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The Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize – RSVP

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jul 16

Grateful to share that my PhD dissertation project was awarded the 2025 Sally Mitchell Prize from @rs4vp.org Just back from their conference in Chicago, where I learned so much, presented some of my own work, and most magically, met several of the folks whose work has influenced me most-a real joy.

The Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize is awarded annually to the best Ph.D. dissertation, defended in the previous calendar year, that explores the British periodical press of the long nineteenth cent...

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Katina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · Mar 12

"So hope for a great sea-change
On the far side of revenge.
Believe that a further shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells.
[...]
It means once in a lifetime
That justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme."

—Seamus Heaney

The National Archives launches guidance for archivists working in fast response situations - The National Archives

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Christine M. Moeller, PhD @christinemmoe.bsky.social · Feb 3

Like other forms of care work, library workers are always asked to extend care (through services, programs, collections, and so much more) to their communities without ever receiving care themselves. Material support is necessary to make this work sustainable in any way.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Feb 3

Librarians aren't going to save us. Librarians aren't superheroes.

They're just people trying to keep largely underfunded and overwhelmed public services going.

Praise is nice; realistic expectations are better; material support is best.

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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Feb 3

The (U.K.) National Archives launches guidance for archivists working in fast response situations 📜
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/t...

Today The National Archives has launched new guidance for archivists about rapid response collecting. It’s designed to support archivists collecting material in situations like the aftermath of accide...

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Melissa Kline Struhl @mekline.bsky.social · Jan 31

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.

(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

Fullllllll circle!

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

1 thing I love is the short 2007 satiric manifesto from George Saunders titled "People Reluctant to Kill for an Abstraction" - So important to remember our shared frailness.

George Saunders: PRKA

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

Absolutely in for this 100%. Joy matters and always has.

1 like = 1 thing I love. And I’d love to hear yours, too.

Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · Jan 23

Ok me too. Adding positivity and gratitude right now seems worthwhile. [Wow that is not the sort of thing I normally say or write.]

I will talk about nice things and invite everyone else to, too.

1 like = 1 thing I love (or otherwise feel very positively about).

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · Jan 23

[Happy to take part]

This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours.

1 like = 1 thing I love

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks! A friend elsewhere recommended Suzie Edge’s Mortal Monarchs and while the content is not exactly relaxing, I could listen to her voice forever.

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thank you! I do love Librivox, but also have some Libro.fm credits to use up!

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 23

Favorite audiobooks for falling asleep? Narrator recs also welcome! I’ve relistened to Lucy Worsley’s Jane Austen at Home about 8 times now. Before that was Juliet Stevenson reading Middlemarch, also several times over!

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 22

Honored to be even a tiny part of this great project!

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 22

So excited to read this!!

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 22

Archival joy moment of the day - the linen-embroidered autographs of some 1897 Colorado college students.

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 20

Congratulations!

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · Jan 20

I can't think of a better way to articulate how to approach the present moment than this: "Comprehension, in short, means the unpremeditated, attentive facing up to, and resisting of, reality--whatever it may be." --Hannah Arendt, 1950

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 20

Clearing out a drawer today I ran across this ancient iphone 3gs I last used in 2012. Have to admit that curved back and small size felt great compared to my current phone somehow.

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Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 19

I keep coming back to Diamine Earl Grey lately! Love how it shades differently within a word. Small joys.

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 19

That sounds lovely! I also love greens and greys.

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 19

Do you have a favorite ink at the moment?

Julie Sorge Way @sorgeway.bsky.social · Jan 19

Still think a retelling centering Mary Garth would be a fun read.