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Lauren Cooper
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Digital Scholarship Librarian & Managing Director, Center for Black Digital Research # DigBlk.psu.edu / HowardZinn.org Digital Curator / Kalin Librarian for Technological Innovations 2024-2027 / "Hello!" to followers from these fields & this work
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Hey! My piece "Being Open, Social, and Protective" is out in the Open Social Network Cookbook zine created by a wonderful cohort of community/tech from folks around the world. My recipe offers a 101 guide for curating healthy & happy social media accts. Check it out! www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/m...
2 black and white pages: one with"Open Social Network Cookbook" title page and one with a title "Being Open, Social, and Protective" on a purple background with a pink striped border.
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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🙌🏽 🙌🏽 to #DreamLab2025 crew who jumped in the deep end w/ me to experiment crowdsourcing the migration of @ccp-org.bsky.social exhibits to out-of-box WordPress template w/ care, curiosity & determination! Completed 6 exhibits in 9 hours (avg 11 pgs/hr) ➕documentation! 🎉
Class photo in front wall with slideshow projection Class sitting at table during Show N Tell presentation Class sitting at table during Show N Tell presentation with display of project documentation DH Project Maintenance, Care, and Migration: An Experiment with the Colored Conventions Project
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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🔥NEWS🔥 #DigBlk is now swimming in the cross currents of humanities and new liberatory technologies, y’all!! Thank you, @profdancy.bsky.social, for joining the team at dig@digblk.bsky.social as our new co-director!
May 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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profdancy.bsky.social
We’ve been planning this and waiting to announce for a minute! Excited to be officially joining the community as a co-director!
May 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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digblk.bsky.social
We are excited to share that Dr. Chris Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and African American Studies, is joining the #DigBlk leadership team as its new co-director!
digblk.psu.edu/2025/05/12/w...
CBDR Announces New Co-Director, Dr. Chris Dancy - Center for Black Digital Research
CBDR Announces New Co-Director, Dr. Chris Dancy We are excited to share that Dr. Chris Dancy, Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, and Afr...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
laurencooper.bsky.social
Just 3️⃣ days left to apply for this ✨FREE✨ workshop @pricelab.bsky.social in Philly, May 20-23! We'll experiment w/ crowdsourcing the migration of @ccp-org.bsky.social exhibits to a new theme. With hands-on experience, we'll study, discuss, consider, strategize, & document.
📖🤔💻🔧✍🏽 ➡️ bit.ly/dl-ccp-2024
March 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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We're hiring at the @digblk.bsky.social!

Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be remote!

Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds

We're reviewing apps this month. Help us spread the word?
A graphic that says "We're hiring" and includes the Center for Black Digital Research website (digblk.psu.edu) and Bluesky handle (@digblk.bsky.social).
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🎉The Penn State Libraries team is ready to host events at 7 campus libraries on Feb. 14. This year, we made Valentine cards. Stop in to transcribe & send some love.👩🏽‍💻✍🏽💕
douglassday.org/penn-state/
Or learn how to join virtually at douglassday.org
@douglassday.bsky.social @digblk.bsky.social
Douglass Day: Annual Global Transcribe-a-thon 2025. Posters and postcards with head shots of figures from the Colored Conventions history movement.
February 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Just 2 months left to apply for this FREE workshop in Philly @pricelab.bsky.social, May 20-23!
Qs: How do we keep DH projects healthy? When is it time to transform or migrate or sunset? How to manage the process? What does it look like to center the humanity in digital work? bit.ly/dl-ccp-2024
Free workshop! Limited seats. Apply by March 16, 2025. DH Project Maintenance, Care, and Migration: An experiment with the Colored Conventions Project. Instructor: Lauren Cooper, DreamLab Workshop May 20-23, 2025. University of Pennsylvania. More info: https://bit.ly/dl-ccp-2024
January 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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If you're at #aha25, stop by! I'll be sharing about my research work of item-level cataloging 73 boxes of the Howard Zinn Papers housed at @tamimentlibrary.bsky.social (completed in October!), developing the Zinn digital collection, and next steps.
zinndigital.bsky.social Howard Zinn Digital Collection @zinndigital.bsky.social · Jan 2
People’s History at #aha25 in New York
Folks from HowardZinn.org and @zinnedproject.bsky.social will have a booth at the American Historical Association Conference this weekend. Stop by and learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some stickers, pens, and postcards.
HowardZinn.org table at the National Council for the Social Studies conference, 2024. Collage of images of the Zinn Education Project booth at the National Council for the Social Studies conference, 2024. People in front of signs and frames. HowardZinn.org pens, postcards, and stickers.
January 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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NEW & FREE Workshop:
DH Project Maintenance, Care, & Migration:
An Experiment w/ the Colored Conventions Project
@ccp-org.bsky.social @pricelab.bsky.social

For DH practitioners of all varieties: scholars, technologists, librarians

INFO: bit.ly/dl-ccp-2024
APPLY BY 3/15: forms.gle/uhvk9eXTvvXi...
Free workshop! Limited seats. Apply by March 16, 2025. DH Project Maintenance, Care, and Migration: An experiment with the Colored Conventions Project. Instructor: Lauren Cooper, DreamLab Workshop May 20-23, 2025. University of Pennsylvania. More info: https://bit.ly/dl-ccp-2024
December 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM
laurencooper.bsky.social
Kickin' it off on Bluesky with some of my favorite skies:
Fall trees with light and a dark background sky. Sunlight breaking through the clouds in the desert. Coastal ocean view of mountains across from the woods. Double rainbow landing into desert and cacti landscape.
December 9, 2024 at 2:17 AM