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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · 24d

Check out this new article—"The Invisible Default: Examining Representation in Digital Collections"—that Dorothy Terry, Jasmine S. Kirby, @racheljwittmann.bsky.social, and @annaneat.bsky.social just published in ITAL!

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The Invisible Default: Examining Representation in Digital Collections | Information Technology and Libraries

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Aug 22

Tune in to #NISOPlus25 on September 16 at 3pm ET to hear more about what the MaRMAT team has been up to!

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NISO @nisoinfo.bsky.social · Aug 21

Love #metadata? #NISOPlus25 (September 16–17) has got you covered with sessions like Reparative Metadata Assessment with MaRMAT, presented by @lib.utah.edu librarians @kpalex91.bsky.social Aiden deBoer & Rachel Wittmann. Join from anywhere (it's a virtual conference!): niso.plus/niso-plus-20...

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Aug 20

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's finally happening!! The edited volume that @librarianchef.bsky.social & I have been working on with so many amazing researchers is finally available for Preorder with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social! I'm so proud!! #amwriting #archaeology #deathstudies

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Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Aug 12

It’s been awesome to work with @graveyardarch.bsky.social and @librarianchef.bsky.social to get a sneak peak at some new work included in their collection!

Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present is now available for preorder! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/spinellideath

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Aug 2

🎙️Plan for a coffin train I mention on @deathstudiespod.bsky.social! This would have transported corpses ~30 km from Paris to Méry-sur-Oise, where Haussmann planned to build a 5k-acre Necropolis (that’s roughly 45x the size of Père-Lachaise!) to accommodate Paris’s dead for the next 600 years 🚂⚰️

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Aug 2

Always a pleasure to nerd out over cemeteries and data!

The Death Studies Podcast @deathstudiespod.bsky.social · Aug 1

New episode ft. @kpalex91.bsky.social ! If you like cemeteries, than this is the episode for you!

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The Death Studies Podcast

Podcast · The Death Studies Podcast · The Death Studies Podcast is a platform for the diversity of voices in, around and contributing to the academic field of Death Studies. Find out more at www.thede...

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Jul 25

New blog post for Flatpage!

Guide to Writing Alt Text for Museum Websites and Guides

Learn the key strategies for writing alt text for museums to make visual content accessible and engaging for diverse audiences.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · Jul 1

In light of the news on my first day of sabbatical: gender is a social construct, trans women are women, no amount of complying with authoritarians who pretend they will only strip some people but not you of rights will keep you safe. And in 2025 university administrators should know all of that.

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks for documenting us, @annaneat.bsky.social!

Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 30

MaRMAT presentation kicking off #ALAAC25 @racheljwittmann.bsky.social @kpalex91.bsky.social

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Jun 30

Come check out MaRMAT at #ALAAC25!

Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 30

Please join @racheljwittmann.bsky.social and @kpalex91.bsky.social for Reparative Metadata Assessment with MaRMAT: A New Tool for Identifying Harmful and Outdated Language today at 2:00 cdmcd.co/5n5ywB #ALAAC25 - session will demo the tool with time for you to get it up and running on your laptop!

ALA 2025 Annual Conference

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Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 29

We're presenting in just a few minutes as part of the Metadata Interest Group program on Assessing Metadata for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Cultural Heritage Institutions cdmcd.co/LE4qmd #ALAAC25 @kpalex91.bsky.social @racheljwittmann.bsky.social

ALA 2025 Annual Conference

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Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 28

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our great team at the University of Utah is presenting at ALA on a new, free open source tool that helps with reparative metadata projects! #ALAAC25 www.marmatproject.org

Home - MaRMAT

MaRMAT Marriott Reparative metadata assessment tool Download MaRMAT 2.6.0-RC Heading to ALA in June? Be sure to find us at the Philadelphia Convention Center for our MaRMAT presentation and demo, "Rep...

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Radical History Review @radhistreview.bsky.social · Jun 14

New issue published! **Memory over Forgetting: Monuments, Memorials, and Intangible Heritage** - www.radicalhistoryreview.org/memory-over-...

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · Jun 14

Being a historian doesn’t give me the mantle of authority to say definitively what’s happening here or how anyone should respond, but I feel qualified to say this: If you were writing an account of how the United States devolved into violence and fragmentation, all this would be chapter 1 or 2.

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Le Champ du repos: A Tidy Approach to Early Epitaphs in Père-Lachaise Cemetery

Before the 19th century, burial practices often favored the wealthy, with the poor buried in mass graves. But during the time of Napoleon, new burial rules promised that everyone, rich or poor, could ...

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · May 28

PhD fellowship advertised here at the Center for Digital Narrative to research Computational Narrative Systems with @docmofo.bsky.social - applications due August 15! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Digital Culture with the Center for Digital Narrative (280653), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · May 27

🪦 Thrilled to share that my chapter, “Le Champ du repos: A Tidy Approach to Early Epitaphs in Père-Lachaise Cemetery,” has been published in a new volume for Brill’s Intersections series, Funerary Inscriptions in Early Modern Europe: Shaping Identities to Remember.

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Chapter 17 Le Champ du repos: A Tidy Approach to Early Epitaphs in Père-Lachaise Cemetery

Abstract Contrary to pre-Modern burial practices, Napoleonic-era burial reforms promised separate graves for all and permanent burial for those who could afford it, thereby establishing a pseudo-democ...

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · May 7

Proud of SLC!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 7

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

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Harald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · May 7

New CFP: What Do (Digital) Images Want? Join us in exploring a decade of data, power & visual knowledge!
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CFP: What Do (Digital) Images Want? A Decade of Data, Power, and Visual Knowledge in Art History — DAHJ

The International Journal for Digital Art History (DAHJ) marks its 10th anniversary at a crucial moment when digital images are not only omnipresent in daily life, but are generated by active agents...

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Harald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · May 7

We celebrate 10 years of International Journal for Digital Art History (DAHJ)—connecting global voices & reshaping art history through digital methods, collaboration & critical debate.

#DigitalArtHistory #DigitalHumanities #ArtHistory

A graphic featuring the text "DAHJ" intertwined with geometric shapes and lines, accompanied by the numbers "00" and "10" in a modern font. The color scheme includes shades of blue and black.

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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · Apr 24

I ran grant programs at @nehgov.bsky.social for over a decade. With colleagues, oversaw review of thousands of grant applications. Witnessed care & thoughtfulness of hundreds of reviewers. This statement is insulting to all of them. Whoever wrote it should be ashamed.

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An Update on NEH Funding Priorities and the Agency’s Recent Implementation of Trump Administration Executive Orders

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · Apr 24

They’re taking *our* investment—the money that we spent months writing grants for, the hours and hours we all spent reviewing each others’ work, the money that was supposed to go to libraries and community groups—and blowing it on this nonsense.

Rob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · Apr 24

“the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity to support the design and creation of statues of important American historical figures for the planned National Garden of American Heroes.” bit.ly/42KlpCz

NEH Announces Grant Opportunity to Create Statues of Iconic Americans for the National Garden of American Heroes

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Kaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · Apr 24

Looking forward to my first #ALAAnnual Conference this June! @racheljwittmann.bsky.social, @annaneat.bsky.social, and I will be sharing the new and improved MaRMAT, our open-source software for assessing collections metadata. Until then, check out MaRMAT (Beta) on GitHub: github.com/marriott-lib...!

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