Virtual registration is still open for Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners (Aug. 8-9)! Join editors, archivists, educators, and digital humanists online. Register through the end of the conference: #UVA #elabs #CDE

Join our friends at the Center for Digital Editing and the Papers of Martin Van Buren tomorrow to learn more about how they worked with teachers to bring 19th century documents into 21st century classrooms. virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Papers of Martin Van Buren@vanburenpapers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We invite you to join high school teachers and historians for a free webinar on how to bring 19th century documents into 21st century classrooms! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 19th (6:30-8:30 PM Central). We look forward to seeing everyone! Register today at the link below:

🚨 CFP Deadline Tonight! Last chance to submit your proposal for Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners. Share your work in documentary editing & recovery! Submit here: elaboratories.org/event/revolu... #CFP #UVA #CDE #eLabs

Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners

From August 8–9, the Center for Digital Editing’s eLaboratories will host its first annual conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, under the theme “Revolutions and Reflections.” We invite editors, re...

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eLabs is having their 1st conference with The Center for Digital Editing! This Summer 2026 in Charlottesville, VA! Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners Submit your proposal for a spot at our conference! May 10 is the deadline! #historialediting #elabs

We need historians because the past is never just the past. Every policy debate, public conversation, and cultural shift is shaped by what came before. Historians help us understand context, trace change over time, and recognize what’s at stake. #TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️

Thanks for sharing this amazing opportunity!! We are getting ready to read all these powerful submissions soon!!

Scholars' Lab@scholarslab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We see UVA's Ctr for Digital Editing's CFP (due 5/10) for editing+recovery practitioners on e.g. power of editions, archives, research collections to construct/contest/reframe intellectual/political revolutions; amplify voices historically marginalized+silenced; invisible labor. Travel/hotel funded:

We’re excited to welcome Sarah Wade to the Archives Leadership Institute. Special Collections Archivist at the Getty Research Institute, Sarah processes modern and contemporary artists’ papers and helps expand access to archives documenting the history of art. #ALI2026 #Archivists

Wow over 100 projects?! Can’t wait to check it out !! #digitalhumanities

National Council on Public History@ncph.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Check out Now & Here, a website featuring nearly 100 projects created by @usaconservation.bsky.social Mellon #Humanities Postdoctoral Fellows and their partners. You’ll find stories of our collective past and user-friendly resources at https://nowandhere.org/.

Start with a question and keep #reading. 📚 JPASS gives you unlimited online access to more than 2,000 academic journals so you can explore topics that matter to you at your own pace. Get 10% off an annual JPASS plan: https://bit.ly/3NVsKMo

Amazing work to the team behind this huge project !! Can’t wait to check it out! #digitalcollections

@LAhistory@lahistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The collection of California Water Documents "originate from federal, state, and local governments; water companies & municipal suppliers; engineers; and individuals involved in water resources development throughout #SouthernCalifornia." cdm15831.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll... #WorldWaterDay

83 years ago, Claude Likens, of Kosmodale, served as SGT with 192nd Tank Battalion keeping a journal while a POW in the Pacific during WWII. He survived Bataan Death March, where 60-70,000 POWs forced to march through Philippines. #76for250 #America250KY @america250.bsky.social

What a great opportunity to learn more and access digitalized history tools !! #checkitout

JSTOR@jstor.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We’ve made enormous progress in digitizing #archives, rare books, & special collections. But access doesn’t always mean discovery. Many primary sources remain difficult to find because they lack item-level description or aren’t integrated into research platforms. Read more: https://bit.ly/40T0YTE

What an interesting topic to check out!! #events

HMML@visithmml.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meet Dr. Jennifer Carnell, cataloger of Western manuscripts at HMML. Jennifer generously answered five questions to share insights into her path and work. Learn more: https://hmml.org/stories/meet-dr-jennifer-carnell/ #PeopleOfHMML #MeetOurTeam #HMMLStaff #Manuscripts #Libraries

Spaces are still available in many of our summer 2026 courses, but don’t wait, as classes are filling up! To view this year's schedule and learn more about the application process, visit rarebookschool.org/schedule. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. #RareBooks @uvalibrary.bsky.social

Martin Van Buren did not say, "No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.” Here's who actually did. 🗃 vanburenpapers.org/no-evil-can-...

