William Kilbride
@williamkilbride.bsky.social
... mostly about digital preservation but also everything else too. Works for the Digital Preservation Coalition. Occasionally Professor at Glasgow Univ. Personal opinions.
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I mostly chatter about #digitalpreservation. Here are a bunch of others who do the same. go.bsky.app/7GdMRS3
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📣 JOB KLAXON
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣 JOB KLAXON
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
Join us as a Project Manager (0.60FTE) on a fixed term 3 month contract (available to start from 1st February 2026)
All the details are on the Lancaster University website 👉 buff.ly/A70OcHY
Don't delay, get your application in today!
I need an urgent ruling re #Whamageddon from those who know. Walked into child one's room this morning and Last Christmas was playing on the radio. Is that us both knocked out till 2026?
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November 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I need an urgent ruling re #Whamageddon from those who know. Walked into child one's room this morning and Last Christmas was playing on the radio. Is that us both knocked out till 2026?
Happy Thanksgiving to all out wonderful #Dpc #digitalpreservation colleagues in the US, and the many others around the world who celebrate. #digipres
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November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all out wonderful #Dpc #digitalpreservation colleagues in the US, and the many others around the world who celebrate. #digipres
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📣 Archive job klaxon: Newcastle University are hiring a Digital Preservation Project Officer F/T 3yrs. Closing date 12 Dec 2025.
#digipres
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#digipres
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Digital Preservation Project Officer
Digital Preservation Project Officer
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📣 Archive job klaxon: Newcastle University are hiring a Digital Preservation Project Officer F/T 3yrs. Closing date 12 Dec 2025.
#digipres
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#digipres
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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Our Content Provider #NationalArchivesUk (TNA) created a "Rapid response collecting" guide on how archivists can deal with unexpected events nationally or locally – a very interesting and useful read www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/rapid-response-collecting-from-the-uk-national-archives/
Rapid Response Collecting from the UK National Archives
www.archivesportaleurope.net
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our Content Provider #NationalArchivesUk (TNA) created a "Rapid response collecting" guide on how archivists can deal with unexpected events nationally or locally – a very interesting and useful read www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/rapid-response-collecting-from-the-uk-national-archives/
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Job Alert! DH postdoc at Edinburgh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana", which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Job Alert! DH postdoc at Edinburgh - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on the AHRC-funded project "Voices in Slavery’s Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana", which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
This is a beautiful short read. Exactly at the intersection of so many things that hold my attention. Bravo Dr Space Junk.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This is a beautiful short read. Exactly at the intersection of so many things that hold my attention. Bravo Dr Space Junk.
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Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
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Our November newsletter is out now!
We have lots of updates to share from a busy month, including some exciting news about iPRES 2030, the DRI AI Statement, DPASSH Call for Papers and more!
Read the latest issue and subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...
We have lots of updates to share from a busy month, including some exciting news about iPRES 2030, the DRI AI Statement, DPASSH Call for Papers and more!
Read the latest issue and subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our November newsletter is out now!
We have lots of updates to share from a busy month, including some exciting news about iPRES 2030, the DRI AI Statement, DPASSH Call for Papers and more!
Read the latest issue and subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...
We have lots of updates to share from a busy month, including some exciting news about iPRES 2030, the DRI AI Statement, DPASSH Call for Papers and more!
Read the latest issue and subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...
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The university is seeking a new University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources. Maybe that's you!
Come join us in the CUNYverse, the best urban university system in the world!
Come join us in the CUNYverse, the best urban university system in the world!
CUNY job alert: University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The university is seeking a new University Dean for Libraries and Information Resources. Maybe that's you!
Come join us in the CUNYverse, the best urban university system in the world!
Come join us in the CUNYverse, the best urban university system in the world!
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Come & work with me! We’re looking for a project manager to oversee digitisation of the National Farm Survey & other grant-funded projects. Fixed-term until March 2027. £39.5k-48.4k. Apply by 3 Dec 2025. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Come & work with me! We’re looking for a project manager to oversee digitisation of the National Farm Survey & other grant-funded projects. Fixed-term until March 2027. £39.5k-48.4k. Apply by 3 Dec 2025. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Exciting news of not one but TWO new DPC members while i was travelling home from @ipres2025.bsky.social #digitalpreservation #digipres woohoo!
