Camille Françoise
@cmfrancoise.bsky.social
Copyright & Access 📚🗝️🔸Libraries 🔸Policy 🔸 Technology Law 🔸WikiLove 🦊 EU-DSM 🇪🇺🛠️
🪄 Emerging Formats/Media
⚖️ Public Domain & Digital Common Goods
🪟 Transparency & Governance
#PoetryIsResistance
🪄 Emerging Formats/Media
⚖️ Public Domain & Digital Common Goods
🪟 Transparency & Governance
#PoetryIsResistance
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Libraries face a crisis: we must fight for our right to eRead!
Join the 24 September (15:00 CEST) @communia.bsky.social Salon on “The Right to E-Lend”, moderated by Peter Routhier (@archive.org)
Our blog: www.internetarchive.eu?p=1768
Join the #ProtectOurFutureMemory campaign: ourfuturememory.org
Join the 24 September (15:00 CEST) @communia.bsky.social Salon on “The Right to E-Lend”, moderated by Peter Routhier (@archive.org)
Our blog: www.internetarchive.eu?p=1768
Join the #ProtectOurFutureMemory campaign: ourfuturememory.org
Unlocking Europe’s Digital Bookshelves: The Fight for Our Right to eRead - Internet Archive Europe
Libraries have always been society's great equalisers—gateways to knowledge, culture, and opportunity, open to everyone. But as the world moves from print to pixels, the fundamental ability of librari...
www.internetarchive.eu
September 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Libraries face a crisis: we must fight for our right to eRead!
Join the 24 September (15:00 CEST) @communia.bsky.social Salon on “The Right to E-Lend”, moderated by Peter Routhier (@archive.org)
Our blog: www.internetarchive.eu?p=1768
Join the #ProtectOurFutureMemory campaign: ourfuturememory.org
Join the 24 September (15:00 CEST) @communia.bsky.social Salon on “The Right to E-Lend”, moderated by Peter Routhier (@archive.org)
Our blog: www.internetarchive.eu?p=1768
Join the #ProtectOurFutureMemory campaign: ourfuturememory.org
📅 This morning, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies launched the conference ✨ 'Open Internet, Open Economy: Unlocking Innovation and Competitiveness' ✨ in Florence, Italy.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📅 This morning, the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies launched the conference ✨ 'Open Internet, Open Economy: Unlocking Innovation and Competitiveness' ✨ in Florence, Italy.
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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
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
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
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
Wikimedia France sera présente aux Entretiens du Nouveau Monde Industriel (ENMI) qui se tiendront au CNAM, intitulée « Synthèse Artificielle Contribution Humaine ».
📅 Mardi 16 au mercredi 17 décembre
📝 Inscription (sur place et en ligne): enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi25/
📅 Mardi 16 au mercredi 17 décembre
📝 Inscription (sur place et en ligne): enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi25/
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Wikimedia France sera présente aux Entretiens du Nouveau Monde Industriel (ENMI) qui se tiendront au CNAM, intitulée « Synthèse Artificielle Contribution Humaine ».
📅 Mardi 16 au mercredi 17 décembre
📝 Inscription (sur place et en ligne): enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi25/
📅 Mardi 16 au mercredi 17 décembre
📝 Inscription (sur place et en ligne): enmi-conf.org/wp/enmi25/
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the US government has arrived on bluesky
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
the US government has arrived on bluesky
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For 30+ years, our Student Fellowship Program has trained the next generation of #HumanRights leaders—providing hands-on experience that shapes their research, advocacy & careers. Watch one fellow's story below!
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
Student Fellowship Profile
YouTube video by Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
For 30+ years, our Student Fellowship Program has trained the next generation of #HumanRights leaders—providing hands-on experience that shapes their research, advocacy & careers. Watch one fellow's story below!
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
🌍 400+ fellows
🤝 350+ orgs
✈️ 88+ countries
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgti...
Yesterday, I've heard about this UNESCO report named: The Chilling Effect, the Global Trends in online violence against women journalists.
