OhioDIG (Ohio Digitization Interest Group)
@ohiodig.bsky.social
Ohio Digitization Interest Group: informal discussion group open to all w/ interest in cultural heritage digitization, description, access, digital preservation. We meet 6x a yr, half in person/half virtual. Free meetings since 2005! https://ohiodig.org
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OhioDIG MEETINGS – Ohio Digitization Interest Group – OhioDIG
ohiodig.org
#OhioDIG '26 Meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
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We want to hear from you! Please consider joining us for our Community Call on December 4th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT. We will discuss themes, explore site customization, and invite you to share your project with the group! Register today:
Meeting Registration - Zoom
The Omeka team invites all interested parties to join us for a brief presentation of our current work followed by an open dialogue about the platforms. We want to know what you are working on, what your stumbling blocks are, and what you would like the platforms to do in the future.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We want to hear from you! Please consider joining us for our Community Call on December 4th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT. We will discuss themes, explore site customization, and invite you to share your project with the group! Register today:
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The @clirnews.bsky.social is accepting applications for Recordings at Risk, which supports the preservation of rare audio and AV content on degradin. CLIR will host a webinar on Dec 2 to share info about the program and answer questions. Registration is required: clirdlf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The @clirnews.bsky.social is accepting applications for Recordings at Risk, which supports the preservation of rare audio and AV content on degradin. CLIR will host a webinar on Dec 2 to share info about the program and answer questions. Registration is required: clirdlf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
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Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Recording & slides for 11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting now online!
It covered text/audio transcription, #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. Thank you speakers!
Visit meetings page and scroll down to that meeting. ohiodig.org/meetings
It covered text/audio transcription, #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. Thank you speakers!
Visit meetings page and scroll down to that meeting. ohiodig.org/meetings
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Recording & slides for 11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting now online!
It covered text/audio transcription, #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. Thank you speakers!
Visit meetings page and scroll down to that meeting. ohiodig.org/meetings
It covered text/audio transcription, #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. Thank you speakers!
Visit meetings page and scroll down to that meeting. ohiodig.org/meetings
#OhioDIG '26 Meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
OhioDIG MEETINGS – Ohio Digitization Interest Group – OhioDIG
ohiodig.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#OhioDIG '26 Meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
Jan– virtual– Digital Preservation
Mar– virtual– Image Quality, OD PhaseOne UG
May– inperson– Topic TBD– Case Western Reserve, CLE
July– inperson– Topic TBD– Wright State, Dayton
Sep– inperson– Topic TBD– Seeking Columbus host!
Nov– virtual– Topic TBD
ohiodig.org/meetings
ICYMI, our #OhioDIG Insta this week was a #KentStateLibraries take over!
Check it out: www.instagram.com/ohiodig/
And Ohio #digitization / #digipres folks, watch for a call soon to do your own take over!
#OhioArchivists #DigitalArchives
Check it out: www.instagram.com/ohiodig/
And Ohio #digitization / #digipres folks, watch for a call soon to do your own take over!
#OhioArchivists #DigitalArchives
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ICYMI, our #OhioDIG Insta this week was a #KentStateLibraries take over!
Check it out: www.instagram.com/ohiodig/
And Ohio #digitization / #digipres folks, watch for a call soon to do your own take over!
#OhioArchivists #DigitalArchives
Check it out: www.instagram.com/ohiodig/
And Ohio #digitization / #digipres folks, watch for a call soon to do your own take over!
#OhioArchivists #DigitalArchives
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Mapping workshop!
We are at Nelsonville Public Library 2-4 PM Weds 11/19, for an exploration of interactive historical #maps and #LocalHistory!
Event details: https://bit.ly/peters-mapping-workshop
#NelsonvilleOhio #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #FromTheArchives #archives #workshops #libraries #history
We are at Nelsonville Public Library 2-4 PM Weds 11/19, for an exploration of interactive historical #maps and #LocalHistory!
Event details: https://bit.ly/peters-mapping-workshop
#NelsonvilleOhio #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #FromTheArchives #archives #workshops #libraries #history
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mapping workshop!
We are at Nelsonville Public Library 2-4 PM Weds 11/19, for an exploration of interactive historical #maps and #LocalHistory!
Event details: https://bit.ly/peters-mapping-workshop
#NelsonvilleOhio #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #FromTheArchives #archives #workshops #libraries #history
We are at Nelsonville Public Library 2-4 PM Weds 11/19, for an exploration of interactive historical #maps and #LocalHistory!
Event details: https://bit.ly/peters-mapping-workshop
#NelsonvilleOhio #AthensOhio #OHIOUniversity #FromTheArchives #archives #workshops #libraries #history
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
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And our next open submission window is January 2026
See submission guidelines here - pay attention to the sub-pages with information about journal style, our AI policy, and our open review process.
See submission guidelines here - pay attention to the sub-pages with information about journal style, our AI policy, and our open review process.
Submission Guidelines – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And our next open submission window is January 2026
See submission guidelines here - pay attention to the sub-pages with information about journal style, our AI policy, and our open review process.
See submission guidelines here - pay attention to the sub-pages with information about journal style, our AI policy, and our open review process.
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ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
ACLS Online Fellowship and Grant Administration System
ofa.acls.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Register by Mon 5pm EST!
11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists, hosts, volunteers!
#transcription #digitization
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11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists, hosts, volunteers!
#transcription #digitization
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OhioDIG Meeting Registration--Virtual--2025-11-12
Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our November meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 for a panel discussion.
Registration: Please register by Monday, Novembe...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Register by Mon 5pm EST!
