Heather Froehlich
@heatherfro.bsky.social
supporting researchers counting words in various ways with computers at university of arizona libraries; increasingly displaced new englander
The University of Arizona @douglassday.bsky.social celebration has an AMAZING cake from Allyn Haynes Catering. We may not be able to cut into it... #DouglassDay
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The University of Arizona @douglassday.bsky.social celebration has an AMAZING cake from Allyn Haynes Catering. We may not be able to cut into it... #DouglassDay
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Signalboosting! Tis app season for the annual Book History Workshop at Texas A&M University, May 31-June 5, 2026.
The deadline for first consideration is March 6, 2026, after which any remaining seats will be filled on a rolling basis.
I'll be talking way too much about everything, so come play!
The deadline for first consideration is March 6, 2026, after which any remaining seats will be filled on a rolling basis.
I'll be talking way too much about everything, so come play!
Historic Press Room
library.tamu.edu
February 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Signalboosting! Tis app season for the annual Book History Workshop at Texas A&M University, May 31-June 5, 2026.
The deadline for first consideration is March 6, 2026, after which any remaining seats will be filled on a rolling basis.
I'll be talking way too much about everything, so come play!
The deadline for first consideration is March 6, 2026, after which any remaining seats will be filled on a rolling basis.
I'll be talking way too much about everything, so come play!
Job! Technician for the Book Arts & Letterpress Lab with Karen Zimmerman and the School of Art's 2D Print Studio at the University of Arizona arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
arizona.csod.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Job! Technician for the Book Arts & Letterpress Lab with Karen Zimmerman and the School of Art's 2D Print Studio at the University of Arizona arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Tomorrow-- the University of Arizona Main Library
@douglassday.bsky.social celebration! We're in B252/254, can't wait to meet everyone. Flyer + details attached: lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
@douglassday.bsky.social celebration! We're in B252/254, can't wait to meet everyone. Flyer + details attached: lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Tomorrow-- the University of Arizona Main Library
@douglassday.bsky.social celebration! We're in B252/254, can't wait to meet everyone. Flyer + details attached: lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
@douglassday.bsky.social celebration! We're in B252/254, can't wait to meet everyone. Flyer + details attached: lib.arizona.edu/about/events...
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I dont/cant reject AI* bc I am a librarian and digital humanist whose job it is to serve the needs of my community. These are the conversations they are having. While I fully respect the "reject" stance, working from a cynical curiosity is getting me further.
*I'm specific about what this means
*I'm specific about what this means
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I dont/cant reject AI* bc I am a librarian and digital humanist whose job it is to serve the needs of my community. These are the conversations they are having. While I fully respect the "reject" stance, working from a cynical curiosity is getting me further.
*I'm specific about what this means
*I'm specific about what this means
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I've been thinking about this a lot. There's a major tension here between "get my data cleaned quickly, efficiently, and as a responsible steward of my research resources" and "teach the next generation how to conduct research." Anyone who tells you the answer is easy is kidding themselves
Claude code will inevitably reduce dramatically the hiring of undergraduate RAs which will further increase the gap between what students are taught and how we conduct research.
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I've been thinking about this a lot. There's a major tension here between "get my data cleaned quickly, efficiently, and as a responsible steward of my research resources" and "teach the next generation how to conduct research." Anyone who tells you the answer is easy is kidding themselves
Just adding that four people have separately told me I cannot change the title from "What is AI and why is it happening to me?" to anything else
We are starting an AI literacy effort at UA libraries and yours truly, who has been doing this for a long time, is working on some foundational basics. I revived the old blog to share this snippet from a larger training I'm putting together: hfroehli.ch/2026/02/11/w...
What’s the difference between machine learning and generative AI?
