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Jisc @jisc.bsky.social · Apr 8

We're pleased to announce the first keynote speaker for #DCDC25 is Professor Katy Shaw, director of the AHRC Creative Communities programme. Find out more about her session and book your ticket here ➡️ ji.sc/3Epaje6

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Apr 2

Aha! Like seeing an old friend up there onscreen. The classic OAIS model graphic. Been a while since I've seen it. #bdcam25

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Apr 2

The most important research moment is not when the researcher opens the [archival] box, but when the archivist fills the box.

I like that. Especially in the context of underrepresented communities and partially represented topics.

#bdcam25

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Apr 2

Just settling down for "Latin American Feminist Organizations in the Archived Web" at the #BDCAM25 conference. Great chance over the next few days to immerse myself in current digital scholarship activity.

Turns out all the formal web archiving programmes are exclusively in the global north.

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Mar 19

The Anglicans and the Catholics dominating the skyline here in Liverpool. Librarians making up the third point of the triangle on the 13th floor of The Spire Building. Interesting discussions at #RLUK25. First face to face meeting for 6 years.

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Mar 3

Sitting in the Clarivate session on their activity in the AI space. The next wave is here 'actionable AI'. They can reason, plan and execute, apparently. Must be how Clarivate is coming up with their strategy at the moment.

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Discovering Collections Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference registration has gone live today!
dcdcconference.co.uk/dcdc25/

It's a total steal at just £130 for a full (3 day) conference ticket!!

(Bit more if you want to do the networking events)

Go get 'em. Go on!
#DCDC25

DCDC25 - DCDC25

A collective call to action, DCDC25 invites you to come together, no matter where you are in the world or the stage of your career, to Choose Your Own Future: to celebrate what is already being achiev...

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Karen Colbron @kcols.bsky.social · Dec 2

Discover how the @jisc.bsky.social group purchasing scheme saves HE institutions money on buying digital archival collections: www.jisc.ac.uk/digital-arch...

Digital archival collections group purchasing scheme - Jisc

Collectively lowering the cost of acquiring digital archival collections.

www.jisc.ac.uk

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 21

"Don't be a dinosaur. Embrace open access." ...

Brigett Vezina, #TaNC. Policy Forum. #unlockingcollections

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 21

Policy forum at #TaNC on discussing report launching today. zenodo.org/records/1383...
Can use this report to advocate to funders and to our own organisations about the core requirements of building the UK Digital Collection. #unlockingcollections

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 21

It's a treat to hear about the marine archaeology work done by Unpath'd Waters project. unpathdwaters.org.uk
Important heritage and environmental considerations. #TaNC #unlockedcollections

Unpath’d Waters – unleashing the potential of UK maritime heritage - https://unpathdwaters.org.uk

Reshaping the future of UK marine heritage. Making records accessible for the first time across all four UK nations and opening them to the world. About Unpath’d Waters The UK’s marine heritage is ex...

unpathdwaters.org.uk

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 20

I think the conclusion to the question "can or should you use machine learning to identify bias in collections?" was ... maybe. Best done very slowly and carefully. #unlockingcollections #TaNC

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 20

Susan Pui San Lok is rehearsing Stuart Hall's question from 1999, "Whose heritage?". How have artists works been names and described and who has been neglected? How can Machine Learning be deployed to enable us to see where the gaps are? #TaNC

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 20

At the #TaNC conference. About to hear about the Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage project. Did they enable digital cross-search of collections, to surface patterns of bias, to uncover hidden and unexpected connections? (That was the aim). gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...

Gateway to Research (GtR) - Explore publicly funded research

The Gateway to Research: UKRI portal onto publically funded research

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 11

Went to a tremendous exhibition yesterday at The British Museum. The artist Hew Locke spent 2 years going through BM collection finding items connected with colonialism, slavery, and imperialism. On display alongside some of his own work. www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Nov 6

I was in Lewes last night for the bonfire celebrations. Difficult to describe exactly how eccentric it is. Cosplay morris dancers doing mardi gras/day of the dead parades with flaming torches and papal effigies. Deeply bizarre but highly entertaining. Then Trump this morning. What a come down.

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Paola Marchionni @pmarchionni-jisc.bsky.social · Oct 29

Join our free webinar on 7 Nov World Digital Preservation Day to find out how @jisc.bsky.social can help you with all things digital preservation www.jisc.ac.uk/events/digit...

Digital preservation - advice and guidance to consultancy - Jisc

This online session is an opportunity for us to introduce you to Jisc's offer around advice, guidance and consultancy relating to Digital Preservation and how that fits into an holistic approach to ke...

www.jisc.ac.uk

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Library futures ... "Your job is to create curiosity. People should leave libraries with more questions than they had when they walked in." Erik Boekesteijn delivering final keynote at #openengaged He was consultant on creating Storyhouse in Chester. www.storyhouse.com

Home | Storyhouse

www.storyhouse.com

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hearing about recently launched Museums Data Service. AHRC & Bloomberg funded. museumdata.uk Going for 80m records from 1700 museums over next 10 years. They want to ensure data contribution is as easy and flexible as possible. #openengaged

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Eloy Rodrigues from OpenAIRE identifying 3 areas of work for 2024/25. 1. Reassert the value proposition for repositories. 2. Propogate best practices for repositories
3. Assist with creation and coordination of national networks.
#openengaged

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Ed Jewel from Libraries Connected giving us big numbers for the social benefits that public libraries deliver. £6 return on every £1 invested. £3.4bn worth of social value per year. Impressive! (Might have to look under the hood at those numbers). #openengaged

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Crumbs. Didn't realise what a negligible amount of non-standard format submissions were put forward for last REF.
2021.ref.ac.uk/results-anal...
#openengaged #OAweek

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Discussion of barriers to x-disciplinary working. Prof. Hugh Shanahan - he is a computer scientist who publishes in sociology journals. Not really helping his departmental comp sci REF profile! Challenging getting effective evaluation and validation of research #openengaged #OAweek

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Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

Prof. Jane Winters - difference between research in science and research in humanities. (Science) Is this data correct? (Humanities) Are these records / is this collection interesting enough to use for my research. #openandengaged

Neil Grindley @neilgrindley.bsky.social · Oct 21

At the @britishlibrary.bsky.social for Open and Engaged conference. Kicking off with a panel on x-disciplinary approach to open scholarship. Paola Castano is a space scientist and sociologist. She is all about interrelations and connections. #OpenEngaged