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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 1d

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

https://hcommons.social/@mia/115333567347425105

Mia (@[email protected])

In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/blplaybills-org-better-search-results-using-llms #OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 1d

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · 1d

In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR

blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs

Search for, view and download 300 years of theatre posters from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1902.

www.bl.uk

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 1d

The Museums Association's membership has voted to approve the 2025 update to the Code of Ethics 🗳️

We're pleased to announce that our members have ratified the updated code as part of the business of our AGM at this year's conference.

You can read the code on our website 👇

Draft Code of Ethics 2025 - Museums Association

The code provides a framework for the practical application of ethical considerations to our everyday work in museums

www.museumsassociation.org

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 4d

In case you missed it, British Library E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update from Sept 3: https://www.bl.uk/collection/ethos

EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.

E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update

EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is the British Library’s database of UK doctoral theses.

www.bl.uk

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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 7d

✨Deeply honoured to deliver this year's Annual Digital Lecture at The National Archives! Drawing on our @erc.europa.eu Data Loss project, I'll explore how preservation creates loss in the digital age and what that means for the politics of archives. Nov 20 6pm at Senate House, London. Do join us!

Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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IIIF Consortium @iiif.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on October 8 for a conversation about managing bots, including:

🔸 How institutions are managing overwhelming bot traffic;
🔸 the downstream ramifications of those safeguards;
🔸 and possible solutions for keeping IIIF resources available for reuse

Zoom info: iiif.io/community

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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026
📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
📅 July 27-31, 2026
🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025
Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support
More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
#DH2026 #ADHO #KADH

CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.

dh2026.adho.org

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 8d

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social‬:
Our blogs have a new look: https://bit.ly/BL-Blogs

All previously published blog posts will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.

Blogs and updates from curators, staff and guests - British Library

Get the latest stories and updates from our curators, cataloguers, reference staff and guest contributors. Find out more about amazing items in our collection.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 15d

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in our collection? Apply to develop an independent research project funded by AHRC.

Hear more about the opportunity at a virtual town hall event on Monday 6 October: bit.ly/BL-EarlyCare...

A group of students sat at a table examining documents and books from the Library's collection.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 8d

Our blogs have a new look: bit.ly/BL-Blogs

All previously published blogs will be available in our archive, launching in coming weeks. Watch this space for an update on when that goes live.

Blogs and updates from curators, staff and guests - British Library

Get the latest stories and updates from our curators, cataloguers, reference staff and guest contributors. Find out more about amazing items in our collection.

bit.ly

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 9d

https://web.archive.org/web/20230921100918/https://www.bl.uk/help/ethical-terms-of-use
About: https://www.flickr.com/people/britishlibrary/ [2/2]

Ethical terms of use

Learn about our framework for including digitised collections in online projects, which considers both legal and ethical issues.

web.archive.org

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 9d

We've just updated the broken 'terms of use' links for our Flickr Commons images:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230325130540/https://www.bl.uk/about-us/terms-and-conditions/content-on-flickr-and-wikimedia-commons
Ethical terms of use [1/2]

Content on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s greatest libraries. We hold over 13 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents and 3 million sound recordings. Open to everyone, the Library also offers exhibitions, events and a Treasures Gallery that displays over 200 items, including The Lindisfarne Gospel, Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, Shakespeare’s First Folio, lyrics by The Beatles and the world’s earliest dated printed book, Diamond Sutra.

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 9d

A semi-regular reminder that all our photos on Flickr Commons are public domain - you don't need to ask us to use them in any way you can imagine! Though we do love hearing about how you've used them, so you can let us know if you want
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/

British Library

Explore British Library’s 1,073,564 photos on Flickr!

www.flickr.com

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 12d

#FF2025 folk - we've heard that some people received a phishing email from Global Travel Service about accommodation in London for the Fantastic Futures conference. This hasn't come from us organisers. If you have received such an email please ignore or block the sender.

