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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!

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · May 27

Great to see this tribute with @britishlibrary.bsky.social contributions from @adi-keinan.bsky.social, Harry Lloyd and myself.

Transkribus @transkribus.bsky.social · May 21

Since 2019, READ-COOP has pushed the boundaries of AI text recognition in collaboration with our members, team, and Transkribus users.

Now, you can read some their stories in "Praeteritum transcriptum"—a READ-COOP tribute publication curated by @caromein.bsky.social and the team 👇 bit.ly/44IacFr

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William J.B. Mattingly @wjbmattingly.bsky.social · Mar 31

I have been working to update the European Art Dataset on Biglam's HF page. I'm happy to announce that it is fully updated along with 5 Yolov11 models. This dataset has ~15,000 images annotated for object detection.

#MachineLearning #DigitalHumanities

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Universal Viewer @universalviewer.io · May 15

We’re halfway through our latest community sprint!
Our community team have been hard at work – check out our community board to see what they’ve been building, including a new tool to add and view custom configs github.com/orgs/Univers...

DEV EX Community Sprint May-July 2025 • UniversalViewer

A set of three community sprints to improve visibility of config options, improve documentation around analytics, update tools and dependencies and much more!

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Susan Reed @susanreed.bsky.social · May 15

Bibliography seminar klaxon! blogs.bl.uk/european/202...

Seminar on Textual Bibliography for Modern Foreign Languages

The annual Seminar on Textual Bibliography for Modern Foreign Languages will take place on Monday 9 June 2025 in the Foyle Room at the British Library in London. The programme is as follows: 11.00 Registration and coffee 11.30 Alyssa Steiner (London): Caught in the middle? Block books at the British...

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our colleague Valentina Vavassori is gathering information about cultural heritage institutions' experience with Automatic Text Recognition and how we can continue to collaborate on advancing ATR use for making collections more accessible and usable. Read more at blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...

Help us explore Automatic Text Recognition in cultural heritage institutions!

This post is by Dr Valentina Vavassori, Digital Curator for Automatic Text Recognition. At the British Library, one of our core values is to

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Mar 19

Have a great conference!

RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Mar 19

Good morning #RLUK25 delegates!

We’re ready to say hello at The Spine Building ground floor where you can collect your conference badge and bag.

rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Mar 19

It is all happening.

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 19

We’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site.

This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.

Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...

A generated view of the new St Pancras site, showing a large open bright atrium with people gathering, walking, and sitting, and a large broad staircase up to other levels. Caption reads: Proposed view of the foyer towards Midland Road. Copyright Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Mar 19

A warm welcome to #RLUK25 delegates by RLUK Chair @masudk.com before we hear from our opening keynotes christophersmith.bsky.social and Lucy Everest @liverpooluni.bsky.social

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · Mar 13

Excited to announce the themes for AI4LAM's Fantastic Futures 2025 conference, with @nfitzger.glammr.us.ap.brid.gy and Rossitza for @bldigischol.bsky.social : blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...

#AI4LAM #FF2025 #AI #GLAM

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Feb 14

Including an exciting opportunity to work with @bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections on www.bl.uk/more/researc... #bldigital #DH #datascience #printedbooks

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Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are delighted to be hosting the #IIIF conference in Leeds 2-6 June. Find out more about IIIF and why it is an important standard for images, audio, video and soon 3D in our latest DLIP project blog post. leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/i...

IIIF Conference, Leeds, 2nd to 5th June 2025 – Registration Open

Richard Parker writes… Colleagues have an exciting opportunity to learn about revolutionary new technological advancements transforming the digital accessibility of globally significant cultu…

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Feb 13

#PhDPlacement @britishlibrary.bsky.social claxon! www.bl.uk/more/researc... You will work with staff from
@bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections. Applications close 21st February 17.00 GMT! Further details at www.bl.uk/more/researc... #collectionsasdata #incunabula #datascience

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Feb 12

@semames.bsky.social the video is out!

mia @miaout.bsky.social · Feb 12

Video from our 'Libraries and AI' panel is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRk... Thanks @britishlibrary.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Maja Maricevic and Svein Arne #AIDebates

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · Feb 12

Video from our 'Libraries and AI' panel is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRk... Thanks @britishlibrary.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Maja Maricevic and Svein Arne #AIDebates

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · Jan 22

Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...

Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action

Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Jan 22

Curious about the area with the 'haystacks' which happens to be in my neighbourhood.

Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Jan 22

Just clocked @Londonist 's rather wonderful coloured-in version of the area around Clerkenwell, from Rocques' 1746 plan of London. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...

In Colour: A Map of Clerkenwell in 1746

My ongoing mission: to colour in one of the great maps of London.

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Jan 22

Looking forward to it!

Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Nov 15

New book/cover! Should be out early 2025... with @semames.bsky.social & Paul Gooding. "Library Catalogues as Data: Research, Practice and Usage". Commisioned cover by Lucy Havens, based on data viz of Legacies of Catalogue Descriptions and Curatorial Voice lucyhavens.myportfolio.com/legacies-of-...

book cover Library Catalogues as Data: Research, Practice and Usage - bright squares and circles

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Nov 27

The acquisitions have been made possible with funding from National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), British Library Collections Trust (BLCT) and Friends of the National Libraries (FNL).

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Jan 21

Join our free webinar on 13 February to explore how libraries can embrace digital transformation sustainably.

Learn strategies to reduce tech's environmental impact, see real-world examples, and discover innovative, climate-conscious digital practices: bit.ly/BLClimateWeb...

A black and white photograph showing a stone circle spiral.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · Nov 18

'Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring a library'
— Walter Savage Landor

A view of the statue of Isaac Newton through the iron gates of the British Library. The ironwork of the gates spells out 'British Library' in a repeated column.

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Jan 22

Great image. Another dull January day.

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Jan 22

Join the next in the British Library series of Positive Climate Action webinars on 13 February, with speakers from www.arkhenum.com, Jadavpur University and School of Advanced Studies, University of London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-... #GreenLibraries

Libraries and positive climate action: is digital a problem or a solution?

This webinar will ask how libraries can embrace the positive of digital technologies while minimising our impact on the planet.

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Jan 22

@theodorad.bsky.social Great to see you here Tedi. Here is a suggestion of a list to follow bsky.app/profile/did:...

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rossiatanassova.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social · Dec 18

What a wonderful Christmas present! Thank you @miaout.bsky.social for your lead on this and the volume editors @gworthey.bsky.social and Isabel Galina

mia @miaout.bsky.social · Dec 18

Our chapter is 'Embedding Digital Humanities in the British Library: The Digital Research Team at Ten' www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Yay @bldigischol.bsky.social folk @adi-keinan.bsky.social Neil Fitzgerald @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social @stellawisdom.bsky.social

Embedding Digital Humanities in the British Library | 39 | The Digital

The British Library’s Digital Research Team’s mission is to enable the use of the British Library’s digital collections for research, inspiration, creativity

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