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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Sep 2

One of my favourite podcasts 🤓

A fabulous discussion about Mackenzie & Wajcman’s ‘The Social Shaping of Technology’ and discussion with Judy Wajcman 💚

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

The Sociology of Everything Podcast

Social Sciences Podcast · Updated Twice Monthly · The Sociology of Everything Podcast offers listeners a (sometimes) comedic and accessible look at the wonders of sociology. It is created and hosted b...

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Joann Cattlin @joanncattlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Research with Implications for Library and Information Professionals 👩‍💻online seminar, 28 Aug, 12PM (AEST) 1️⃣Legal deposit libraries in an age of large digital platforms & 2️⃣Charting the future of library and information science in Aust & NZ #librarians #libraries shorturl.at/p4XJr

Research for Practice – Exploring Recent Research with Implications for Library and Information Professionals. - Event Registration

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Jul 22

Lovely to see this little @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social book I contributed to in print! ✨

Commercial platforms are increasingly shaping library operations - my chapter focuses on how crackdowns on crawling & API access limit what is preserved by deposit libraries 🚫

litwinbooks.com/books/platfo...

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Jun 6

I have a chapter in "Platform Power & Libraries" which has just been published by Library Juice Press✨

As in many other sectors, commercial intermediaries are increasingly shaping how libraries fulfil their functions & serve their users - but there is resistance!✊

litwinbooks.com/books/platfo...

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 12

Photos:

1A. Flying near Kowanyama, "The place of many waters"
1B. Welcome to Wujal Wujal, "many falls"
2A. Doing a survey with Paul Michael Senior
2B. Research team with Traditional Owner Uncle Bill Harrigan
3. With co-researcher team at Kowanyama Rangers
5. The road in and out of Kowanyama

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks to all the amazing co-researchers, agencies we partnered with, and community members who generously shared their time and insights. And thank you to colleagues Leah Hawkins and Daniel Featherstone for your leadership, energy and long-standing commitment to this work.

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 12

This include community Wi-Fi mesh networks, plans for digital-first Indigenous Knowledge Centres and digitisation projects, and the use of emerging technologies by Land & Sea Rangers in Kowanyama to support connection to and care for Country.

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 12

It was a privilege to spend time with residents, Traditional Owners, rangers, and local organisations, and to hear about the ways people are working to build digital infrastructure that reflects the values and priorities of their communities.

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 12

Just returned from 2 inspiring weeks of fieldwork in Cape York, visiting the remote First Nations communities of Wujal Wujal and Kowanyama for the Mapping the Digital Gap project, which tracks media & communications across 10 remote First Nations communities over several years ✨

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · May 7

Looking forward to chairing the next Critical Archives Reading Group on 28 May at 1pm (AEST)📜✨

We'll be discussing "The cloud, the public square, and digital public archival infrastructure" by Tom Nesmith (Archival Science, 2023).

Please join us!

www.criticalarchivesreading.com/2025/05/meet...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Critical Archives Reading Group: Tom Nesmith. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

unimelb.zoom.us

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ADM+S Centre @admscentre.org.au · Apr 24

ADM+S Research Fellow Dr Kieran Hegarty presented his research on how public libraries are navigating systems developed by and for private platforms, and what this means for their role in securing access to information of long-term public interest.

🔗 More: admscentre.org/4isplhe
#AI #libraries

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Apr 11

Had an inspiring time at #AlgoSoc2025 in Amsterdam! 💛💙

I presented a paper with @admscentre.org.au colleagues on how public libraries are (re)negotiating their roles in the algorithmic society & learned a lot from the wonderful ideas shared throughout the conference.

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations Marije!✨

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Apr 8

In Amsterdam to present with ADM+S colleagues at @algosoc.org !✨

Our paper is about how libraries navigate competing values as they engage new technologies and what's at stake as market actors increasingly shape cultural access and preservation.

Program looks lekker: algosoc.org/uploads/Algo...

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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · Nov 8

#OutNow in #iCS
This article by Kieran Hegarty interrogates the methods for social media data for archiving by libraries and suggests it is possible to read it along the grain of platformisation to bring attention to their power dynamics.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Web archives after platformization: reading social media collections along the archival grain

This article draws on ethnographic and historical research at two Australian libraries to explore how the platformization of the web has altered the content, character, and potential future utility...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Apr 4

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Mar 27

I'll be in London next week for Born-Digital Collections, Archives & Memory at @dh-researchhub.bsky.social ✨

I'll be presenting on how public libraries are navigating & resisting the increasing dominance of commercial platforms 📖✊

Looking forward to seeing friends & colleagues, new & old :)

Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory

Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory is a conference that seeks to further an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral discussion on how the born-digital transforms research.

www.sas.ac.uk

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Mar 3

Nice piece by @jeppestricker.bsky.social on the structural causes & epistemic consquences of use of GenAI in knowledge production…

“AI is not the disease; it is the symptom of a system that already prioritized measurable output over thoughtful inquiry”

jeppestricker.substack.com/p/the-synthe...

The Synthetic Knowledge Crisis

How AI is Reshaping Knowledge, and Not for the Better

jeppestricker.substack.com

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Feb 14

Had the pleasure of visiting the National Communications Museum in Melbourne for a tour today ☎️ 📡 🖥️

Such an inspiring, fun and hopeful look at the histories and possible futures of communications technologies in Australia ✨

Especially loved the CyberCafe 🩵⚡️

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Feb 11

Available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DWX9Q... (message me if you can't access)

Thanks so much to @emae.bsky.social for facilitating this & especially to @ianmilligan1.bsky.social for writing this wonderful book!

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Feb 11

My review of @ianmilligan1.bsky.social's Averting the Digital Dark Age is out in Internet Histories! 📖✨

It shows how the imaginary of the "digital dark age" saw a bizarre array of actors mobilise to create what are now known as web archives that are shaped by their anxieties & hopes for the future.

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Feb 7

😭I know! Hopefully soon 💫

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Dec 14

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Dec 11

So good Kat!

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Kieran Hegarty @kieranhegarty.bsky.social · Nov 20

We sum this as a shift from standardising *cultural data* to coordinating *data cultures*🏛

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