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 13d

Tickets for Fantastic Futures 2025 #FF2025 did go fast! There'll be a wait list, and there are 500 places overall to watch the main conference sessions on Thursday and Friday

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 13d

Tickets for Fantastic Futures 2025 #FF2025 did go fast! There'll be a wait list, and there are 500 places overall to watch the main conference sessions on Thursday and Friday

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · 15d

This is promising to be a great conference, check the programme and register quick. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to #FF2025 in December!

Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 15d

Registration for @[email protected]'s Fantastic Futures #FF2025 is now! Tickets will go fast, but fret not if you miss out - you can register to watch the full conference online on Thursday and Friday for free!

Get tickets www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...
Programme www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...

Fantastic Futures 2025 - ConfTool Pro - Login

www.conftool.org

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 15d

Registration for @[email protected]'s Fantastic Futures #FF2025 is now! Tickets will go fast, but fret not if you miss out - you can register to watch the full conference online on Thursday and Friday for free!

Get tickets www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...
Programme www.conftool.org/fantastic-fu...

Fantastic Futures 2025 - ConfTool Pro - Login

www.conftool.org

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Kate Arthurs @kate-arthurs.bsky.social · 16d

Reduce the environmental impact of your museum's learning, outreach and public programmes with this handy toolkit www.artfund.org/professional... @artfund.bsky.social @designmuseum.bsky.social @icomuk.bsky.social

Rethinking environmental responsibility in public programming

This toolkit will help museum learning teams to reduce the environmental impact of learning, outreach and public programmes.

www.artfund.org

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 15d

The latest issue of our OA Journal 'Catalogue & Index' (ISSN 2399-9667) has now been published. Issue 212 (Sept 2025) contains articles on the topic of "Non-MARC Cataloguing and Metadata Practices."

Read the full issue at: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...
#cataloguing #metadata #nonMARC

Pages 1-2: Editorial by The Editors.
Pages 3-11: ‘We are here not because we are metadata-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become metadata-makers’ by Helen K. R. Williams.
Pages 12-25: Envisioning Dante by Ourania Karapasia.
Pages 26-33: Decolonising heritage collections by Jessica Roberts.
Pages 34-44: Unchartered cells by Carol Hunter.
Pages 45-48: The challenges of data ingest, transformation and aggregation at the National Bibliographic Knowledgebase by Jennie-Claire Crate.
Pages 49-58: Non-MARC cataloguing by Anne Welsh.
Pages 59-62: Book review: Ethics in Linked Data by Elizabeth Cooper.
Pages 63-65: Book review: Records and information management by Sarah Henning.

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Tara Calishain @researchbuzz.bsky.social · Sep 2

#Finland #media #journalism #newspapers

'Newspapers published up to the end of 1939 are openly available, while subsequent issues can be explored on site at the legal deposit libraries.'

www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/news...

Newspapers published up to the end of 1954 digitised – 250 years from the publication of the first newspaper in Finnish

The National Library of Finland has digitised all newspapers published in Finland up to the end of 1954. Newspapers published up to the end of 1939 are openly available, while subsequent issues can be...

www.kansalliskirjasto.fi

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · Sep 5

Typepad users in the UK can nominate #Typepad sites to be archived to the UK Web Archive by emailing [email protected]

The UK Web Archive isn't currently able to display saved sites, but they are able to save them

For more on the UK Web Archive and UK legal deposit law, see www.webarchive.org.uk

UK Web Archive currently unavailable

Legal Deposit Library Partners

www.webarchive.org.uk

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Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert @adi-keinan.bsky.social · 29d

Now available via our Research Repository: Datasets of digitised Malay and Indonesian manuscripts in the British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social
doi.org/10.23636/ghz...
A complete set of metadata (catalogue descriptions) for 482 manuscripts. Happy exploring!
#openaccess @bldigischol.bsky.social

Datasets of digitised Malay and Indonesian manuscripts in the British Library

doi.org

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · Sep 5

Have you checked out Sak Supple's blplaybills.org lately? He's been experimenting with semantic search, and improving OCR for British Library playbills.

A big boon for #TheaterHistory / #TheatreHistory!

Please let him or us know if you have feedback or ideas

British Library theatrical playbills 1600-1902

blplaybills.org

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