Marcy Bidney
@maplibrarian.bsky.social
Curator - American Geographical Society Library
AD - Distinctive Collections, UW-Milwaukee
Always on my mind: distinctive collections, cultural heritage, repatriation, digital humanities, memory, rare maps & books, coffee, nature, travel and curiosity.
AD - Distinctive Collections, UW-Milwaukee
Always on my mind: distinctive collections, cultural heritage, repatriation, digital humanities, memory, rare maps & books, coffee, nature, travel and curiosity.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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This program changed my life. I was fortunate enough to have my loans forgiven in January, right before Trump took office. I encourage everyone to submit a comment in support of the PSLF program.
The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration
Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
The Trump White House Is Trying to Price Law Students Out of Public Service
A proposed Department of Education rule would make borrowers ineligible for loan forgiveness if the administration doesn’t approve of their work.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This program changed my life. I was fortunate enough to have my loans forgiven in January, right before Trump took office. I encourage everyone to submit a comment in support of the PSLF program.
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The David Rumsey Map Center is holding their biennial cartography conference 10/8 - 10/10. It’s free and there’s an online option. The theme is “Above and Below” and will feature talks on “cartography of anything but the earth’s surface.”Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/barry-lawr...
Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography
The Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography will feature talks about cartography of above and below the earth's surface.
www.eventbrite.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The David Rumsey Map Center is holding their biennial cartography conference 10/8 - 10/10. It’s free and there’s an online option. The theme is “Above and Below” and will feature talks on “cartography of anything but the earth’s surface.”Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/barry-lawr...
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"messages that librarians should be enthusiastic + optimistic about technological changes... frequently described as inevitable, often imply or outright assert that those who question or resist certain tech developments are simply overwhelmed by irrational fear + anxiety that they need to overcome."
Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures by Andrea Baer
"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"
"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"
Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"messages that librarians should be enthusiastic + optimistic about technological changes... frequently described as inevitable, often imply or outright assert that those who question or resist certain tech developments are simply overwhelmed by irrational fear + anxiety that they need to overcome."
I'm guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries focusing on the state of map librarianship.
The call for papers is here: bit.ly/3TDpTaf
Please share widely!
The call for papers is here: bit.ly/3TDpTaf
Please share widely!
Map librarianship profession
bit.ly
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries focusing on the state of map librarianship.
The call for papers is here: bit.ly/3TDpTaf
Please share widely!
The call for papers is here: bit.ly/3TDpTaf
Please share widely!
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A detailed and heartbreaking report on how Israel systematically destroyed Gaza’s bookstores, printing presses, and publishing houses. It turned centers of learning and knowledge production into ruins and ashes.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence.
Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...
Targeting Printing and Publishing Houses in Gaza: A Cultural Violation and a Memoricide
Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان
www.palestine-studies.org
July 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A detailed and heartbreaking report on how Israel systematically destroyed Gaza’s bookstores, printing presses, and publishing houses. It turned centers of learning and knowledge production into ruins and ashes.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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We're advertising two artist's residencies at Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print. Please share!
www.thinicepress.org/research/pri...
www.thinicepress.org/research/pri...
print matters artist’s residencies — Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print, offering memberships, workshops, equipment hire, events & exhibition space.
Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print welcomes applications for two artist’s residencies, to take place across five days between August and September 2025 as part of our research project: Print ...
www.thinicepress.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We're advertising two artist's residencies at Thin Ice Press: the York Centre for Print. Please share!
www.thinicepress.org/research/pri...
www.thinicepress.org/research/pri...
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It's always a good day to revisit this one.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's always a good day to revisit this one.
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'“I don't think that people appreciate how few people are working to keep these collections online, even at huge institutions,” Weinberg told me. “It's usually an incredibly small team, one person, half a person, half a person, plus, like their web person who is sympathetic to what's going on.'
AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
www.404media.co
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'“I don't think that people appreciate how few people are working to keep these collections online, even at huge institutions,” Weinberg told me. “It's usually an incredibly small team, one person, half a person, half a person, plus, like their web person who is sympathetic to what's going on.'
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Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
April 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
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Cultural & heritage workers and institutions around the world must speak out against these attacks.
How best can we do this?
How best can we do this?
The Smithsonian are world-leading in terms of the cultural and heritage community engagement and participation work they do. This U.S.ian government is all destroy and nothing else.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’
JD Vance to lead plan as Trump says there’s been ‘concerted’ effort to rewrite US history with ‘distorted narrative’
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cultural & heritage workers and institutions around the world must speak out against these attacks.
