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Mary Borgo Ton

@maryton.bsky.social

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Digital Humanities Librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, magic lantern enthusiast, and maker. Opinions my own.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello, BlueSky! Excited to see the DH conversation move here. Photo of recent photogrammetry experiment for tax.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · 16d

It was an absolute joy to coauthor a piece on supporting text mining across disciplines with @hagman.bsky.social! Looking forward to reading the other pieces in this collection!

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) @ala-acrl.bsky.social · 27d

Our latest book - "Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians," edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall - demonstrates how academic libraries are supporting TDM literacy through services, workflows, and professional development. https://bit.ly/428QlNC

Promotional banner for a new book from ACRL titled 'Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians', edited by Whitney Kramer, Illiana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall. The left side displays the book title in multicolored bars, and the right side features the text against a dark background.

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excited to be joining #SHARP2025 virtually this morning! Massive thanks to the conference organizers and Liz Hoiem for accommodating multiple panelists joining from afar!

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 22

Too much to absorb at #buildingbooklabs25 to post, but I will be returning to the teaching techniques and advocacy strategies we discussed time and again over the next few months. Massive kudos to @skeuomorphpress.org and @ryancordell.org for bringing us together!

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · May 21

"My artist's book will not get me tenure but my article about the artist's book will. [...] Even though the artists book makes the argument better"

We have to change our understanding of what citation looks like, what rigor means

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

#buildingbooklabs25

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 20

Stealing your metaphor from now on: "just because the ingredients for tacos are present doesn't mean that tacos will happen."🌮🌪️

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 20

Very excited to kickoff #buildingbooklabs25 and to welcome so many #DHmakes folks! If you need some help wayfinding, please find me!

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 12

*cackles with glee*

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 12

Absolutely stunning!!! 😍

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 2

Me reading the bits that campus legal added

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Alt: Person gleefully eating popcorn

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · May 2

Massive thanks to our Sponsored Program Administration and our campus legal team for submitting an appeal to the NEH on our behalf! With all the battles going on right now, to have their support means more than words can express.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 29

The Campus Legal team is weighing in on ours because an appeal creates a liability for the University.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 11

I am so sorry.

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 8

I am so sorry to hear about this- the hands-experience students gain through this program is absolutely vital for interdisciplinary training. Solidarity, Patty❤️

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Dr. Jennifer Guiliano @jenguiliano.bsky.social · Apr 4

the loss of @neh-odh.bsky.social @nehgov.bsky.social and IMLS will undoubtedly impact humanities and digital humanities research and teaching for decades to come. Worse is the separation of the incredible staffs at those agencies who have decades of stewardship and leadership in cultural heritage.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

You and your colleagues are beloved. We deeply appreciate all that you have done to support the humanities.❤️

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

Meant to say that we sent a message through eGMS asking for confirmation.

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

Haven't had the heart to check eGMS after that message. I am so sorry to hear that your grant may be affected too.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

We sent a message through eGMS. The response from the NEH confirmed that our grant had been terminated by DOGE. The NEH did not
include a copy of the letter or mention the exact email address for DOGE, but did encourage sending questions to the NEH chair's .gov address.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

Update to add that we got confirmation from the NEH through eGMS that our grant has been terminated. Going to file an appeal and are reaching out to the NHA and ACH to join the network of folks impacted by this.

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Zeb Larson @zeblarson.bsky.social · Apr 4

It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 4

I am so sorry to hear that your grant is affected too. Was hoping that the AI grants would be spared. We confirmed our HCRR was cancelled through eGMS and are planning to contest.

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yes- we started last October and planned to complete the project in August 2026.

Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 3

Welp, just received confirmation through eGMS that NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant was cancelled by DOGE.

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Mary Borgo Ton @maryton.bsky.social · Apr 3

(Excuse the typo-- flurry of typing this morning to alert admin of the issue)