Artificial intelligence a metaphor for a lot of computational processing. It’s not just one specific thing, but a lot of different things. Often we hear about “AI” as a blanket term for all sorts o…
hfroehli.ch
February 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Just adding that four people have separately told me I cannot change the title from "What is AI and why is it happening to me?" to anything else
For those of you descending on San Francisco for RSA next week, join us at Book History Now (a 3-part series)
- Collections as Data rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Networks, Media, and Method in Book History
rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Preserving Greek Texts rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Collections as Data rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Networks, Media, and Method in Book History
rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Preserving Greek Texts rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
Networks, Media, and Method in Book History
The papers in this session raise questions about materiality, media, production networks, circulation networks, and methods for putting Renaissance manuscripts and print to work today.
rsa.confex.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
For those of you descending on San Francisco for RSA next week, join us at Book History Now (a 3-part series)
- Collections as Data rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Networks, Media, and Method in Book History
rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Preserving Greek Texts rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Collections as Data rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Networks, Media, and Method in Book History
rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
- Preserving Greek Texts rsa.confex.com/rsa/2026/mee...
We are starting an AI literacy effort at UA libraries and yours truly, who has been doing this for a long time, is working on some foundational basics. I revived the old blog to share this snippet from a larger training I'm putting together: hfroehli.ch/2026/02/11/w...
What’s the difference between machine learning and generative AI?
Artificial intelligence a metaphor for a lot of computational processing. It’s not just one specific thing, but a lot of different things. Often we hear about “AI” as a blanket term for all sorts o…
hfroehli.ch
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
We are starting an AI literacy effort at UA libraries and yours truly, who has been doing this for a long time, is working on some foundational basics. I revived the old blog to share this snippet from a larger training I'm putting together: hfroehli.ch/2026/02/11/w...
I was so so bad at math and so full of misery from it and now I teach people linear algebra.
Nobody is more surprised than me, I promise, but it is also a superpower for being able to understand what Not Getting It feels like
Nobody is more surprised than me, I promise, but it is also a superpower for being able to understand what Not Getting It feels like
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I was so so bad at math and so full of misery from it and now I teach people linear algebra.
Nobody is more surprised than me, I promise, but it is also a superpower for being able to understand what Not Getting It feels like
Nobody is more surprised than me, I promise, but it is also a superpower for being able to understand what Not Getting It feels like
What's the difference betewen machine learning and generative AI? blogged (how passe) here hfroehli.ch/2026/02/11/w...
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
What's the difference betewen machine learning and generative AI? blogged (how passe) here hfroehli.ch/2026/02/11/w...
will this be my new Moby Dick Is About Whales? (and yes I will blog about this, eventually)
If they're going to make me teach AI, they're going to get my version of AI
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
will this be my new Moby Dick Is About Whales? (and yes I will blog about this, eventually)
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robots now make desire paths
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
robots now make desire paths
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
If they're going to make me teach AI, they're going to get my version of AI
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
If they're going to make me teach AI, they're going to get my version of AI
Reposted by Heather Froehlich
Level up your data analysis skills at our new mini-training series!
We’ll feature a few intro-level tips and tricks to get you started cleaning, combining and understanding data.
Register: littlesis.org/trainings/
We’ll feature a few intro-level tips and tricks to get you started cleaning, combining and understanding data.
Register: littlesis.org/trainings/
![from the excel sheets into the streets: data analysis skills for action.
Excel for Organizers, Part 1, February 11, 2026 1 pm to 2 pm ET. Geared towards those organizers just getting started with spreadsheets.
Excel for Organizers, Part 2, March 11, 2026 1 pm to 2 pm ET. Builds on the first training to provide an overview of how to use formulas for data analysis.
Level up your data analysis skills at our new mini-training series!
Register: littlesis.org/trainings/ [link in all lower case letters].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eymmxnashedpt6yjtnqj6bju/bafkreihmxepa32ncjzpu6nvg4odnubozhuj63dwdlcsotafsrjnv3it3km@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Level up your data analysis skills at our new mini-training series!
We’ll feature a few intro-level tips and tricks to get you started cleaning, combining and understanding data.
Register: littlesis.org/trainings/
We’ll feature a few intro-level tips and tricks to get you started cleaning, combining and understanding data.
Register: littlesis.org/trainings/
regretfully before I moved to Tucson (!) I had basically 0 Spanish (but several other languages through immersion/study, including French, several Germanic languages, and Scots Gaelic). While my spoken Spanish is like talking to a 2 year old building my skills has been fun. everyone can do it!
