Matt Huculak
@jmhuculak.bsky.social
Librarian. Director, Kula Library Futures Academy. Dad. Erstwhile modernist and periodical / book history person. 2024 Library Journal Mover and Shaker
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Matt Huculak
@jmhuculak.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Lon
Academic libraries and archives struggle to preserve Digital Humanities (DH) projects due to the divide between faculty expectations and operational realities
doi.org
"Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Longevity" has just been published in The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities. Many thanks to @gworthey.bsky.social & Isabel Galina Russell, eds. extraordinaire! doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Looking forward to working with the library and archives community on our futures! news.uvic.ca/2025/reimagi...
Reimagining the future of libraries - UVic News
In a time shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), misinformation and complex global challenges, trusted sources of knowledge have never been more vital.
news.uvic.ca
September 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Looking forward to working with the library and archives community on our futures! news.uvic.ca/2025/reimagi...
Academic libraries are catalysts for innovation and creativity. We are a place for conversations, debates, and sense-making in a world of polarized and entrenched views. Join us in Victoria, BC, Sept. 15 & 16 for a discussion on Truth, Knowledge, & Society kulalaunch.eventbrite.ca #libraries #uvic
Kula Academy Launch: Symposium on Truth, Knowledge, & Society
Join us for engaging discussions with internationally renowned thinkers about the future of democratic societies.
kulalaunch.eventbrite.ca
June 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Academic libraries are catalysts for innovation and creativity. We are a place for conversations, debates, and sense-making in a world of polarized and entrenched views. Join us in Victoria, BC, Sept. 15 & 16 for a discussion on Truth, Knowledge, & Society kulalaunch.eventbrite.ca #libraries #uvic
Hallelujah! SSHRC and NSERC integrate ORCID into Convergence!!! www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Enhancements to the Convergence platform: Integration of Open Researcher and Contributor ID and principal research ...
To better meet the evolving needs of researchers, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are working together to introduce two key updates to the Convergence platform.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
June 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hallelujah! SSHRC and NSERC integrate ORCID into Convergence!!! www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Reposted by Matt Huculak
Grateful today for the Endings Project @dhquarterly.bsky.social 2023 special issue:
www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/1...
ed. @jmhuculak.bsky.social @janellejenstad.bsky.social @martindholmes.bsky.social
Chock full of fantastic articles that are more relevant than ever
www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/1...
ed. @jmhuculak.bsky.social @janellejenstad.bsky.social @martindholmes.bsky.social
Chock full of fantastic articles that are more relevant than ever
![DHQ table of contents:
[en] Introduction to Special Issue: Project Resiliency in the Digital Humanities
Martin Holmes, University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre; Janelle Jenstad, University of Victoria Department of English; J. Matthew Huculak, University of Victoria Advanced Research Services & Digital Scholarship Librarian
Abstract [en]
Articles
[en] The Stories We Tell: Project Narratives, Project Endings, and the Affective Value of Collaboration
Claire Battershill, University of Toronto
Abstract [en]
[en] “No Boutique or Fashionable Technologies”: Project Development, Mentorship, and Sustainability in an Innovation-First World
Constance Crompton, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa
Abstract [en]
[en] Academics Retire and Servers Die: Adventures in the Hosting and Storage of Digital Humanities Projects
James Cummings, Newcastle University
Abstract [en]
[en] The Dangers of Disappearance, the Opportunities of Recovery
Sara Diamond, OCAD University Faculty of Arts & Science
Abstract [en]
[en] Doing it for Ourselves: The New Archive Built by and Responsive to the Researcher
Nick Thieberger, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Abstract [en]
[en] “Follow the Money?”: Funding and Digital Sustainability
Jessica Otis, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
Abstract [en]
[en] From Tamagotchis to Pet Rocks: On Learning to Love Simplicity through the Endings Principles
Martin Holmes, University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre; Joey Takeda, Digital Humanities Innovation Lab, Simon Fraser University
Abstract [en]
[en] Reference Rot in the Digital Humanities Literature: An Analysis of Citations Containing Website Links in DHQ
Zach Coble, New York University Libraries; Jojo Karlin, New York University Libraries
Abstract [en]
[en] The Project Endings Interviews: A Summary of Methodological Foundations
Emily Comeau, University of British Columbia
Abstract [en]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:omcsjedjhwgwwylqwycmgkcj/bafkreigxjbi3uedvkbeb764e34bg2k7hj24oythza7jn4fpapmxc6zpcei@jpeg)
May 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Grateful today for the Endings Project @dhquarterly.bsky.social 2023 special issue:
www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/1...
