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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · May 12

Cannot say enough about how grateful I am to learn from and think with @bcgl.bsky.social & many many Library of Congress resources.

Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · May 12

I wrote a little bit about the Library of Congress - a place I care about deeply - given today's news:

bcgl.substack.com/p/the-disman...

The Dismantling of the Library of Congress is an Assault on Knowledge Itself

Some thoughts on the day...

bcgl.substack.com

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · May 4

Lololololol 10000% exact same conversation at my house

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Apr 14

Nice to see you too! Hope you're making it well as can be.

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · Apr 4

Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:

Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour – ACH Membership

Help spread the word

members.ach.org

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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · Apr 2

A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.

2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,

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Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · Feb 21

We're hiring at the @digblk.bsky.social!

Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be remote!

Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds

We're reviewing apps this month. Help us spread the word?

A graphic that says "We're hiring" and includes the Center for Black Digital Research website (digblk.psu.edu) and Bluesky handle (@digblk.bsky.social).

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Feb 14

Leveling up #DouglassDay live in-person historical materials from the collections of @roselibraryemory.bsky.social All ready for students to learn with! (cupcakes next door only plz 🤣)
@douglassday.bsky.social

A large marble table festooned with Douglass Day stickers and an early edition of The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations Molly!!! 💖

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · Feb 6

*For immediate release*

Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events

Press release (Feb 4, 2025)
newsroom.loc.gov/news/join-th...

Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events

Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events On Feb. 14, history enthusiasts and the public can celebrate the extraordinary legacy of...

newsroom.loc.gov

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Jan 15

@laurenfklein.bsky.social so truuuuue!! ❤️❤️❤️ anytime, any topic/s

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Jan 7

Come see me + editorial fellows to chat all things journal publication! Safe travels and see y'at #MLA2025

celj.bsky.social @celj.bsky.social · Jan 7

Don't miss Chat with an Editor this Friday and Saturday at #MLA2025 #MLA25. Sign up to meet with a journal editor either at the convention or virtually next Wednesday (1/15), and find out how to get your article published! @mlanews.bsky.social

bit.ly/3Ppc0KB

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Jan 7

Very excited for this!

Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · Jan 7

"Editing for Social Change" - tomorrow at #MLA25!

Join us to talk about radical editing in the c19 and c21

It's an open discussion with academics & journalists, featuring Nathan Robinson of @currentaffairs.bsky.social w/ Kelley Kreitz, @jgob.bsky.social and more!

mla.confex.com/mla/2025/mee...

MLA 2025 CONVENTION

Session 31 - Editing for Social Change: Pasts, Plights, and Paths

Thursday, 9 January 2025

At 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Compass (Riverside Complex)

Description

Scholars and journalists discuss the invisible craft, politics, and histories of editorship, aiming to
bridge current debates in the media and in print culture studies, and explore editing’s roles
within movements for social change in the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries.

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Jan 4

Better link, I think? Thanks for your interest, hope your reading project goes well!

read.dukeupress.edu/american-lit...

With, Without, Even Still: Frederick Douglass, L’Union, and Editorship Studies | American Literature | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Jan 3

In a "lit studies" journal, but very much about history and newspapers all day every day! (A fav but as co-author w/ @jimccasey1.bsky.social I'm maaaaybe biased? 😉)
read.dukeupress.edu/american-lit...

read.dukeupress.edu

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Dec 28

Strong agree

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Dec 23

New project on the horizon! Delighted to undertake with @zugenia.bsky.social @debraraecohen.bsky.social @cherylball.bsky.social + many more 📚📒✒️

celj.bsky.social @celj.bsky.social · Dec 23

📣 We're excited to announce CELJ has been awarded a grant of $555,000 from the @mellonfoundation.bsky.social to advance equitable and inclusive practices in peer review and scholarly journal publishing within the humanities.

Read more about the grant and subscribe to updates about the project ⬇️

Mellon Project — Council of Editors of Learned Journals

www.celj.org

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hahah yes! Was coming back here to correct myself. Mixed my fav stations with 0s and 7s 😅

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Nov 16

Lol omg so niche. WPGU 90.7 2006-08! Loved every minute

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sarah salter @shsalter.bsky.social · Mar 25

Can't believe I get to have this opportunity to work w/ brilliant colleagues in a storied dh series! What a world ✨️✨️✨️

Ben Lee @bcgl.bsky.social · Mar 25

Beyond excited to announce the CFP for a new volume in the Debates in Digital Humanities series: “Cultures of Scale: Disciplines, Data, and Labor”

Co-edited by @jimccasey1.bsky.social @shsalter.bsky.social @jgob.bsky.social

Submit abstracts by May 15, 2024 dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/culture...

Cultures of Scale: Disciplines, Data, and Labor | Debates in the Digital Humanities

Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works

dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu

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