I’m not sure how it’s possible not to speak a word of Spanish in America in 2026 but it sounds like a lot of you have work to do ✨
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
regretfully before I moved to Tucson (!) I had basically 0 Spanish (but several other languages through immersion/study, including French, several Germanic languages, and Scots Gaelic). While my spoken Spanish is like talking to a 2 year old building my skills has been fun. everyone can do it!
Reposted by Heather Froehlich
Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!
As part of our Special Issue on Register and Professional Discourse (guest editors @shelleystaples.bsky.social and @gavinbrookes.bsky.social), a series of papers tackle questions related to communication within a range of specialized settings🧵
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Register and Professional Discourse
Issue of Register Studies
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February 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Out now! Special issue of @registerstudies.bsky.social, edited with @shelleystaples.bsky.social on Register and Professional Discourse. Papers address register in a range of contexts, inc. architecture, business, higher education, journalism, legal practice & virtual workspaces. Read more below!
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- the shared histories of the Americas through the study of the cultural production emerging out of historical periods without which the U.S. cannot be understood such as the Mexican-American war (a.k.a. la intervención estadounidense de México) and the cold war, among so many others 3/
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
- the shared histories of the Americas through the study of the cultural production emerging out of historical periods without which the U.S. cannot be understood such as the Mexican-American war (a.k.a. la intervención estadounidense de México) and the cold war, among so many others 3/
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Here's some things we teach *every day* and which you probably liked last night:
- the centrality of Spanish to the US: we teach Spanish as a second+a heritage language, + its history in the U.S.
- the cohesion of a community that may not find many other places on campus to just go and be Latine 2/
- the centrality of Spanish to the US: we teach Spanish as a second+a heritage language, + its history in the U.S.
- the cohesion of a community that may not find many other places on campus to just go and be Latine 2/
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Here's some things we teach *every day* and which you probably liked last night:
- the centrality of Spanish to the US: we teach Spanish as a second+a heritage language, + its history in the U.S.
- the cohesion of a community that may not find many other places on campus to just go and be Latine 2/
- the centrality of Spanish to the US: we teach Spanish as a second+a heritage language, + its history in the U.S.
- the cohesion of a community that may not find many other places on campus to just go and be Latine 2/
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Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Friends with a new, renewed, or amplified interest in the Spanish language and Latin America, consider checking out the work your colleagues/neighbors in departments of Spanish/Romance Languages/Modern Languages/etc--they're likely in the corner of an old campus building 1/
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I have to say, as someone who has been observing academics making material available for free online (or refusing to do so) since online became a thing, that linguists are leaving just about everyone far, far behind.
This, for example: wold.clld.org
"World Loanword Database"
This, for example: wold.clld.org
"World Loanword Database"
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I have to say, as someone who has been observing academics making material available for free online (or refusing to do so) since online became a thing, that linguists are leaving just about everyone far, far behind.
This, for example: wold.clld.org
"World Loanword Database"
This, for example: wold.clld.org
"World Loanword Database"
Reposted by Heather Froehlich
Are you starting a new social media research project? Check out our new Social Media Research Toolkit. It is a list of 50+ social media research tools curated by researchers at the Social Media Lab. socialmedialab.ca/2025/12/15/s...
Kick-Start Your Social Media Research with Our New Toolkit - Social Media Lab
Are you starting a new social media research project? Check out our new Social Media Research Toolkit. It is a list of 50+ social media research tools curated by researchers at the Social Media Lab at...
socialmedialab.ca
February 6, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Are you starting a new social media research project? Check out our new Social Media Research Toolkit. It is a list of 50+ social media research tools curated by researchers at the Social Media Lab. socialmedialab.ca/2025/12/15/s...
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Everyone writing their dissertation right now should feel amazing about their work because no matter what, even if you didn't write words this week, it's better than this
Tfw the judge is scrutinizing your nine-line sentence
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Everyone writing their dissertation right now should feel amazing about their work because no matter what, even if you didn't write words this week, it's better than this
things are bad when the thought "maybe reading about Sir Thomas More's contested authorship will be more enjoyable than having to read more about generative AI" crosses your mind
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
things are bad when the thought "maybe reading about Sir Thomas More's contested authorship will be more enjoyable than having to read more about generative AI" crosses your mind