ed. @jmhuculak.bsky.social @janellejenstad.bsky.social @martindholmes.bsky.social
Chock full of fantastic articles that are more relevant than ever
www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/17/1...
ed. @jmhuculak.bsky.social @janellejenstad.bsky.social @martindholmes.bsky.social
Chock full of fantastic articles that are more relevant than ever
Excellent podcast on why google search sucks now and why the internet is ruined. Information professionals: now is our time www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Don't Be Evil | Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Google Search was the gold standard — a product born in a dorm room during the internet’s early, idealistic era. But when internal emails surfaced they revealed a deeper conflict inside the company: w...
www.cbc.ca
May 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Excellent podcast on why google search sucks now and why the internet is ruined. Information professionals: now is our time www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Reposted by Matt Huculak
A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All' 📚
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'
By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.
www.npr.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All' 📚
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/29/n...
Did you know #Canada had an early homegrown #internet called #Telidon? That it was used by artists to share early electronic art? And #librarians & researchers recovered that art thought lost? Check out the fascinating story of "Remembering Tomorrow: A Telidon Story": www.remembertomorrow.ca/en-ca
Remember Tomorrow: A Telidon Story
Home page for the online exhibition Remember Tomorrow: The Telidon Story. Curated by Shauna Jean Doherty for InterAccess with the support of Digital Museums Canada.
www.remembertomorrow.ca
April 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Did you know #Canada had an early homegrown #internet called #Telidon? That it was used by artists to share early electronic art? And #librarians & researchers recovered that art thought lost? Check out the fascinating story of "Remembering Tomorrow: A Telidon Story": www.remembertomorrow.ca/en-ca
Reposted by Matt Huculak
Hats off to the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and the southern state councils for leading the way in speaking up about what they're losing with the NEH funding cuts.
Cuts to NEH and Humanities Councils: What Southern States Will Lose - Federation of State Humanities Councils
Jump to Your State: Alabama | Arkansas | Georgia | Kentucky | Louisiana | Mississippi | North Carolina | Oklahoma | Tennessee | Texas On Monday, March 31, the Federation … Read more
www.statehumanities.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hats off to the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and the southern state councils for leading the way in speaking up about what they're losing with the NEH funding cuts.
Thinking of all my colleagues at the @nehgov.bsky.social (NEH) today. This is not okay. A culture is defined by its shared values--by the tangible and intangible works that are passed from one generation to the other.
April 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thinking of all my colleagues at the @nehgov.bsky.social (NEH) today. This is not okay. A culture is defined by its shared values--by the tangible and intangible works that are passed from one generation to the other.
#librarians, especially in the #UK: does anyone have contact information for the family of Gordon Eric Maxim, the author of _A History of Library Publishing_? I believe he passed in 2019 in Derbyshire. If so, would love to contact his kin. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00695...
Catalog Record: A history of library publishing : 1600 to the present day
catalog.hathitrust.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#librarians, especially in the #UK: does anyone have contact information for the family of Gordon Eric Maxim, the author of _A History of Library Publishing_? I believe he passed in 2019 in Derbyshire. If so, would love to contact his kin. catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00695...
Still a useful technology. Researching publishing in libraries. Thank you for your ILL #microfilm @uclalibrary.bsky.social !
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Still a useful technology. Researching publishing in libraries. Thank you for your ILL #microfilm @uclalibrary.bsky.social !
So we meet again, my friend….
February 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
So we meet again, my friend….
