Daryl Green
@ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social
Librarian working in Edinburgh, living in the hills of the East Neuk; strayed Great Plains drifter; FSAScot; evening miniature painter and tabletop gamer; 📚📷📜🗃️⛰️🌊🖌️.
Pinned
alright bluesky, I'm going to re-engage.
So, I'm Daryl. I'm a librarian in Edinburgh, I live up in the hills of the East Neuk. I have a couple of research things simmering on the side, but most of my free time is taken up by family, miniature painting and enjoying the place where we call home
So, I'm Daryl. I'm a librarian in Edinburgh, I live up in the hills of the East Neuk. I have a couple of research things simmering on the side, but most of my free time is taken up by family, miniature painting and enjoying the place where we call home
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Senior Librarian role in Oxford👇 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
Fellow Librarian | All Souls College
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November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Senior Librarian role in Oxford👇 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/fellow-libra...
starting off a week of annual leave by palette cleansing with this lovely miniature..not quite done, but getting there!
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
starting off a week of annual leave by palette cleansing with this lovely miniature..not quite done, but getting there!
every year the myriad of teams that make up the University of Edinburgh's Library do amazing things, and every year we get a little bit better at communicating about those things.
Very happy to see ReConnect 2025, our annual report, go public today
library.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Very happy to see ReConnect 2025, our annual report, go public today
library.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
every year the myriad of teams that make up the University of Edinburgh's Library do amazing things, and every year we get a little bit better at communicating about those things.
Very happy to see ReConnect 2025, our annual report, go public today
library.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Very happy to see ReConnect 2025, our annual report, go public today
library.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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We've been working on our new Digital Collections Platform - launching formally in 2026. Thanks @emmahorrell.bsky.social for all your UX guidance and support!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-comm...
blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-comm...
How usability testing guided user-centred improvements of the Digital Collections Platform – Website and Communications Blog
blogs.ed.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We've been working on our new Digital Collections Platform - launching formally in 2026. Thanks @emmahorrell.bsky.social for all your UX guidance and support!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-comm...
blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-comm...
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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
finished off this big fella this evening, pretty happy with the results 🤖🖌️
October 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
finished off this big fella this evening, pretty happy with the results 🤖🖌️
spent an hour cursing to myself quietly late last night as I glued bits of old speaker wire and garden wire to a plastic robot...
not done yet, but happy with taking a chance to get this effect.
not done yet, but happy with taking a chance to get this effect.
October 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
spent an hour cursing to myself quietly late last night as I glued bits of old speaker wire and garden wire to a plastic robot...
not done yet, but happy with taking a chance to get this effect.
not done yet, but happy with taking a chance to get this effect.
went to see Julie Brook's Tide Line just beyond Cellardyke tidal pool last weekend. The dog was just as excited as we were...
October 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
went to see Julie Brook's Tide Line just beyond Cellardyke tidal pool last weekend. The dog was just as excited as we were...
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This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.
by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.
by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...
managed a wee work trip down the mound to the RSA to see the Goldsworthy exhibition before it shuts with my co-director and all around copilot Jacky
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
managed a wee work trip down the mound to the RSA to see the Goldsworthy exhibition before it shuts with my co-director and all around copilot Jacky
very pleased to be offering an open ended Archives Cataloguing post working with the University of Edinburgh's wide and deep literary archives. please do share with anyone interested! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Scottish Literary Archives Cataloguer (Corson Endowment)
Scottish Literary Archives Cataloguer (Corson Endowment) The Opportunity: The Heritage Collections department is pleased to advertise an opportunity to join our team as the Scottish Literary Archives ...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
very pleased to be offering an open ended Archives Cataloguing post working with the University of Edinburgh's wide and deep literary archives. please do share with anyone interested! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
ARL Views with John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian 2016-2025
www.arl.org/blog/john-un...
ARL Views with John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian 2016-2025
www.arl.org/blog/john-un...
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
ARL Views with John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian 2016-2025
www.arl.org/blog/john-un...
ARL Views with John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian 2016-2025
www.arl.org/blog/john-un...
despite everything going on, I'm so happy to be able to keep creating jobs in the heritage sector, check out the following listings for: Assistant Musical Instruments Curator:
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant Musical Instruments Curator (Mirrey Endowment)
We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced musical instrument curator to work in the Musical Instrument Collection at the University of Edinburgh.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
despite everything going on, I'm so happy to be able to keep creating jobs in the heritage sector, check out the following listings for: Assistant Musical Instruments Curator:
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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A final bump for this. Closing date is Sunday, 31 August
We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...
Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A final bump for this. Closing date is Sunday, 31 August
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Today our project is linked on the front page of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's website! Our fantastic postdocs @hagenilda.bsky.social and @sharonhoward.bsky.social get a well-deserved mention: www.ed.ac.uk/news/memoirs...
#EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
#EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
Memoirs share vivid life of 17th century woman | News | The University of Edinburgh
Research into a manuscript discovered at Durham Cathedral has provided insights on the captivating life of a 17th century writer and memoirist.
www.ed.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today our project is linked on the front page of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social's website! Our fantastic postdocs @hagenilda.bsky.social and @sharonhoward.bsky.social get a well-deserved mention: www.ed.ac.uk/news/memoirs...
#EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
#EarlyModern #DigiHums #BookHistory @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
lots to digest in this piece - including the real cost of realising the intrinsic & data potentials in our collections.
The work needed to catalogue, digitise, contextualise and curate massive historic archives and collections is still very much a human resources (and not AI) driven endeavour.
The work needed to catalogue, digitise, contextualise and curate massive historic archives and collections is still very much a human resources (and not AI) driven endeavour.
Jewish leaders urge Edinburgh University to uphold antisemitism definition as academics press for more investigations into Edinburgh's finances 👇🏴
#Edinburghracereport
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#Edinburghracereport
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Jewish leaders urge Edinburgh University to uphold antisemitism definition
Institution has said it is reviewing its support for IHRA’s definition as critics argue it restricts freedom of speech
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
lots to digest in this piece - including the real cost of realising the intrinsic & data potentials in our collections.
The work needed to catalogue, digitise, contextualise and curate massive historic archives and collections is still very much a human resources (and not AI) driven endeavour.
The work needed to catalogue, digitise, contextualise and curate massive historic archives and collections is still very much a human resources (and not AI) driven endeavour.
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“Facing up to the past is crucial. But the real challenge for institutions and the societies they are part of is to act in ways informed by new knowledge” - @theguardian.com editorial 🏴👇🏾
#Edinburghracereport
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Edinburghracereport
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the legacies of slavery: the response to Edinburgh’s report must go beyond academia | Editorial
Editorial: Facing up to the past is crucial. But the real challenge for institutions and the societies they are part of is to act in ways informed by new knowledge
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Facing up to the past is crucial. But the real challenge for institutions and the societies they are part of is to act in ways informed by new knowledge” - @theguardian.com editorial 🏴👇🏾
#Edinburghracereport
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Edinburghracereport
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘The real issue is change’: @proftjcurry.bsky.social - Edinburgh’s first Black philosophy professor, on racism and reform
'How do you create leagues of Black thinkers and clinicians and doctors and engineers and artists that fill the gap of what were lost...' 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
'How do you create leagues of Black thinkers and clinicians and doctors and engineers and artists that fill the gap of what were lost...' 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘The real issue is change’: Edinburgh University’s first Black philosophy professor on racism and reform
Prof Tommy J Curry reflects on leading the institute’s slavery review – and why it must lead to meaningful action
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
‘The real issue is change’: @proftjcurry.bsky.social - Edinburgh’s first Black philosophy professor, on racism and reform
'How do you create leagues of Black thinkers and clinicians and doctors and engineers and artists that fill the gap of what were lost...' 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
'How do you create leagues of Black thinkers and clinicians and doctors and engineers and artists that fill the gap of what were lost...' 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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UCC Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections & Archives.
Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.
Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.
Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
July 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
UCC Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections & Archives.
Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.
Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.
Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
nearing the end of a great holiday, complete with a tidy stack of now-reads ♥️📚
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
nearing the end of a great holiday, complete with a tidy stack of now-reads ♥️📚
Glad to see this work, which I had the honour to advise on and support, is breaking today...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds
Exclusive: Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Glad to see this work, which I had the honour to advise on and support, is breaking today...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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It includes, amongst other things, information about forthcoming events in Nicosia (organised by @nconstantinidou.bsky.social ) and Rome ( @rozanneversendaal.bsky.social )
you can sign up to receive the Flyleaf as a pdf by emailing the project (address to be found here: sammelband.hypotheses.org)
you can sign up to receive the Flyleaf as a pdf by emailing the project (address to be found here: sammelband.hypotheses.org)
Sammelband15-16
The Sammelband 15-16 project Sammelband 15-16 is a project that studies the creation and use of Sammelbände in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. The extraordinary initial development of the p...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It includes, amongst other things, information about forthcoming events in Nicosia (organised by @nconstantinidou.bsky.social ) and Rome ( @rozanneversendaal.bsky.social )
you can sign up to receive the Flyleaf as a pdf by emailing the project (address to be found here: sammelband.hypotheses.org)
you can sign up to receive the Flyleaf as a pdf by emailing the project (address to be found here: sammelband.hypotheses.org)
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The terminally online mind cannot comprehend this
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The terminally online mind cannot comprehend this