11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists, hosts, volunteers!
#transcription #digitization
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11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists, hosts, volunteers!
#transcription #digitization
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The next one in this series of workshops is 11/13, 2025 at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST. Theme: Edit-a-Thons.
Register now at bit.ly/DPLA-wiki-workshop
#Wikipedia
Register now at bit.ly/DPLA-wiki-workshop
#Wikipedia
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The next one in this series of workshops is 11/13, 2025 at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST. Theme: Edit-a-Thons.
Register now at bit.ly/DPLA-wiki-workshop
#Wikipedia
Register now at bit.ly/DPLA-wiki-workshop
#Wikipedia
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Cleveland, OH: Northeast Ohio Broadcast Archives Manager, Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, OH: Northeast Ohio Broadcast Archives Manager, Cleveland Public Library
archivesgig.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cleveland, OH: Northeast Ohio Broadcast Archives Manager, Cleveland Public Library
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New survey researching how recent policy shifts within the U.S. in higher education are impacting DEI reparative metadata/cataloging efforts in academic libraries & archives in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. 📚 #critcat uncg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity
Survey for "Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity".
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
New survey researching how recent policy shifts within the U.S. in higher education are impacting DEI reparative metadata/cataloging efforts in academic libraries & archives in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. 📚 #critcat uncg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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spreadsheets are still the undisputed champion of digital preservation #digipres #ipres2025
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
spreadsheets are still the undisputed champion of digital preservation #digipres #ipres2025
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🎉Another great read for #WDPD2025 🎉Digitizing illustrated periodicals preserves more than pages. It safeguards cultural memory, expands access, and opens new audiences. Exact Editions shows us #WhyPreserve for #WDPD2025. Read more👉 www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/bl...
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉Another great read for #WDPD2025 🎉Digitizing illustrated periodicals preserves more than pages. It safeguards cultural memory, expands access, and opens new audiences. Exact Editions shows us #WhyPreserve for #WDPD2025. Read more👉 www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/bl...
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Register for 11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists 👇, hosts, volunteers! 1/2
#transcription #digitization
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#transcription #digitization
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OhioDIG Meeting Registration--Virtual--2025-11-12
Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our November meeting (virtual) at 10:30am on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 for a panel discussion.
Registration: Please register by Monday, Novembe...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Register for 11/12 #OhioDIG "Tech Tools for Transcription" virtual meeting. Text/audio transcription, incl #Transkribus, Generative AI tools, Open AI’s Whisper, vendor services. FREE, thx to our panelists 👇, hosts, volunteers! 1/2
#transcription #digitization
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#transcription #digitization
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Archives & Museums club visited Digital Initiatives and Mahn Center yesterday! Always happy to make new friends and share our work 🥰
Caption: Students view archives materials in Digital Initiatives.
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #archives #tour #ArchivesDive
Caption: Students view archives materials in Digital Initiatives.
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #archives #tour #ArchivesDive
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Archives & Museums club visited Digital Initiatives and Mahn Center yesterday! Always happy to make new friends and share our work 🥰
Caption: Students view archives materials in Digital Initiatives.
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #archives #tour #ArchivesDive
Caption: Students view archives materials in Digital Initiatives.
#OHIOUniversity #OHIOUniversityArchives #ForeverOHIO #archives #tour #ArchivesDive
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From Kiribati to Wellington and beyond, global #wdpd2025 celebrations are rolling - with stories, events and new releases all World #digitalpreservation Day long. Dive in this year's theme #whypreserve and find out what great things to expect 👉 https://www.dpconline.org/news/start-of-wdpd2025 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From Kiribati to Wellington and beyond, global #wdpd2025 celebrations are rolling - with stories, events and new releases all World #digitalpreservation Day long. Dive in this year's theme #whypreserve and find out what great things to expect 👉 https://www.dpconline.org/news/start-of-wdpd2025 🎉
Hybrid event on 11/12 from Ohio University.
Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
Check out our Mid-Semester Events Update!
Incl:
- HYBRID! Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
- Online exhibit: A Glance into Manuscript & Printed #Leaves, 1200-1700
#DigitalArchives #RareBooks #OHIOUniversity
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Incl:
- HYBRID! Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
- Online exhibit: A Glance into Manuscript & Printed #Leaves, 1200-1700
#DigitalArchives #RareBooks #OHIOUniversity
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email : Webview : Upcoming Events from Archives & Special Collections and Digital Initiatives
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November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hybrid event on 11/12 from Ohio University.
Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
Roundtable: Enslavement & Abolition in Antebellum Texts & Contemporary Artists’ Books 11/12 1pm
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Listen in to the latest episode of Tea-break Archaeology!
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/teabreak/40
Featuring guest @lisafdavis.bsky.social
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/teabreak/40
Featuring guest @lisafdavis.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Listen in to the latest episode of Tea-break Archaeology!
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/teabreak/40
Featuring guest @lisafdavis.bsky.social
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/teabreak/40
Featuring guest @lisafdavis.bsky.social
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Springfield, OH: Special Collections & Instruction Librarian, Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH: Special Collections & Instruction Librarian, Wittenberg University
archivesgig.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Springfield, OH: Special Collections & Instruction Librarian, Wittenberg University
My colleague Madison Good will be giving a virtual talk about artist Margaret Armstrong & the books we have designed by her on Wednesday. Details & registration: library.osu.edu/events/the-b...
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We're blown away by the level of interest so far and looking forward to a great couple of days exploring accessibility and/in archives and collections!
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
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November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're blown away by the level of interest so far and looking forward to a great couple of days exploring accessibility and/in archives and collections!