bsky.social

Chock full of fantastic articles that are more relevant than ever

DHQ table of contents:
[en] Introduction to Special Issue: Project Resiliency in the Digital Humanities
Martin Holmes, University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre; Janelle Jenstad, University of Victoria Department of English; J. Matthew Huculak, University of Victoria Advanced Research Services & Digital Scholarship Librarian
Abstract [en]
Articles
[en] The Stories We Tell: Project Narratives, Project Endings, and the Affective Value of Collaboration
Claire Battershill, University of Toronto
Abstract [en]
[en] “No Boutique or Fashionable Technologies”: Project Development, Mentorship, and Sustainability in an Innovation-First World
Constance Crompton, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa
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[en] Academics Retire and Servers Die: Adventures in the Hosting and Storage of Digital Humanities Projects
James Cummings, Newcastle University
Abstract [en]
[en] The Dangers of Disappearance, the Opportunities of Recovery
Sara Diamond, OCAD University Faculty of Arts & Science
Abstract [en]
[en] Doing it for Ourselves: The New Archive Built by and Responsive to the Researcher
Nick Thieberger, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia
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[en] “Follow the Money?”: Funding and Digital Sustainability
Jessica Otis, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
Abstract [en]
[en] From Tamagotchis to Pet Rocks: On Learning to Love Simplicity through the Endings Principles
Martin Holmes, University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre; Joey Takeda, Digital Humanities Innovation Lab, Simon Fraser University
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[en] Reference Rot in the Digital Humanities Literature: An Analysis of Citations Containing Website Links in DHQ
Zach Coble, New York University Libraries; Jojo Karlin, New York University Libraries
Abstract [en]
[en] The Project Endings Interviews: A Summary of Methodological Foundations
Emily Comeau, University of British Columbia
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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · May 10

Excellent podcast on why google search sucks now and why the internet is ruined. Information professionals: now is our time www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Don't Be Evil | Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Google Search was the gold standard — a product born in a dorm room during the internet’s early, idealistic era. But when internal emails surfaced they revealed a deeper conflict inside the company: w...

www.cbc.ca

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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Apr 30

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All' 📚
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.

www.npr.org

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Apr 24

Did you know #Canada had an early homegrown #internet called #Telidon? That it was used by artists to share early electronic art? And #librarians & researchers recovered that art thought lost? Check out the fascinating story of "Remembering Tomorrow: A Telidon Story": www.remembertomorrow.ca/en-ca

Remember Tomorrow: A Telidon Story

Home page for the online exhibition Remember Tomorrow: The Telidon Story. Curated by Shauna Jean Doherty for InterAccess with the support of Digital Museums Canada.

www.remembertomorrow.ca

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Apr 4

Hats off to the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and the southern state councils for leading the way in speaking up about what they're losing with the NEH funding cuts.

Cuts to NEH and Humanities Councils: What Southern States Will Lose - Federation of State Humanities Councils

www.statehumanities.org

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Apr 4

There are many challenges being faced by many in America today, but at this moment, I want to call attention to all the good folks who are losing their jobs without due process.

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Apr 4

As someone who has worked on NEH-funded projects, I can tell you their programs are lights of knowledge that shine in the darkness, that reveal something about who we are, where we have been, and where we can go as a people.

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thinking of all my colleagues at the @nehgov.bsky.social (NEH) today. This is not okay. A culture is defined by its shared values--by the tangible and intangible works that are passed from one generation to the other.

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Feb 26

#librarians, especially in the #UK: does anyone have contact information for the family of Gordon Eric Maxim, the author of _A History of Library Publishing_? I believe he passed in 2019 in Derbyshire. If so, would love to contact his kin. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00695...

Catalog Record: A history of library publishing : 1600 to the present day

catalog.hathitrust.org

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Feb 25

Still a useful technology. Researching publishing in libraries. Thank you for your ILL #microfilm @uclalibrary.bsky.social !

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Feb 25

So we meet again, my friend….

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Feb 12

Proud to see @zapthelibrarian.bsky.social and Monique Grenier sharing their experiences of our faculty member - liaison librarian mentorship program at @uvic.bsky.social Libraries in the current issue of College & Research Libraries News @ala-acrl.bsky.social 👏👏👏: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

Librarian-Faculty Mentorship: The Missing Link to Departmental Culture | Grenier | College & Research Libraries News02_GrenierPremji

Librarian-Faculty Mentorship: The Missing Link to Departmental Culture

crln.acrl.org

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · Jan 10

'There is no political power without power over the archive' (Derrida) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...

Trump Says He’ll Replace Leader of National Archives (Gift Article)

The president-elect’s suggestion that he plans to replace the head of the agency comes after her predecessor raised alarms about his handling of presidential records.

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Dec 13

The Scroll Prize is hiring an Annotation Specialist: scrollprize.org/jobs

Vesuvius Challenge

A $1,000,000+ machine learning and computer vision competition

scrollprize.org

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Dec 4

For academics who are wondering if bluesky is "worth it" compared to Mastodon or other platforms, here is what @altmetric.com has to say... (thanks to @lauraestill.bsky.social for feeding my data addiction)

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Dec 4

Just want to highlight the lovely work of the English Oak Project, which given the "root" of the word "book", deserves librarian praise @thekentacorn.bsky.social #trees

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Dec 4

thank you, Amanda! A great book full of wonderful contributions

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Nov 28

Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Lon

Academic libraries and archives struggle to preserve Digital Humanities (DH) projects due to the divide between faculty expectations and operational realities

doi.org

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Nov 28

also highly recommend Richard Ovendon's Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. It's still happening now

anachron @anachron2.bsky.social · Nov 21

Highly recommend "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" by Richard Ovendon. It touches on the difficulty of this sort of endeavor

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anachron @anachron2.bsky.social · Nov 21

Highly recommend "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" by Richard Ovendon. It touches on the difficulty of this sort of endeavor

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Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Nov 28

Would love to hear what you think the "future" of libraries are: what collaborations, technologies, spaces, collections, people, ... would YOU like to see in the coming five years? Let's chat in the comments! #libraries #archives

Matt Huculak @jmhuculak.bsky.social · Nov 21

What are the futures of libraries? What type of work does the Kula Academy support? The work of @uvic postdoctoral fellow Nathaniel Brunt provides one answer to these questions #libraries #archives @UVicResearch @UVicLib www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...

Preserving at-risk archives - University of Victoria

Post-doctoral fellow Nathaniel Brunt's field work in northern Iraq is shaped by present-day geo-political forces, human rights violations, and the urgent need to preserve at-risk community-based archi...