Proud to see @zapthelibrarian.bsky.social and Monique Grenier sharing their experiences of our faculty member - liaison librarian mentorship program at @uvic.bsky.social Libraries in the current issue of College & Research Libraries News @ala-acrl.bsky.social 👏👏👏: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Librarian-Faculty Mentorship: The Missing Link to Departmental Culture | Grenier | College & Research Libraries News02_GrenierPremji
Librarian-Faculty Mentorship: The Missing Link to Departmental Culture
crln.acrl.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Proud to see @zapthelibrarian.bsky.social and Monique Grenier sharing their experiences of our faculty member - liaison librarian mentorship program at @uvic.bsky.social Libraries in the current issue of College & Research Libraries News @ala-acrl.bsky.social 👏👏👏: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Reposted by Matt Huculak
'There is no political power without power over the archive' (Derrida) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
Trump Says He’ll Replace Leader of National Archives (Gift Article)
The president-elect’s suggestion that he plans to replace the head of the agency comes after her predecessor raised alarms about his handling of presidential records.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
'There is no political power without power over the archive' (Derrida) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
The Scroll Prize is hiring an Annotation Specialist: scrollprize.org/jobs
Vesuvius Challenge
A $1,000,000+ machine learning and computer vision competition
scrollprize.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
The Scroll Prize is hiring an Annotation Specialist: scrollprize.org/jobs
For academics who are wondering if bluesky is "worth it" compared to Mastodon or other platforms, here is what @altmetric.com has to say... (thanks to @lauraestill.bsky.social for feeding my data addiction)
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 4, 2024 at 6:01 PM
For academics who are wondering if bluesky is "worth it" compared to Mastodon or other platforms, here is what @altmetric.com has to say... (thanks to @lauraestill.bsky.social for feeding my data addiction)
Just want to highlight the lovely work of the English Oak Project, which given the "root" of the word "book", deserves librarian praise @thekentacorn.bsky.social #trees
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Just want to highlight the lovely work of the English Oak Project, which given the "root" of the word "book", deserves librarian praise @thekentacorn.bsky.social #trees
"Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Longevity" has just been published in The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities. Many thanks to @gworthey.bsky.social & Isabel Galina Russell, eds. extraordinaire! doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Lon
Academic libraries and archives struggle to preserve Digital Humanities (DH) projects due to the divide between faculty expectations and operational realities
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
"Preserving Digital Humanities Projects Using Principles of Digital Longevity" has just been published in The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities. Many thanks to @gworthey.bsky.social & Isabel Galina Russell, eds. extraordinaire! doi.org/10.4324/9781...
also highly recommend Richard Ovendon's Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. It's still happening now
Highly recommend "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" by Richard Ovendon. It touches on the difficulty of this sort of endeavor
November 28, 2024 at 5:39 PM
also highly recommend Richard Ovendon's Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. It's still happening now
Reposted by Matt Huculak
Highly recommend "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" by Richard Ovendon. It touches on the difficulty of this sort of endeavor
November 21, 2024 at 4:42 AM
Highly recommend "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" by Richard Ovendon. It touches on the difficulty of this sort of endeavor
Would love to hear what you think the "future" of libraries are: what collaborations, technologies, spaces, collections, people, ... would YOU like to see in the coming five years? Let's chat in the comments! #libraries #archives
November 28, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Would love to hear what you think the "future" of libraries are: what collaborations, technologies, spaces, collections, people, ... would YOU like to see in the coming five years? Let's chat in the comments! #libraries #archives
What are the futures of libraries? What type of work does the Kula Academy support? The work of @uvic postdoctoral fellow Nathaniel Brunt provides one answer to these questions #libraries #archives @UVicResearch @UVicLib www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...
Preserving at-risk archives - University of Victoria
Post-doctoral fellow Nathaniel Brunt's field work in northern Iraq is shaped by present-day geo-political forces, human rights violations, and the urgent need to preserve at-risk community-based archi...
www.uvic.ca
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
What are the futures of libraries? What type of work does the Kula Academy support? The work of @uvic postdoctoral fellow Nathaniel Brunt provides one answer to these questions #libraries #archives @UVicResearch @UVicLib www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...
So … that other place WAS the bad place
November 15, 2024 at 3:34 AM
So … that other place WAS the bad place
My first post will be the pup in her happy place
July 26, 2023 at 4:07 PM
My first post will be the pup in her happy place