Colleen T
@librarycolleen.bsky.social
I read a lot of links; I post a lot of links. Mostly special collections, archives, libraries, museums, history, & technology. (#GLAM). I teach in an MLIS program at [redacted]. Does not represent my employer. #RBMS26
Oh dear, it turns out that I love the satisfaction of helping place students in internships and practicums and see them do amazing work there. parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/h...
Hands-on Lab Learning
Lauren tells us about her experience as a Practicum student in the Preservation Lab in her own words.
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New term-limited (4 years) FT #cataloging job! I'm not on the search committee, but can answer general questions about working here. Applicants are advised to apply soon. #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #cataloging careers.harvard.edu/job/cataloge...
Cataloger of Special Collections (term limited)
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SO CUTE!!! @thatmaia.bsky.social did SUCH a good job!!!!! Watch this video 🥰🥰🥰 www.instagram.com/reel/Dbd5bpe...
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"Several [undergraduate] students—frequent ChatGPT users—told me they had no idea generative AI tools could produce incorrect or biased information." acrlog.org/2026/07/28/a...
All About My AI Literacy Course - ACRLog
In my first ACRLog post, Teaching AI as an Anti-AI Librarian, I shared how I was approaching the task of teaching an AI literacy course as an anti-AI librarian. For my final post, I’d like to share a ...
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A side effect of working at UMich early in my career is that I can recognize leaves from p46 at a glance as it strolls by in my feed :) news.umich.edu/preserving-t...
Preserving the world's oldest paper trail
International researchers from points across the globe—Dublin, Rome, Sydney, and more—will soon descend on the University of Michigan for a rare opportunity to engage with the largest collection of an...
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Mike Kelly: Indigenous Agency & Intervention in the Bibliographical Record (2026 NEH-SHARP Lecture) 📜https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfWKQslSFOc
Mike Kelly: Indigenous Agency & Intervention in the Bibliographical Record (2026 NEH-SHARP Lecture)
YouTube video by Rare Book School
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Why does the closure of NARA's regional facility matter? @robertloerzel.bsky.social gets it! Thank you for an exceptional article! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/w...
What We Lose When the Chicago Branch of the National Archives Closes
At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.
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Hiring a new full-time colleague in the School of Library and Information Science in Iowa. Particularly well-suited (but not limited) to special collections librarians or academic library instruction librarians who want to switch to full-time teaching. 📜 jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...
Faculty Requisition Details - Jobs@UIOWA: Search and Apply for Jobs at The University of Iowa
Jobs@UIOWA: The official place to search and apply for jobs at The University of Iowa.
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How a brand archivist keeps track of 160 years of history for General Mills 📜 www.marketingbrew.com/stories/10-0...
How a brand archivist keeps track of 160 years of history for General Mills
The company’s senior corporate archivist supports brand marketers’ various requests, dives deep into brand histories, and creates the archives of tomorrow. “I’m always looking to see what people are w...
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I sure love teaching but the entire Avatar/Airbender universe makes me morn the road not taken into animation when I was an art major.
Wow. Hadestown is in movie theaters for a few more days. GO
Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure www.nichibei.org/2026/07/hist...
Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure | Nichi Bei News
The National Archives at San Francisco and Chicago faces closure, according to an e-mail sent to staff on June 23. With the closure and the process to move files out […]
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We’re delighted to announce that Professor Leah Price has been appointed to the Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History.
Professor Leah Price appointed as Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History
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Tiktok is allowed on U.S. government devices again. (It is still banned in Iowa) www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Fabulous Sanborne Maps video from the LA Public Library. 📜 www.instagram.com/reel/DbHPWQ9...
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If you have tried oral exams in an online class I would like to connect for advice.
Archivists: Closure of Chicago National Archives threatens our right to access history 📜📚 www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
Archivists: Closure of Chicago National Archives threatens our right to access history
The National Archives at Chicago is a resource for residents and researchers including historians, genealogists and librarians.
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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop www.404media.co/ai-companies...
AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Plans for a new library repository move forward at the University of Michigan #MI 📜https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/news/plans-new-library-repository-move-forward
Plans for a new library repository move forward
The facility will protect the collection while ensuring ready access for the campus community.
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An independent record of archive institutions leaving proprietary systems behind — for AtoM, ArchivesSpace, Koha, Archivematica and other open source tools #GLAMS archivemigrations.info
The Archive Migration Review
Real-world stories of archives and libraries moving to open-source software. Editorially neutral. Internationally sourced.
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Playing my favorite game of fingernail vs scribe with this little ex situ binding fragment from Loras College. 🔍👀 #medievalsky #medievalmss #midwestmss #manuscripts @peripheralmss.bsky.social
Librarianship Should Resist Credential Erosion by Bobbi Newman and Sam Helmick 📜📚 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Librarianship Should Resist Credential Erosion (opinion)
We should resist calls for credential erosion. If anything, the need for a foundational M.L.S. has only grown in this era of information abundance.
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As congregations shrink, U.S. Catholic sisters create landmark archive to preserve their stories (June 2026) 📜https://www.globalsistersreport.org/congregations-shrink-us-nuns-create-landmark-archive-preserve-their-stories
As congregations shrink, US nuns create landmark archive to preserve their stories
A new archive and research center in Notre Dame, Indiana offers a home for the stories of Catholic sisters in the Midwest — records that might otherwise have been lost.
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The Spring 2026 issue of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage is now available on the journal website this issue features articles on STEM in special collections, book exhibitions, bibliotoxicology, and more. https://bit.ly/4ePdMSK
Lost, “unpublished and forgotten in a U.S. archive.” Uff. Here is a particularly egregious “discovery” trope about publishing a previously preserved and described item from the Beinecke. The item sounds exciting but, ugh. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive
Written in 1947, Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s account of the horrors of the atomic bomb attack will be published in August and is being made into a film
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Yale explores more-efficient ways to protect collections while also protecting the planet 📜 library.yale.edu/news/yale-ex...
Yale explores more-efficient ways to protect collections while also protecting the planet | Yale Library
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A Librarian’s Framework for Navigating Ethical AI Use in Health Science Education www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jul26...
OH MY GOD EVERYBODY I just learned about reciprocard.com , which lets you enter your public library and find out all the places you can get a card on Libby. I had not known my Minuteman card actually gave me *every network in the state*, including the flawlessly-named CLAMS?!?!
ReciproCard - Reciprocal Library Cards for Libby
Discover which reciprocal library systems you can access based on where you live. More cards means more books on Libby.
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