How best can we do this?
How best can we do this?
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On advance access: "The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument"
by Luca Scholz (University of Manchester)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Luca Scholz (University of Manchester)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument*
Abstract. Taking its cue from the weather wars that unfolded around the Alps in the eighteenth century — conflicts between neighbouring towns and polities
doi.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On advance access: "The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument"
by Luca Scholz (University of Manchester)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Luca Scholz (University of Manchester)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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📢 Call for Papers! Join us at Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion 📚✨ Dive into the dynamic world of book history and print culture. Submit your proposals by 30 April 2025. More info: konferencijos.lnb.lt/acutus-et-ar...
#CFP #AcademicConference #EarlyModernStudies
#CFP #AcademicConference #EarlyModernStudies
March 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📢 Call for Papers! Join us at Acutus et Argutus: Early Modern Print Culture in Motion 📚✨ Dive into the dynamic world of book history and print culture. Submit your proposals by 30 April 2025. More info: konferencijos.lnb.lt/acutus-et-ar...
#CFP #AcademicConference #EarlyModernStudies
#CFP #AcademicConference #EarlyModernStudies
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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From PBS: 5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard
For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government employees, the agencies they work for and the people they serve. But veterans ...
www.pbs.org
March 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
From PBS: 5 reasons federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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These are religious fundamentalists, tech overlords and white supremacists.
They see that education makes people liberal and reject theocracy. Education gives workers power. And education makes people have fewer babies. They want more white babies.
So they want to kill all that.
They see that education makes people liberal and reject theocracy. Education gives workers power. And education makes people have fewer babies. They want more white babies.
So they want to kill all that.
March 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
These are religious fundamentalists, tech overlords and white supremacists.
They see that education makes people liberal and reject theocracy. Education gives workers power. And education makes people have fewer babies. They want more white babies.
So they want to kill all that.
They see that education makes people liberal and reject theocracy. Education gives workers power. And education makes people have fewer babies. They want more white babies.
So they want to kill all that.
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Curator of Rare Books and Maps, University of Iowa #LISJobs uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/curator...
Curator of Rare Books and Maps in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Curator of Rare Books and Maps, Special Collections DepartmentSpecialist Librarian (PLB2) or Expert Librarian (PLB3) The Libraries intends to hire.....
uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Curator of Rare Books and Maps, University of Iowa #LISJobs uiowa.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/curator...
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This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The WI Supreme Court has a 4-3 progressive ideological majority—meaning many cases involving issues like abortion rights are decided by one justice.
On April 1st, voters will decide the balance of the court.
Make your voting plan at myvote.wi.gov.
#CrawfordForCourt #StopShadySchimel #BadBrad
On April 1st, voters will decide the balance of the court.
Make your voting plan at myvote.wi.gov.
#CrawfordForCourt #StopShadySchimel #BadBrad
March 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The WI Supreme Court has a 4-3 progressive ideological majority—meaning many cases involving issues like abortion rights are decided by one justice.
On April 1st, voters will decide the balance of the court.
Make your voting plan at myvote.wi.gov.
#CrawfordForCourt #StopShadySchimel #BadBrad
On April 1st, voters will decide the balance of the court.
Make your voting plan at myvote.wi.gov.
#CrawfordForCourt #StopShadySchimel #BadBrad
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Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
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For those interested in the Data Rescue Tracker, keep in mind that we need to know/hear from you to be able to track where data is going. That's why we have a submission form. Let us know what you have and submit it! baserow.datarescueproject.org/form/dGIFuHv...
Data Rescue Tracker - Download Submission Form | Baserow
baserow.datarescueproject.org
February 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
For those interested in the Data Rescue Tracker, keep in mind that we need to know/hear from you to be able to track where data is going. That's why we have a submission form. Let us know what you have and submit it! baserow.datarescueproject.org/form/dGIFuHv...
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JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
The Bibliographical Society of America
The website of the Bibliographical Society of America, a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization and learned Society devoted to the study of the material text.
bibsocamer.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED! The Winterthur Library Fresh Perspectives on Collecting Symposium highlights the work and voices of the next gen of rare book, manuscript, and special collections professionals, scholars, and enthusiasts. Tune in on Zoom March 18 & 19! 📜
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Y'all are probably like, "why is he talking about the WI Supreme Court??"
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Y'all are probably like, "why is he talking about the WI Supreme Court??"
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...