mia ridge
@miaout.bsky.social
Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol at British Library. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access + UX for digital heritage, AI/machine learning and crowdsourcing in cultural heritage / GLAM / digital humanities. She, they. More at https://www.miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
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@miaout.bsky.social
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Contact - mia ridge
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If you've messaged me on Bluesky, I won't see it! You can contact me with personal requests via www.miaridge.com/contact/ or at work digitalresearch@bl.uk
I was part of an OCLC RLP working group on 'artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows'.
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
AIandMetadataWorkflows Archives - Hanging Together
Hanging Together
hangingtogether.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was part of an OCLC RLP working group on 'artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows'.
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
#MuseTech folk, there's a proposal for 'exhibitions' on wikidata that could probably use your input, especially if you've ever worked on a 'what's on' site and know the complexities of exhibition data! Overview page: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...
Wikidata:Requests for comment/Exhibition models - Wikidata
Update: this discussion has been moved to the next stage, schema proposals, as of November 6, 2025! You can participate in the discussion here: Wikidata:Schema proposals/exhibition concept (parent)…
www.wikidata.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#MuseTech folk, there's a proposal for 'exhibitions' on wikidata that could probably use your input, especially if you've ever worked on a 'what's on' site and know the complexities of exhibition data! Overview page: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidat...
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
What really happened between Franklin, Watson and Crick in the discovery of the DNA double helix? — Genetics Unzipped
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
geneticsunzipped.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes!”
Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...
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It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s very much a prototype but I have to share a preview of the interface @djevans.bsky.social is working on for our Viral Texts data—it maps reprinting data back onto the newspaper page, allowing users to browse what reprints appeared together on each page—with links back to full reprint clusters
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This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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@alphachar.bsky.social evidently i'd rather do any hacking rather than be actually writing anything - i made a toy using @britishlibrary.bsky.social images and a list of nouns: ghostweather.com/apps/flickr-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@alphachar.bsky.social evidently i'd rather do any hacking rather than be actually writing anything - i made a toy using @britishlibrary.bsky.social images and a list of nouns: ghostweather.com/apps/flickr-...
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📢 NEW FAQ added to #DH2026 CFP!
✅You can submit multiple proposals
✅Max 2 presentations as lead presenter (long/short)
✅Posters: no limit, but in-person only & no AI translation
✅Workshops/mini-conferences: not counted toward limit
⏰Deadline: Dec 8
dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
✅You can submit multiple proposals
✅Max 2 presentations as lead presenter (long/short)
✅Posters: no limit, but in-person only & no AI translation
✅Workshops/mini-conferences: not counted toward limit
⏰Deadline: Dec 8
dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.
dh2026.adho.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
📢 NEW FAQ added to #DH2026 CFP!
✅You can submit multiple proposals
✅Max 2 presentations as lead presenter (long/short)
✅Posters: no limit, but in-person only & no AI translation
✅Workshops/mini-conferences: not counted toward limit
⏰Deadline: Dec 8
dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
✅You can submit multiple proposals
✅Max 2 presentations as lead presenter (long/short)
✅Posters: no limit, but in-person only & no AI translation
✅Workshops/mini-conferences: not counted toward limit
⏰Deadline: Dec 8
dh2026.adho.org/cfp/
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Going to "yes and" this by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social and say there's also a GenX turn to the left - ppl who once thought themselves centrist seeing things they took for granted disappear. Eg last night's Hopeful Technologists meet-up had a distinct GenX flavour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Going to "yes and" this by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social and say there's also a GenX turn to the left - ppl who once thought themselves centrist seeing things they took for granted disappear. Eg last night's Hopeful Technologists meet-up had a distinct GenX flavour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So much time and resources wasted that could be used for important things like all life on Earth not going extinct this century.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
So much time and resources wasted that could be used for important things like all life on Earth not going extinct this century.
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new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
Launching our new Digital Preservation Policy
On World Digital Preservation Day 2025, we’re pleased to announce the release of our new Digital Preservation Policy.
www.bl.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
new British Library digital preservation policy
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
"The policy is built around 4 interdependent principles that shape the BL approach to digital preservation: pragmatism, consistency, risk awareness, and sustainability."
via Maureen Pennock
#DigiPres #iPres25 #wdpd25
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Increasingly the Venn diagram of my intellectual interests & commitments—digital humanities, book history/bibliography, book arts, critical making—perhaps meet in the region "Luddite Humanities"
Not technological rejection—but slower, deliberate, critical, historicized engagement with technology
Not technological rejection—but slower, deliberate, critical, historicized engagement with technology
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Increasingly the Venn diagram of my intellectual interests & commitments—digital humanities, book history/bibliography, book arts, critical making—perhaps meet in the region "Luddite Humanities"
Not technological rejection—but slower, deliberate, critical, historicized engagement with technology
Not technological rejection—but slower, deliberate, critical, historicized engagement with technology
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If you have a library card (please do) chances are you can stream thousands of films for free with the excellent @kanopy.com app.
I've been watching films for free with Kanopy, thanks to my library card, for years.
I've been watching films for free with Kanopy, thanks to my library card, for years.
Join us for #Noirvember, a month-long celebration of film noir, by watching Kanopy’s curated collection of Hollywood classics and modern-day noir films. All you need is your library card!