Read it here: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
Read it here: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
The Chilling: global trends in online violence against women journalists; research discussion paper
UNESCO Digital Library
unesdoc.unesco.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Yesterday, I've heard about this UNESCO report named: The Chilling Effect, the Global Trends in online violence against women journalists.
Read it here: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
Read it here: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p...
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Woohoo! Great #digipres story @makethecatwise
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Today, @archive.org opened a new space for the Open Community in Amsterdam! 🇳🇱
📚This is the beginning of the Internet Archive Europe!
The goal?
🎯 Fight against disinformation, foster learning, sovereignty, support growth.
📚This is the beginning of the Internet Archive Europe!
The goal?
🎯 Fight against disinformation, foster learning, sovereignty, support growth.
September 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today, @archive.org opened a new space for the Open Community in Amsterdam! 🇳🇱
📚This is the beginning of the Internet Archive Europe!
The goal?
🎯 Fight against disinformation, foster learning, sovereignty, support growth.
📚This is the beginning of the Internet Archive Europe!
The goal?
🎯 Fight against disinformation, foster learning, sovereignty, support growth.
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The European #PublicDomain Day conference will take place on 15 January 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. For the first time, the conference has opened a call for contributions for the event - submit yours by 30 September! bit.ly/4nlGHPE
September 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The European #PublicDomain Day conference will take place on 15 January 2026 at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. For the first time, the conference has opened a call for contributions for the event - submit yours by 30 September! bit.ly/4nlGHPE
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La Cnil donne un mois au ministère de l’intérieur pour débrancher la vidéosurveillance à Brest, irrégulièrement déployée depuis 2023 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
La Cnil ordonne au ministère de l’intérieur de débrancher la vidéosurveillance à Brest
Dans une décision non publique, dont Mediapart a pris connaissance, l’autorité donne un mois au ministère de l’intérieur pour « cesser de mettre en œuvre » le réseau de caméras irrégulièrement déploy…
www.mediapart.fr
August 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
La Cnil donne un mois au ministère de l’intérieur pour débrancher la vidéosurveillance à Brest, irrégulièrement déployée depuis 2023 www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Libertés associatives : « L’autocensure est un phénomène massif »
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
Libertés associatives : « L’autocensure est un phénomène massif »
Les associations citoyennes sont 41 % à s’être déjà autocensurées pour éviter des conflits avec les pouvoirs publics, révèle une étude de l’Observatoire des libertés associatives. Un phénomène qui ab…
www.mediapart.fr
July 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Libertés associatives : « L’autocensure est un phénomène massif »
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
I've finally deleted all my meta-accounts 🙀
🔸My unused Facebook account
🔸My Instagram account
🔸And my WhatsApp account.
It feels quite a relief, although it was hard to let go of Instagram. It was a step by step process, realigning my values and my actions.
🔸My unused Facebook account
🔸My Instagram account
🔸And my WhatsApp account.
It feels quite a relief, although it was hard to let go of Instagram. It was a step by step process, realigning my values and my actions.
June 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I've finally deleted all my meta-accounts 🙀
🔸My unused Facebook account
🔸My Instagram account
🔸And my WhatsApp account.
It feels quite a relief, although it was hard to let go of Instagram. It was a step by step process, realigning my values and my actions.
🔸My unused Facebook account
🔸My Instagram account
🔸And my WhatsApp account.
It feels quite a relief, although it was hard to let go of Instagram. It was a step by step process, realigning my values and my actions.
Reposted by Camille Françoise
In case you missed our Salon on this misguided proposal from France, read @cmfrancoise.bsky.social's summary on our blog or watch the recording at the link below:
Earlier this month we hosted our Salon on the French proposal to tax second-hand books🍿
If you were unable to make it or would like to rewatch, the recording is now available!
communia-association.org/2025/06/18/v...
If you were unable to make it or would like to rewatch, the recording is now available!
communia-association.org/2025/06/18/v...
