Diane Shaw
@museocat.bsky.social
Retired museum library cataloger in Washington, DC area. Fond of birds and travel.
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Blasted? Yikes
When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Blasted? Yikes
I remember Reagan claimed CO2 benefited trees as well.
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I remember Reagan claimed CO2 benefited trees as well.
I just don’t understand some folks’ eagerness to destroy whole lines of useful employment especially without pairing that with universal basic income. Absolute nonsense indeed!
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I just don’t understand some folks’ eagerness to destroy whole lines of useful employment especially without pairing that with universal basic income. Absolute nonsense indeed!
Perhaps this assumes every document etc. has been digitized but that will never be true and what is digitized needs a lot of added metadata and context. It’s clearly a fantasy made by those who don’t understand the work of historians.
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Perhaps this assumes every document etc. has been digitized but that will never be true and what is digitized needs a lot of added metadata and context. It’s clearly a fantasy made by those who don’t understand the work of historians.
As a librarian myself, I thought that omission was odd too. After all, the list includes Archivists.
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
As a librarian myself, I thought that omission was odd too. After all, the list includes Archivists.
The USA will need its own Stolpersteine project eventually, to mark the pavement in front of the homes where ICE & CBP took families away. www.stolpersteine.eu/en/the-art-m...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The USA will need its own Stolpersteine project eventually, to mark the pavement in front of the homes where ICE & CBP took families away. www.stolpersteine.eu/en/the-art-m...
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I am teaching my digital manuscripts seminar for the first time since the British Library hack that took all their digitized books offline and... it's a lot.
A downside of classroom exercises that require digital tools is that you constantly have to update them because websites disappear, apps change their interfaces (making your instructions out of date), and half the time what works on one computer doesn’t work on the next computer over.
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I am teaching my digital manuscripts seminar for the first time since the British Library hack that took all their digitized books offline and... it's a lot.
I kinda wish Canada would.
February 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I kinda wish Canada would.
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Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
Boyle’s “follow the money” video was especially enlightening. Just watching his latest video. I’m so glad he’s not deterred from pursuing this topic.
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Boyle’s “follow the money” video was especially enlightening. Just watching his latest video. I’m so glad he’s not deterred from pursuing this topic.
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An exhibit dedicated to the first African American soldiers to join the U.S. Army (#USCT #BuffaloSoldiers) is on display at the Ontario Museum of History and Art in Ontario, California.
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Ontario museum exhibit pays tribute Buffalo Soldiers, trailblazing US Army servicemembers
An exhibit dedicated to the first African-American soldiers to join the U.S. Army is on display at the Ontario Museum of History and Art.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
An exhibit dedicated to the first African American soldiers to join the U.S. Army (#USCT #BuffaloSoldiers) is on display at the Ontario Museum of History and Art in Ontario, California.
abc7.com/post/ontario...
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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I used to work at an Important Institution in the History of Medicine where we routinely displayed Vesalius’ very famous anatomy text, which was published in 1543. We showed lots of naked peeps.
Staff there now told me in 2023 that they were no longer to show naked pics! From 1543! To doctors!
Staff there now told me in 2023 that they were no longer to show naked pics! From 1543! To doctors!
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I used to work at an Important Institution in the History of Medicine where we routinely displayed Vesalius’ very famous anatomy text, which was published in 1543. We showed lots of naked peeps.
Staff there now told me in 2023 that they were no longer to show naked pics! From 1543! To doctors!
Staff there now told me in 2023 that they were no longer to show naked pics! From 1543! To doctors!
That’s a huge missed opportunity, especially when you are willing to set up a NACO funnel. Clean, reliable headings & metadata are crucial to good findability but I guess employers think AI will handle all that.
February 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
That’s a huge missed opportunity, especially when you are willing to set up a NACO funnel. Clean, reliable headings & metadata are crucial to good findability but I guess employers think AI will handle all that.
I’m so sorry you were laid off, Violet. You ought to be a top candidate in any search. I wish you luck in getting a good position that you like and can stay at. Your advice to hiring committees is on point and will hopefully embraced widely by libraries.
February 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I’m so sorry you were laid off, Violet. You ought to be a top candidate in any search. I wish you luck in getting a good position that you like and can stay at. Your advice to hiring committees is on point and will hopefully embraced widely by libraries.
Very true. My former employer (I’m retired) had over a dozen catalogers in the late 90s & early 2000s, now there’s only 1 not-yet-fully trained cataloger on staff. Another might be hired eventually but not likely soon. And this is at an employer with some of the most challenging items to describe.
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Very true. My former employer (I’m retired) had over a dozen catalogers in the late 90s & early 2000s, now there’s only 1 not-yet-fully trained cataloger on staff. Another might be hired eventually but not likely soon. And this is at an employer with some of the most challenging items to describe.
Yes, and it’s wonderful that Corvids still hang around during cold winters.
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Yes, and it’s wonderful that Corvids still hang around during cold winters.
I love those sassy Bluejays.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I love those sassy Bluejays.
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paid summer internship in our museum, it is in BOTANY but you cannot get in there without walking through the insect collection and being subjected to Beetle Facts drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
CMNH Botany Internship Solicitation 2026 .pdf
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February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
paid summer internship in our museum, it is in BOTANY but you cannot get in there without walking through the insect collection and being subjected to Beetle Facts drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
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And if you are a librarian who has used MMM in the past & plan to use MMM in 2026- drop me a DM :-D #2026MMM
a black and white photo of a dog wearing headphones and a bow tie talking on a telephone .
Alt: old timey footage of two dogs "talking" on old timey phones.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
And if you are a librarian who has used MMM in the past & plan to use MMM in 2026- drop me a DM :-D #2026MMM
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Checked out the Milwaukee Art Museum mainly to see the building.
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Checked out the Milwaukee Art Museum mainly to see the building.
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This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?
National Gallery of Art in DC is looking for a Library Technology & Systems Architect. This is a great position for a creative collaborative systems librarian! Closes 1/26 www.usajobs.gov/job/854819800
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal jobs across the United States and around the world as the official employment site for the federal government
<p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year—with millions more online&mdas...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?
Are we going after Antarctica next? 🐧
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Are we going after Antarctica next? 🐧
It would make more sense if Minnesota could be annexed by Canada, I think.
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
It would make more sense if Minnesota could be annexed by Canada, I think.
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John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.