Watch at: https://bit.ly/4oPRh2S.
Watch at: https://bit.ly/4oPRh2S.
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you have a library card (please do) chances are you can stream thousands of films for free with the excellent @kanopy.com app.
I've been watching films for free with Kanopy, thanks to my library card, for years.
I've been watching films for free with Kanopy, thanks to my library card, for years.
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Job Klaxon! 📢
We are recruiting for the post of Lead Curator, East Asian Collections to develop, manage, promote and make accessible the Library’s collections in Japanese and Korean and to lead the associated staff.
More info: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
We are recruiting for the post of Lead Curator, East Asian Collections to develop, manage, promote and make accessible the Library’s collections in Japanese and Korean and to lead the associated staff.
More info: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Job Klaxon! 📢
We are recruiting for the post of Lead Curator, East Asian Collections to develop, manage, promote and make accessible the Library’s collections in Japanese and Korean and to lead the associated staff.
More info: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
We are recruiting for the post of Lead Curator, East Asian Collections to develop, manage, promote and make accessible the Library’s collections in Japanese and Korean and to lead the associated staff.
More info: ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
@britishlibrary.bsky.social
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also if you are in Edinburgh and want to show me a fancy secret library, archive, or museum, please reach out directly
If you happen to be in beautiful Edinburgh on 10 Dec, perhaps come to the Edinburgh Futures Institute to hear me talk about developing archival imaginary digital interactives! Maybe I will even explain what that means! Hopefully by then I'll know!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-users-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-users-...
How Users Imagine Archival Research
This talk will focus on the development of JPCA Explore and how it reflects wider issues around creating human-scale digital projects.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
also if you are in Edinburgh and want to show me a fancy secret library, archive, or museum, please reach out directly
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Will you be in London on Dec 3rd? Perhaps you'd like to come to UCL and hear me talk with Matthew J. Smith about my new book, and potentially even get a book from me without paying international shipping!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts On Black Archival Possibilities
A public conversation with archivist and writer, Dorothy Berry, hosted by the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Will you be in London on Dec 3rd? Perhaps you'd like to come to UCL and hear me talk with Matthew J. Smith about my new book, and potentially even get a book from me without paying international shipping!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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Save the date! The 2026 Annual Event will take place at the University of Southampton on 15-16 June 2026. This year's theme is ‘Sustainability’.
We are excited to share more information about the event, including the call for papers, in the coming weeks.
We are excited to share more information about the event, including the call for papers, in the coming weeks.
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Save the date! The 2026 Annual Event will take place at the University of Southampton on 15-16 June 2026. This year's theme is ‘Sustainability’.
We are excited to share more information about the event, including the call for papers, in the coming weeks.
We are excited to share more information about the event, including the call for papers, in the coming weeks.
I've been tidying up old mail to properly put old projects to bed. It's weird looking back at moments like Feb/March 2020.
But what a joy - I just found an email from Effie Kapsalis from 2016 in which she spoke righteous truth to power! Gone, but not forgotten.
But what a joy - I just found an email from Effie Kapsalis from 2016 in which she spoke righteous truth to power! Gone, but not forgotten.
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've been tidying up old mail to properly put old projects to bed. It's weird looking back at moments like Feb/March 2020.
But what a joy - I just found an email from Effie Kapsalis from 2016 in which she spoke righteous truth to power! Gone, but not forgotten.
But what a joy - I just found an email from Effie Kapsalis from 2016 in which she spoke righteous truth to power! Gone, but not forgotten.
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Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
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#digitalhumanities folk: could you please recommend significant work on topic modeling and small language models that you might have come across?
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#digitalhumanities folk: could you please recommend significant work on topic modeling and small language models that you might have come across?
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Did you miss our beginners' webinar last week? The complete recording of our step-by-step introduction to Transkribus is now available on YouTube 👇
Transkribus Webinar for Beginners (English)
Transkribus is the most popular tools for automatic text recognition of historical documents.
By watching this webinar recording, you will learn how to upload documents to Transkribus, perform…
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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Did you miss our beginners' webinar last week? The complete recording of our step-by-step introduction to Transkribus is now available on YouTube 👇
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Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Based on this @russellgroup.bsky.social analysis which shows industry needs a wide range of skills - eg 40% of high-tariff graduates working in defence studied humanities and social sciences
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
www.russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/polic...
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We're very excited to have been shortlisted for an OpenUK award, in recognition of our amazing community of developers, managers, testers, curators, and translators. See you at the Oscars of Open Source! #openukawards @openuk.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We're very excited to have been shortlisted for an OpenUK award, in recognition of our amazing community of developers, managers, testers, curators, and translators. See you at the Oscars of Open Source! #openukawards @openuk.bsky.social
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My talk at UXLX last May is now live. It's a very personal talk laying out out my personal journey in understanding the tension between #AI and #UX from the hype, to how we anthropomorphize it, to how we could use it properly. It's called "UX vs AI - Fight!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8k...
UX vs AI: Fight!
YouTube video by UXLx - User Experience Lisbon
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My talk at UXLX last May is now live. It's a very personal talk laying out out my personal journey in understanding the tension between #AI and #UX from the hype, to how we anthropomorphize it, to how we could use it properly. It's called "UX vs AI - Fight!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8k...