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In case you missed our Salon on this misguided proposal from France, read @cmfrancoise.bsky.social's summary on our blog or watch the recording at the link below:
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Dive into a bit of computer vision history: #Inria's PASTIS team's efficient chain-linking algorithm from the 80s, now preserved by Software Heritage. See the code & the clever memory tricks: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/06/04/history_computer_vision/
When memory was measured in kilobytes: The art of efficient vision - Software Heritage
Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Take a peek into early computer vision’s elegant solutions.
www.softwareheritage.org
June 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dive into a bit of computer vision history: #Inria's PASTIS team's efficient chain-linking algorithm from the 80s, now preserved by Software Heritage. See the code & the clever memory tricks: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/06/04/history_computer_vision/
Un panel sur le matrimoine et la visibilité des femmes en ligne avec
Philippe Gambette, Benoît Soubeyran, et Virginie de Marco, sur des sujets divers comme
🔸Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 🔸des ateliers Wikisource à l'université Gustave Eiffel et 🔸renforcer la visibilité des femmes scientifiques.
Philippe Gambette, Benoît Soubeyran, et Virginie de Marco, sur des sujets divers comme
🔸Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 🔸des ateliers Wikisource à l'université Gustave Eiffel et 🔸renforcer la visibilité des femmes scientifiques.
June 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Un panel sur le matrimoine et la visibilité des femmes en ligne avec
Philippe Gambette, Benoît Soubeyran, et Virginie de Marco, sur des sujets divers comme
🔸Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 🔸des ateliers Wikisource à l'université Gustave Eiffel et 🔸renforcer la visibilité des femmes scientifiques.
Philippe Gambette, Benoît Soubeyran, et Virginie de Marco, sur des sujets divers comme
🔸Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, 🔸des ateliers Wikisource à l'université Gustave Eiffel et 🔸renforcer la visibilité des femmes scientifiques.
Yeah! C'est le début des Journées Wikimédia Culture et Numérique à l'Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art ✨
Rémy Gerbet, directeur de Wikimédia France et Johanna Daniel ouvrent ces journées !
Merci à toutes et à tous!
Rémy Gerbet, directeur de Wikimédia France et Johanna Daniel ouvrent ces journées !
Merci à toutes et à tous!
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Yeah! C'est le début des Journées Wikimédia Culture et Numérique à l'Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art ✨
Rémy Gerbet, directeur de Wikimédia France et Johanna Daniel ouvrent ces journées !
Merci à toutes et à tous!
Rémy Gerbet, directeur de Wikimédia France et Johanna Daniel ouvrent ces journées !
Merci à toutes et à tous!
Taxer les ultrariches : les Français sont pour, mais le Sénat est contre
www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...
Taxer les ultrariches : les Français sont pour, mais le Sénat est contre
Le Sénat a rejeté une proposition de loi visant à taxer à 2 % le patrimoine des grandes fortunes. Faire payer davantage d’impôts aux ultrariches est une idée qui fait pourtant consensus, à en croire …
www.mediapart.fr
June 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Taxer les ultrariches : les Français sont pour, mais le Sénat est contre
www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...
What are the next steps? #PubConf2025
Two pillars 🎯
1️⃣ Regulate the problem
2️⃣ Build something new!
That's what we need.
We need stronger regulations of Big Tech. And the Draghi report is a push to deregulate the EU under the excuse of innovation.
Two pillars 🎯
1️⃣ Regulate the problem
2️⃣ Build something new!
That's what we need.
We need stronger regulations of Big Tech. And the Draghi report is a push to deregulate the EU under the excuse of innovation.
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What are the next steps? #PubConf2025
Two pillars 🎯
1️⃣ Regulate the problem
2️⃣ Build something new!
That's what we need.
We need stronger regulations of Big Tech. And the Draghi report is a push to deregulate the EU under the excuse of innovation.
Two pillars 🎯
1️⃣ Regulate the problem
2️⃣ Build something new!
That's what we need.
We need stronger regulations of Big Tech. And the Draghi report is a push to deregulate the EU under the excuse of innovation.
Today, it's the PublicSpaces Conference!
Geert-Jan Bogaerts, chair of PublicSpaces starts the day, and underlines the difference between the question of autonomy from the US and the public values that we want to have in the digital ecosystem!
