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Bryony Hooper
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Digital Preservation Manager at the University of Sheffield. Interested in digipres, RM, archives and human rights.

All views expressed are my own.
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Archives in the news

This share is not about whether they should have redacted the data (they shouldn't of), it's about using such bad redaction techniques.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks
Un-redacted text from released documents began circulating on social media on Monday evening
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Looking to see if fellow Christmas movie fans have noticed another series of the Norwegian show Home for Christmas (Hjem til jul)? @melindahaunton.bsky.social perhaps
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/how-to-spo...

All hail the reference librarian!
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Archives in the news

BBC News - Hundreds of items stolen in 'high-value' Bristol Museum raid - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of items stolen in 'high-value' Bristol Museum raid
More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection were taken.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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unishefplayer.bsky.social
It is day three of our research advent calendar!

Today’s video explores The Peak District Imaginarium, where artists and researchers rework a lost slide archive with help from the public.

Watch: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/peak-...

#PeakDistrict #CreativeResearch
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Really insightful week @ina-officiel.bsky.social for FRAME advanced training, organised with @fiatifta.bsky.social

Will try to summarize the training next week in the replies. #archives #digitalpreservation #avarchives
Booklet from FRAME advanced with name plate
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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hetanshah.bsky.social
This is a good note to end the week. The plight of @britishlibrary.bsky.social has been picked up in @nature.com’s influential daily briefing. Thanks everyone (including @floragraham.bsky.social)
who is getting the word out there about our national library
us17.campaign-archive.com?u=2c6057c528...
Don't ignore the crisis at the British Library In 2023, one of the world's most significant libraries was hit with a cyber attack that destroyed multiple systems, requiring that its entire technology infrastructure be rebuilt and costing millions. Staff at the British Library say that the attack undermined the working environment, and more than 300 are on strike. The Library's chief executive has resigned, less than a year after she took the position. And some material is still not available to scholars. "Libraries and archives are the labs of humanities and social science scholars, and history is not possible without them," argues Hetan Shah, the chief executive of The British Academy. "The nation rightly values scientific infrastructure, but it pays extraordinarily little attention to what is happening at our national library." Museums Journal | 3 min read & City AM | 4 min read
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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#britishlibrary
Archives in the news
lottelydia.bsky.social Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Nov 18
“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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uknatarcsector.bsky.social
Join us at Manchester Central Library (11 February 2026) for a free 1-day course which will support you to produce a Strategic Advocacy Plan.

You’ll also leave with fresh insights from sector experts and an expanded network of industry colleagues!

Book today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strategic-...
Four people sit around a table – most of them are laughing or smiling at something displayed on a laptop screen that sits in the middle of the table. Behind them stands a large bookcase.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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professionallynosy.bsky.social
Nothing encapsulates the “dedication to preserving and uplifting our history” quite like a file drawer of loose floppy disks. Each helpfully labeled “archives” and nothing else.
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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emmabooth.bsky.social
#MetadataMatters - Ruth Elder (University of York) commented that to may be quite 'sobering' for libraries to see the extent of their poor quality records.
Legacy metadata issues can severely impact upon discoverability & interoperability, but libraries rarely have time/capacity to tackle it
emmabooth.bsky.social Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.bsky.social · Oct 22
It also helps to identify parts of your data (metadata) that need attention - ie the records that need upgrading to ensure that they are not falsely flagged as unique when compared to NBK data
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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jonhistorian61.bsky.social
If you use digital newspaper collections this new OA paper is for you - it’s full of great insights into how to understand what’s in them and the many hidden perils of digital search (like the systemically poorer OCR for cheaper and more left-leaning newspapers - who knew?). Please share
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75 📜
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/a...
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Library and archives in the news.
In particular, The British Library
#archives #libraries

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Had a bit of scrolling on Ancestry this afternoon. Any sleuths recognise what my g.g.g.granddad did (the bit in brackets). I was a terrible paleography student!

P.S. as a Hooper, I'm pleased to see we also had a Cooper in the family!
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Today is World Digital Preservation Day! And we're asking "Why do we preserve"? We preserve because the history of our University is really important to all of its members, past, present and future including a digital record of the changing face of our campus #WDPD2025 #DigiPres
Warwick at 60: The Changing Face of Campus
This exhibition showcases the growth and development of the University of Warwick since 1965. Using photographs from the University Archive, discover how accommodation, faculty buildings and sports…
warwick.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social
Today is World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2025

This year the theme is #WhyPreserve
For us the answer is that without actively preserving our digital records we lose all the evidence and history of our recent (and even not so recent) past and present, and lose the story of what we're doing now.
Collection of CDs containing digital data, which needs to be carefully transferred and managed if it is to remain intact and accessible into the the future. Laptops, potentially containing digital records which could be inaccessible to future generations of researchers without active management. Black and white photograph of the unveiling of a new PC in the Agriculture Department in the 1980s.
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
”Are men who think about the Roman Empire at least once a day ruining the workplace?”
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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sharonmcmeekin.bsky.social
I hadn't planned to do anything particular for #WDPD this year, but when inspiration hits who am I to deny it?

So, here's my contribution for 2025, all put together since 10:30 this morning! A bit of fun aimed at everyone's "favourite" standard... 😝

youtu.be/OXb0NMKumkc
Actually Pedantic
YouTube video by Sharon McMeekin
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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paige-roberts.bsky.social
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."

via Maureen Pennock

#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
Launching our new Digital Preservation Policy
On World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we’re pleased to announce the release of our new Digital Preservation Policy.
www.bl.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Getting ready for a Digipres North's #wdpd #wdpd2025 special meeting. I love getting to hear what the community is up to, and listening to presentations and demos from colleagues around the region. Today we're getting to see how Explore York are introducing TeraCopy to their workflow.
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
On #WorldDigitalPreservationDay, this photo from our #UniOfExeterArchive is a reminder that technology is constantly evolving, & when it becomes obsolete, information may be lost. Digital preservation is vital to enable access to digital records, now & in the future.

#WDPD2025 #ThrowbackThursday
Black and white photograph of a person with long hair typing at a computer terminal in the Old Library.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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angelafromdpc.bsky.social
The World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2025 theme this year asks the question #WhyPreserve? and prompts the #digitalpreservation community to share their motivations for preserving digital materials with the rest of the world. Watch some of the powerful responses in this video: buff.ly/sxKHxTV
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
bryonyhooper.bsky.social
Posting and capturing slides from lightning talks is hard! So much info conveyed in such a tight amount of time.
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Paraphrasing Christobel Underwood of the Australian National University's lightning talk:

How to prioritise audio visual material for preservation
1. Magnetic tape!!
2. Reacting to a disaster and the damage caused
3. Items of historical or cultural significance
4. User Requests

#iPRES2025
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM