Yuzhou
@baiy.bsky.social
Beijinger roaming in Massachusetts, special collections librarian doing trivial things
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Yuzhou
@baiy.bsky.social
· Jul 2
We had a prestigious guest inspecting our microfilm room today. Meet Remy, resident scholar of the Harvard-Yenching Institute.
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I am excited and exhausted to finally release my annual data report on job advertisements in East Asian Studies! 📊🌏 This marks 5 years of collecting job data, so it's possible to see changes over time. For interactive visualizations, view via browser rather than phone. prcurtis.com/projects/job...
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I am excited and exhausted to finally release my annual data report on job advertisements in East Asian Studies! 📊🌏 This marks 5 years of collecting job data, so it's possible to see changes over time. For interactive visualizations, view via browser rather than phone. prcurtis.com/projects/job...
New Yorkers! Sharing an exciting event in Flushing on 1/24 (Sat), featuring Stan Lai 賴聲川, Taiwanese-American playwright/theater director behind the blockbuster "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源." Join us & plz spread the word
January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Love notes like this left in books by earlier librarians. This profession runs on the hope of ever having time to love things as they deserve, and our archives are full of the epitaphs of good intentions.
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Love notes like this left in books by earlier librarians. This profession runs on the hope of ever having time to love things as they deserve, and our archives are full of the epitaphs of good intentions.
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Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.
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RBS is now accepting applications for our summer 2026 courses—including new course offerings & partner locations!
Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule
The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
#BookSky #RareBooks
Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule
The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
#BookSky #RareBooks
January 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
RBS is now accepting applications for our summer 2026 courses—including new course offerings & partner locations!
Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule
The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
#BookSky #RareBooks
Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule
The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
#BookSky #RareBooks
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Teaching the events of January 6—which are not a “moment” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar yet urgent challenge: how can students use historical knowledge & thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help. 🗃️
The Assault on the Capitol in Historical Perspective: Resources for Educators | American Historical Association
We know teaching the events of January 6, 2021 presents a challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking to understand current crises?
www.historians.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Teaching the events of January 6—which are not a “moment” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar yet urgent challenge: how can students use historical knowledge & thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help. 🗃️
New Yorkers! Sharing an exciting event in Flushing on 1/24 (Sat), featuring Stan Lai 賴聲川, Taiwanese-American playwright/theater director behind the blockbuster "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源." Join us & plz spread the word
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
New Yorkers! Sharing an exciting event in Flushing on 1/24 (Sat), featuring Stan Lai 賴聲川, Taiwanese-American playwright/theater director behind the blockbuster "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land 暗戀桃花源." Join us & plz spread the word
Happy new year! Our library travel grants are still open to applications until January 31.
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Happy new year! Our library travel grants are still open to applications until January 31.
A great article that emerged out of the @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social project: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
Integrating Premodern Manuscript Metadata into Wikidata: A Case Study in Ontology Design and Linked Data Reuse | Journal of Open Humanities Data
openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A great article that emerged out of the @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social project: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....
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Registration is now OPEN for #NEASpring26 in Portland, ME! Join us for three inspiring days of exciting virtual and in-person workshops, sessions, special events, and roundtable discussions by registering today! newenglandarchivists.org/spring-2026
New England Archivists - Spring 2026
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December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Registration is now OPEN for #NEASpring26 in Portland, ME! Join us for three inspiring days of exciting virtual and in-person workshops, sessions, special events, and roundtable discussions by registering today! newenglandarchivists.org/spring-2026
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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The Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks invites applications for two-week virtual faculty residencies in June 2026, concentrating on topics at the intersection of East Asia Studies and Plant Humanities.
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Plant Humanities Initiative at Dumbarton Oaks invites applications for two-week virtual faculty residencies in June 2026, concentrating on topics at the intersection of East Asia Studies and Plant Humanities.
The Library of Congress' Asian Division is now accepting applications for their 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: up to $3,000 to support travel, lodging, and research expenses. Due January 11, 2026. #sinology #libraries
blogs.loc.gov/internationa...
blogs.loc.gov/internationa...
The Asian Division’s Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: Now Accepting Applications for 2026 | 4 Corners of the World
The Asian Division is now accepting applications for its Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship, which supports short-term research visits to the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress. This year's app...
blogs.loc.gov
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Library of Congress' Asian Division is now accepting applications for their 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Fellowship: up to $3,000 to support travel, lodging, and research expenses. Due January 11, 2026. #sinology #libraries
blogs.loc.gov/internationa...
blogs.loc.gov/internationa...
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All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
Great points made, and not just about AI: "Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
“History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost…those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students & to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write & think when others once risked their lives & died for the freedom to do so”
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Great points made, and not just about AI: "Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
I roll my eyes every time a library job includes a salary range as wide as this. This is not the actual salary range. The HR included this only so they can advertise it to job boards that requires a salary range. This is the opposite of the pay transparency that our field has been advocating for.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I roll my eyes every time a library job includes a salary range as wide as this. This is not the actual salary range. The HR included this only so they can advertise it to job boards that requires a salary range. This is the opposite of the pay transparency that our field has been advocating for.
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CFP: 14th Annual ESPRit conference: “Periodicals and the World”
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
Periodicals and the World
Since their inception, periodicals have travelled across regions, reporting on local and global events and developments, and shaping public discourse on wh...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
CFP: 14th Annual ESPRit conference: “Periodicals and the World”
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
9-11 September 2026, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
events.vub.be/periodicals-...
Bringing rare books to students of a Chinese language class that focused on Chinese food culture:
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bringing rare books to students of a Chinese language class that focused on Chinese food culture:
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
>> 飲食須知, a manual for healthy diets;
>> 宣和博古圖錄, an illustrated catalog of ancient bronze cookware;
>> 熬波圖, a pictorial manuscript on salt production.
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Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
The high court turned down a petition from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who objected on religious grounds to issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Justices decline case seeking to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
ILS Panel on “New #BookHistory Research with Internet Data”: internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok ... events.iu.edu/siceiub/even...
ILS Panel on “New Book History Research with Internet Data”
This is a panel on “Book History with Internet Data”, with 8 panelists from different IMLS/iSchools, funded by SHARP.
events.iu.edu
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ILS Panel on “New #BookHistory Research with Internet Data”: internet-based datasets have emerged related to books, reading habits, and reader communities—ranging from crowd-sourced genre tags and online reviews to platforms like BookTok ... events.iu.edu/siceiub/even...
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
What A Week for Libraries
Your donations and support helped make these wins possible!
www.everylibrary.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
It's only Thursday morning and my grammar is already tanking.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's only Thursday morning and my grammar is already tanking.
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"Can they read whole books anymore?" --> "How can we create the conditions that make reading whole books seem fun, easy, doable, rewarding?"
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Can they read whole books anymore?" --> "How can we create the conditions that make reading whole books seem fun, easy, doable, rewarding?"
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How did socialist projects of making antibiotics and building atom bombs amount to the primitive accumulation of "scientific capital" in the People's Republic?
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How did socialist projects of making antibiotics and building atom bombs amount to the primitive accumulation of "scientific capital" in the People's Republic?
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11
🕥 10:30–11:45 am Eastern Time
📍 Over Zoom
Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #sts 🧪