#PubConf2025
Geert-Jan Bogaerts, chair of PublicSpaces starts the day, and underlines the difference between the question of autonomy from the US and the public values that we want to have in the digital ecosystem!
#PubConf2025
June 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Today, it's the PublicSpaces Conference!
Geert-Jan Bogaerts, chair of PublicSpaces starts the day, and underlines the difference between the question of autonomy from the US and the public values that we want to have in the digital ecosystem!
#PubConf2025
Geert-Jan Bogaerts, chair of PublicSpaces starts the day, and underlines the difference between the question of autonomy from the US and the public values that we want to have in the digital ecosystem!
#PubConf2025
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Did you know the first ebook was invented by a woman? In 1949 a Spanish inventor and teacher named Ángela Ruiz Robles designed the Enciclopedia Mecanica.
Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!
Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!
New formats of books have always been controversial. For instance, people used to worry about the devastating effects of... printed books. Learn much more in A Podcast About Ebooks--Episode 1: So What is an Ebook, Anyway? is out now!
engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes/so-...
engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com/episodes/so-...
So What Is An Ebook, Anyway? | Engelberg Center Live!
Ebooks and ereaders have a long and often surprising history–and some unexpected parallels to overall history of books and reading. Mary and Laura take you through it with special guest Dorothea Salo.
engelberg-center-live.simplecast.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Did you know the first ebook was invented by a woman? In 1949 a Spanish inventor and teacher named Ángela Ruiz Robles designed the Enciclopedia Mecanica.
Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!
Learn about this pioneer (and much, much more!) on a Podcast about Ebooks!
'We need a strong European stack, developed on the democratic values, in order to be independent, and hold our data structure for Cultural Heritage Institutions'
Sofie Taes, representative of the Europeana Network Association.
#Europeana2025
Sofie Taes, representative of the Europeana Network Association.
#Europeana2025
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
'We need a strong European stack, developed on the democratic values, in order to be independent, and hold our data structure for Cultural Heritage Institutions'
Sofie Taes, representative of the Europeana Network Association.
#Europeana2025
Sofie Taes, representative of the Europeana Network Association.
#Europeana2025
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Together with the @ec.europa.eu, we are delighted to announce the second phase of our #3DForCulture campaign - Twin it! Part II!
Find out how it will support EU Member States in their #3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you ➡️ bit.ly/4dUZ9eC
Find out how it will support EU Member States in their #3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you ➡️ bit.ly/4dUZ9eC
June 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Together with the @ec.europa.eu, we are delighted to announce the second phase of our #3DForCulture campaign - Twin it! Part II!
Find out how it will support EU Member States in their #3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you ➡️ bit.ly/4dUZ9eC
Find out how it will support EU Member States in their #3D digitisation and preservation efforts - and what that means for you ➡️ bit.ly/4dUZ9eC
I cannot agree more - Cybersecurity in cultural Heritage Data is essential. But what about open access?
As institutions, we hold the doors of information and data, with their integrity, for the public good, and for people to make decisions based on evidence.
#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage
As institutions, we hold the doors of information and data, with their integrity, for the public good, and for people to make decisions based on evidence.
#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage
June 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I cannot agree more - Cybersecurity in cultural Heritage Data is essential. But what about open access?
As institutions, we hold the doors of information and data, with their integrity, for the public good, and for people to make decisions based on evidence.
#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage
As institutions, we hold the doors of information and data, with their integrity, for the public good, and for people to make decisions based on evidence.
#Europeana2025
#ReuseDigitalHeritage
Zygmunt Stepinski, director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, underlines the importance of cybersecurity in the cultural heritage fields, especially as attacks increased significantly, especially regarding minorities, whether religious, gender, sexual, etc.
#europeana2025
#europeana2025
June 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Zygmunt Stepinski, director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, underlines the importance of cybersecurity in the cultural heritage fields, especially as attacks increased significantly, especially regarding minorities, whether religious, gender, sexual, etc.
#europeana2025
#europeana2025