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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · 19d

It was a pleasure to speak at the “What is @iiif.bsky.social ? The Images in Dialogue -project” (bit.ly/48pA6zr) program at the @kansalliskirjasto.fi (18 September) / It was great to meet with staff and to get a special tour of the amazing library spaces

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Some insightful thinking from @kfitz.info on "Longevity and Sustainability" kfitz.info/longevity/

Longevity and Sustainability

The long-running and erratically updated blog of Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just saw this phrase in a report on an AI-facial recognition implementation, "It promised a vendor will securely handle data". They said it, so it must be true!

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Access to open data at the @labnf.bsky.social using ARK variants" from @arks-org.bsky.social arks.org/news/2025-07...

Access to open data at the National Library of France using ARK variants

An early adopter of ARKs, the BnF has developed practices for displaying persistent linked open data (LOD) using ARK suffixes for object variants.

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 24

SF-Based @archive.org Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED share.google/EFfrABB8u7LJ...

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED

The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here are some reflections on the recent @adho-org.bsky.social l #DH2025 conference. It was great to be on the “A Decade of @iiif.bsky.social : Advancing Open Science and Accessibility through Interoperable Digital Heritage” panel with such great colleagues iiif.io/news/2025/07...

Reporting from Digital Humanities 2025

Reflections on DH2025 in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations to Kate Zwaard for being named Executive Director of the @cni-org.bsky.social ! www.cni.org/news/kate-zw...

Kate Zwaard Named Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is pleased to welcome Kate Zwaard as its next executive director, effective September 15, 2025. Kate joins CNI from the Library of Congress (LC), where…

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Glen Layne-Worthey @gworthey.bsky.social · Jul 18

Ben's conclusion: we have no idea what to do. Hence the "shadow" of AI.

Restrictive CC licenses don't work. Our old and generous ethos of openness is no longer workable.

#DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

What's the Character Error Rate of a Volunteer? Analyzing accuracy in cultural heritage crowdsourcing projects | @benwbrum.bsky.social | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oltre le barriere: biblioteche inclusive per una società senza stereotipi | Lucia Melchiorre, Domenico Lorusso, Fabiola Imperatrice, Giusi Antonia Toto | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Retrocomputing as an Integral Part of Digital Humanities Practice? | Torsten Roeder | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Tecnologias HTR no Ensino: Aplicação do Transkribus na Transcrição de Documentos Históricos | Moisés Rockembach | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Metadata Versioning for Persistent Identifiers | Triet Doan | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Multiple Digital Approaches: Metadata, Crowdsourcing, HTR, Retrocomputing and Inclusion | Session Chair: Manuel Portela, University of Coimbra | #DH2025 | bit.ly/3GSKRPs

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s always amazing to see the great work being done with IIIF as seen in contributions from today’s speakers

Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks to the program committee for giving the @iiif.bsky.social community an opportunity to present the “A Decade of IIIF: Advancing Open Science and Accessibility through Interoperable Digital Heritage” #DH2025

Clarisse Bardiot, Jacob Hart, @udcmrk.bsky.social , Régis Robineau, Margaux Faure, Juliette Hueber, Dominique Stutzmann

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

Friday, 17 Jul, 09:00: “A Decade of @iiif.bsky.social: Advancing Open Science and Accessibility through Interoperable Digital Heritage” (speakers: Clarisse Bardiot, Jacob Hart, @udcmrk.bsky.social , Régis Robineau, Margaux Faure, Juliette Hueber, Dominique Stutzmann) | bit.ly/3GLgSch | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

From Draft to Model: Semi-Automated Parametric Extraction of Historical Ship Designs | Giovanni Maria Pala | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

A Conceptual History of Humanism in a Post-WWII Chinese-language Literary Journal via Word Vector Spaces | Nicholas Y. H. Wong | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

Local Contexts, Global Conversations: Digital History in Central Asia | Dinara Gagarina | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

Historicizing Controlled Vocabularies in Digital Humanities: A Lightweight Context-Indexed Extension for Vocabulary Systems | Tsz-Kin Chau & Sarah Kenderdine | #DH2025

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

4th session, day 2: Digital Tools and Techniques for Cultural Heritage and History | Session Chair: Nicholas Y. H. Wong, The University of Hong Kong #DH2025 | bit.ly/4eVMR6g

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Radically inclusive software development for digital cultural heritage" a discussion around @universalviewer.io | @miaout.bsky.social, S Akhter, J Misson (speakers); L Okorodudu, E Burnand | Thanks for the @iiif.bsky.social Shoutout| @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bldigischol.bsky.social ‬ | #DH2025

"Radically inclusive software development for digital cultural heritage" a discussion around @universalviewer.io | @miaout.bsky.social , Saira Akhter, James Misson (speakers); Lanie Okorodudu, Erin Burnand

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Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

Pictured: Ignatius Ezeani

Martin R. Kalfatovic @udcmrk.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's the Digital Humanities 2025 in Lisbon / #DH2025 – ADHO Digital Humanities conference 2025, NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Portugal share.google/VUPfHywc04DJ...

DH2025 – ADHO Digital Humanities conference 2025, NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Portugal

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