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November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Exciting news of not one but TWO new DPC members while i was travelling home from @ipres2025.bsky.social #digitalpreservation #digipres woohoo!
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
Great to travel, but greater to be home. Cheers. #confinedcocktails
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Great to travel, but greater to be home. Cheers. #confinedcocktails
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🎉 A warm welcome to McGill University Libraries and McGill University Archives, joining the Digital Preservation Coalition #DPC as our newest Associate Member 🎉 Nous nous réjouissons de collaborer avec vous et de soutenir vos futurs projets au sein de la communauté de la DPC 👉🏼 buff.ly/vnYZ9Ha
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🎉 A warm welcome to McGill University Libraries and McGill University Archives, joining the Digital Preservation Coalition #DPC as our newest Associate Member 🎉 Nous nous réjouissons de collaborer avec vous et de soutenir vos futurs projets au sein de la communauté de la DPC 👉🏼 buff.ly/vnYZ9Ha
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Thanks to the Australian Society of Archivists for a fabulous conference. Great to see everyone, including @williamkilbride.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Thanks to the Australian Society of Archivists for a fabulous conference. Great to see everyone, including @williamkilbride.bsky.social
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#DPC Members: Join our Audio Visual SIG on 27 Nov (09:00 SGT / 12:00 AEDT / 14:00 NZST) and hear from Tom Ackroyd on preserving DVD-Video.
Do come along, sign up here 👉 buff.ly/DMAX43y
Do come along, sign up here 👉 buff.ly/DMAX43y
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#DPC Members: Join our Audio Visual SIG on 27 Nov (09:00 SGT / 12:00 AEDT / 14:00 NZST) and hear from Tom Ackroyd on preserving DVD-Video.
Do come along, sign up here 👉 buff.ly/DMAX43y
Do come along, sign up here 👉 buff.ly/DMAX43y
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Up and running with the wonderful Australian Society of Archivists conference in Sydney. Community. Connection. Resilience. #tellingourstories #ArchivesMatter
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Up and running with the wonderful Australian Society of Archivists conference in Sydney. Community. Connection. Resilience. #tellingourstories #ArchivesMatter
Update on 2025. This just finished.
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Update on 2025. This just finished.
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Help your colleagues understand what’s at risk. The new #BitList includes tailormade messages for government and regulators—ready to share. Use the sector messages to advocate for accountability, compliance, and long-term access👉 buff.ly/HLHuXIw
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Help your colleagues understand what’s at risk. The new #BitList includes tailormade messages for government and regulators—ready to share. Use the sector messages to advocate for accountability, compliance, and long-term access👉 buff.ly/HLHuXIw
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We're very pleased to announce that the @nlireland.bsky.social will co-host iPRES 2030, which will be held in Belfast and Dublin in Sept 2030. The 5-day conference will be led by a consortium group across the island of Ireland.
➡️ Learn more: www.nli.ie/news-stories...
➡️ Learn more: www.nli.ie/news-stories...
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We're very pleased to announce that the @nlireland.bsky.social will co-host iPRES 2030, which will be held in Belfast and Dublin in Sept 2030. The 5-day conference will be led by a consortium group across the island of Ireland.
➡️ Learn more: www.nli.ie/news-stories...
➡️ Learn more: www.nli.ie/news-stories...
'Digital erasure is no accident. Whether data loss is nefarious or negligent; it’s a choice. It’s a choice we do not make.' #wdpd2025 #digitalpreservation #digipres More blogging by me. www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/cl...
A Better Way: Why Preserve - Digital Preservation Coalition
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November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
'Digital erasure is no accident. Whether data loss is nefarious or negligent; it’s a choice. It’s a choice we do not make.' #wdpd2025 #digitalpreservation #digipres More blogging by me. www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/cl...