Next week, on the 23rd March, 1 PM CET, we welcome a very special guest to our Ships & Seafaring 1500-1800 Talk: Dr. Fred Hocker, the director of research at the @vasamuseet in Stockholm. In his talk, he answers the question we all want answered: why did the Vasa sank in 1628?

Another great collection worth checking out!! #archives

Densho@denshoproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are thrilled to launch the Densho Public Index of Japanese American Collections. Densho, in partnership with the Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation, will identify, map, and connect archival materials related to Japanese American history across institutions and communities.

We are thrilled to launch the Densho Public Index of Japanese American Collections. Densho, in partnership with the Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation, will identify, map, and connect archival materials related to Japanese American history across institutions and communities.

This is an amazing example of how history is becoming more accessible through podcasts. Great work, everyone!

Massachusetts Historical Society@mhs1791.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Season 5, Episode 3 of the Object of History podcast is here! Learn about the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, the colonists’ dire need for artillery to break the Siege of Boston, Henry Knox’s journey, and more. Listen now: www.masshist.org/podcast/seas...

What an interesting event to attend!! Can’t wait to check it out! #upcomingevent

Scholars' Lab@scholarslab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Want to use zines in the classroom? Reach new audiences w/your research? Inspire your own new ways of writing? Join 3/25 "Zine Your Research": hear from a panel of 4 faculty w/this experience, then practice zinemaking. Cohosted w/@uvalibrary.bsky.social Zines Now team & sponsored by UVA Arts Council

Can’t wait to learn more about this amazing project !!! #forgingUS

Association for Documentary Editing@editorial-notes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Call for Contributors! The Center for Digital Editing would like to invite you to take part in forgingUS, a new project to expand access to primary sources from the Founding Era and Early Republic. Find out how to participate: documentaryediting.org/call-for-con...

Call for Contributors! The Center for Digital Editing would like to invite you to take part in forgingUS, a new project to expand access to primary sources from the Founding Era and Early Republic. Find out how to participate: documentaryediting.org/call-for-con...

Amazing job by the team! Can't wait to learn more and read the work after all this transcribing of documents! #archivalwork

Douglass Day@douglassday.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Douglass Day 2026 continues! We are not done yet! Plenty of time to help transcribe and enrich the records of Black political organizing! www.zooniverse.org/projects/dou...

What a great opportunity for the community to come together! Check this out! #editing&recovery #eLabs

The Organization of American Historians@oah.org · 6mo ago

The Chat Room provides an opportunity for historians to share and learn from the knowledge and experiences of their peers. Happening in the Exhibit Hall only at #OAH26! https://ow.ly/1NEN50Yhi7v

The Chat Room provides an opportunity for historians to share and learn from the knowledge and experiences of their peers. Happening in the Exhibit Hall only at #OAH26! https://ow.ly/1NEN50Yhi7v

"Scriptures and Liturgy in Inner Asia: A Symposium on Religious Books & Manuscripts" (2/27, hybrid) @harvarddivinity.bsky.social @rarebookschool.bsky.social RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #bookhistory

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Two weeks from today, we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of our project!

IFLA turns 100 in 2027! To celebrate #IFLA100, we are launching a logo competition and invite the global library and information community to participate. 🗓 Submissions: 30 Jan – 31 Mar 2026 🏆 Prize: 500 EUR towards an IFLA membership or free #WLIC2027 registration tr.ee/ldMSRA

North Shore Community College is the first community college to join the JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter program! Through this partnership, NSCC will support long-term access to cultural and #educational materials. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rrOUUu