Three new resources are now available in the DPC’s Digital Preservation Toolkit for Community Archives: 📷 A Basic Digitisation Guide 🗂️ Adding Digitised Records to a Catalogue 🤖 Thinking About Using AI? Practical guidance to help community archives care for […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

bloggERS!, the blog of the SAA's Electronic Records Section, fosters communication w/in the section & across the wider (digital) archives community. We’re seeking volunteers to join our intrepid editorial team as new Team Members! Details & a link to apply here: saaers.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/j...

Join the bloggERS team!

bloggERS! fosters communication within the ERS and across the wider (especially digital) archival community. We’ve put together a fantastic editorial team of intrepid information professionals, and…

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Job posting: The director and curator administers and oversees all operations for the List Gallery, a regionally acclaimed exhibition venue. . .including contemporary artists, student work, and works from the Swarthmore College Art Collection.” careers.swarthmore.edu/cw/en-us/job...

I just leveled up my audiobooks.* Did you know you can change the length of time you borrow a book on Libby?! When it says, "Borrowing for..." the length of time it shows is a dropdown! Pick a longer time for big books! * Thanks to my friendly librarian, Abbie!

I love New York. Thank you, Knicks!

Also, no.

FANGORIA@fangoria.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Zack Snyder is getting back in the remake game with a "down and dirty" new take on one of John Carpenter's most iconic movies.

Oh no. I am that person. I accidentally emailed the whole listserv. I can never be trusted with a computer ever again. *hanging head of shame*

Now's a great time to support LaVonnia Moore, a rural Georgia librarian who was fired because she approved a library display (set up by community members) that included a book featuring a transgender character. Her legal case enters the mediation process this week. 📚 www.gofundme.com/f/help-lavon...

Donate to Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality, organized by Lavonnia Moore

Seeking help for legal fees and life. My name is LaVonnia Moore. For … Lavonnia Moore needs your support for Help LaVonnia Moore Seek Justice and Equality

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You can also donate to the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, which runs an annual campaign focused on freeing Black mamas and caregivers: www.phillybailout.org

Philadelphia Community Bail Fund

The mission of the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund is to end cash bail in Philadelphia. Until that time, we post bail for those who cannot afford to pay for their freedom.

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Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

Hell is a concessions stand line.

"tags could be used to highlight the presence of disabled people within a particular document or document series..." 1/3 Emma Yeo in Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession search.worldcat.org/title/Preser...

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"Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession weaves together first-person narratives and case studies contributed from disabled archivists and disabled archives users, bringing criti

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Khajiit has wares if you have coin

"Lost, inaccurate or incomplete records, and the consequent loss of identity and personhood, were part of systemic abuse." Stace, Hilary, Susan Martin, and Martin Sullivan in Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession search.worldcat.org/title/148298...

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"Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession weaves together first-person narratives and case studies contributed from disabled archivists and disabled archives users, bringing criti

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Spent a week digging out of the stuff that came in while I was on vacation* just to miss Monday being sick. It's fine.**

This came up in a Google search and, in light of the librarian shenanigans (firings) in the news lately, I'm reposting it. Read it again, especially the last paragraph. Make sure your local library knows you expect diverse collections, programming, and staff. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/01/libr...

Library Staff Are Not Superheroes: a Guest Post by Robin Bradford

Just before the new year, Robin and I were chatting  and she sent me this text: "Can I come to a guest post on our blog that libraries are N...

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I don't bake often, but this new recipe was a hit tonight so I thought you might like it, too. www.recipetineats.com/flourless-or...

Whole Orange Cake - rind and all!

This unique flourless orange cake uses whole oranges - rind and all - blitzed with almond meal, sugar and eggs. Wonderful gluten free cake!

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My sister doesn't work. She's got her own challenges, but she spent the last two decades taking care of my mom. All the money I make from book sales for the next few months are going to go to her. You'll find buy links for the paperback and ebook at the link below. 18/18

A Dark Hole Darkly

Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective.

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Calling scholars of Quaker history, Peace history, and allied topics! Swarthmore College Special Collections is accepting applications for our Moore Research Fellowship for 2026-2027. Academics, creatives, and researchers at all levels are welcome to apply! www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/re...

Sinners is a perfect film.

Great article about activist Anita Cameron, disability history, and the storytelling project "We Were There Too: Blacks in the Disability Movement"

An old photo album captures a history of Black disabled activism. For Anita Cameron, it’s personal

Many of the photographs in a family album tell a story that Cameron said has been erased from the conversation about the history of the disability rights movement in the U.S.: Black people also built ...

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Our smart_funny_cool pal Joey wrote a book, and I'm excited to read it. You can, too! spot.fund/cr7jmlxsc #horror #IndieAuthors #booksky

Click here to support Joey Pettine's story *JoeyPettineHorrorNovels

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THIS MONTH ONLY!!! To celebrate my books NO LONGER BEING AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE, I'm offering all 3 as an Itch mini-bundle for just $3. That's 80% off probably?!? Includes BOTH books in the space-fantasy adventure comedy PERCIVAL GYNT series + the neurodivergent AF mystery comedy A DARK HOLE DARKLY.

Drew's $3 Bye-Bye Kindle Sale by Drew Melbourne

A bundle by Drew Melbourne, $2.97 for Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days, Percival Gynt and the Inevitability of Fire and Other Cases, A Dark Hole Darkly

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I posted my first full finding aid today. Am I an archivist now?

Thank goodness the first day of 2026 is over. How many are left to go?

It helps that we are translating She-Ra to Star Wars. I started with Adora as Luke, Horde as the dark side, etc., keeping it simple. Kid: oh so Hordak is Snoak and Catra is Kylo Ren? Me: ... Good job, no notes #She-Ra

Drew Melbourne@drewmelbourne.com · 9mo ago

Kiddo was not ready for the awesome Netflix #SheRa series the last time we tried, but this time ABSOLUTELY. IS. So we're binging (before Netflix pulls the show*) in February!!!

"If we truly want to support dysregulated students, especially neurodivergent ones, we need to stop putting the burden of managing big emotions solely on them & instead take a hard look at the environments we create." From @endseclusion.bsky.social: endseclusion.org/2025/07/10/n... #neurodiversity

Neurodivergent Students Don’t Need a Calm Corner, They a Whole Classroom Rooted in Calm, Connection, and Compassion

“Just make a calm-down space in your room!” they say, as if emotional regulation can be solved with a bean bag chair, a glitter jar, and a cute sign that says “breathe.” But here’s what so many people...

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Yup. I just had a request today for something we clearly didn't/wouldn't have in the archive.

And that's it!!! I think our winners are gonna be these (mine, wife's, kiddo's). What are yours??? 10/