Diane Shaw
@museocat.bsky.social
Retired museum library cataloger in Washington, DC area. Fond of birds and travel.
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This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?
National Gallery of Art in DC is looking for a Library Technology & Systems Architect. This is a great position for a creative collaborative systems librarian! Closes 1/26 www.usajobs.gov/job/854819800
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<p>The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year—with millions more online&mdas...
www.usajobs.gov
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This position deadline has been extended, now closing Feb 2. This job's got everything- library systems, cultural heritage metadata, digitization and IIIF, system integration and security, art, dedicated colleagues, AI experimentation, an IM Pei building... what more could you want?
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John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.
I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 AM
John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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Ooooh, aaaah, new #sciart with texts from Carl Sagan and Marcus Aurelius artologica.etsy.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Ooooh, aaaah, new #sciart with texts from Carl Sagan and Marcus Aurelius artologica.etsy.com
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WHAT: JW Anderson (fall 2026)
OCCASIONS: slouching against the wall of a library or being so taciturn at brunch you force the breakup you want
IF IT WERE A SCENT: coffee (black) held in the same hand as a lit cigarette
EMOTIONAL RANGE: whatever (🙄) / whatever (😏)
#MJMfashionGuide
OCCASIONS: slouching against the wall of a library or being so taciturn at brunch you force the breakup you want
IF IT WERE A SCENT: coffee (black) held in the same hand as a lit cigarette
EMOTIONAL RANGE: whatever (🙄) / whatever (😏)
#MJMfashionGuide
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
WHAT: JW Anderson (fall 2026)
OCCASIONS: slouching against the wall of a library or being so taciturn at brunch you force the breakup you want
IF IT WERE A SCENT: coffee (black) held in the same hand as a lit cigarette
EMOTIONAL RANGE: whatever (🙄) / whatever (😏)
#MJMfashionGuide
OCCASIONS: slouching against the wall of a library or being so taciturn at brunch you force the breakup you want
IF IT WERE A SCENT: coffee (black) held in the same hand as a lit cigarette
EMOTIONAL RANGE: whatever (🙄) / whatever (😏)
#MJMfashionGuide
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"A couple of months ago while in NYC I saw an eye-opening and disturbing exhibition at the Poster House about how the fascist Mussolini regime went to great lengths to affect all aspects of Italians’ lives in order to expand their power and control."
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"A couple of months ago while in NYC I saw an eye-opening and disturbing exhibition at the Poster House about how the fascist Mussolini regime went to great lengths to affect all aspects of Italians’ lives in order to expand their power and control."
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
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This is going to scare the shit out of a lot of people in DC and I have to think that is the point. wtop.com/local/2026/0...
Fighter jets to fly over DC region in defense exercise - WTOP News
If you’re up late or an early riser, you could see or hear military aircraft over the D.C. region early Wednesday.
wtop.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
This is going to scare the shit out of a lot of people in DC and I have to think that is the point. wtop.com/local/2026/0...
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Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
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I added text to this one just now bc you know what, no one can stop me
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I added text to this one just now bc you know what, no one can stop me
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Here's the link, which I should have included: www.searchablemuseum.com
Homepage
A museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience.
www.searchablemuseum.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Here's the link, which I should have included: www.searchablemuseum.com
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If you're still prepping for history classes on African American history, I definitely recommend the Blacksonian's Searchable Museum. Great resources.
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
If you're still prepping for history classes on African American history, I definitely recommend the Blacksonian's Searchable Museum. Great resources.
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Happy Public Domain Day! Jan 1 marks the date when eligible works pass into the public domain in the United States. Notable works entering the public domain this year include certain early Mickey Mouse cartoons, the novel As I Lay Dying, and the Gershwin composition Embraceable You.
#copyright
#copyright
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
web.law.duke.edu
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Happy Public Domain Day! Jan 1 marks the date when eligible works pass into the public domain in the United States. Notable works entering the public domain this year include certain early Mickey Mouse cartoons, the novel As I Lay Dying, and the Gershwin composition Embraceable You.
#copyright
#copyright
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“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
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we're recapping the squirrels of 2025
Let's start with a recap of the year in Art but Make it Squirrel bsky.app/profile/arto...
Rembrandt, self-portrait at a window
Art but make it Squirrel
Art but make it Squirrel
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
we're recapping the squirrels of 2025
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She managed to turn the meme tourism into an extremely lucrative enterprise and donated the profits to the city and to the church, an absolute legend
December 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
She managed to turn the meme tourism into an extremely lucrative enterprise and donated the profits to the city and to the church, an absolute legend
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A little holiday card I got to draw for a public library last year that I’m still proud of; happy almost-new-year ✨
December 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM
A little holiday card I got to draw for a public library last year that I’m still proud of; happy almost-new-year ✨
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! This elegant example of graphic design appears on the cover of a pamphlet from the Walters Art Gallery dated Christmas 1960. A Medieval knight in black holding a red shield with a lion at his feet adorns the cover, in the style of a brass-rubbing.
December 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! This elegant example of graphic design appears on the cover of a pamphlet from the Walters Art Gallery dated Christmas 1960. A Medieval knight in black holding a red shield with a lion at his feet adorns the cover, in the style of a brass-rubbing.
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Last post for the year to say that @jcblibrary.bsky.social we've been thinking hard about how to support scholars and scholarship amidst the multi-dimensional crises for humanities research. We remain committed to our traditional fellowships (indeed in the wake of NEH revocation we expanded), but 1/
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Last post for the year to say that @jcblibrary.bsky.social we've been thinking hard about how to support scholars and scholarship amidst the multi-dimensional crises for humanities research. We remain committed to our traditional fellowships (indeed in the wake of NEH revocation we expanded), but 1/
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I feel once again compelled to emphasis the digitizing in the literal scanning sense is fairly unimportant if it is not accompanied with metadata providing context for discovery. Both humans and AI will make things up when they don't know what they are looking at.
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I feel once again compelled to emphasis the digitizing in the literal scanning sense is fairly unimportant if it is not accompanied with metadata providing context for discovery. Both humans and AI will make things up when they don't know what they are looking at.
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you ever read a book so bad you wanna go back to mesopotamia and uninvent writing
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
you ever read a book so bad you wanna go back to mesopotamia and uninvent writing
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The Jólakötturinn, or the Yule Cat is a monstrously large creature from Icelandic folklore that is said to roam the snowy countryside during Christmas, with a particular appetite for anyone who has not received new clothes before Christmas Eve or who did not wear them.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Jólakötturinn, or the Yule Cat is a monstrously large creature from Icelandic folklore that is said to roam the snowy countryside during Christmas, with a particular appetite for anyone who has not received new clothes before Christmas Eve or who did not wear them.
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NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.
Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.
Unbelievable.
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Job posting: Training Manager in the Smithsonian's Office of Digital and Innovation. Deadline: 12/23 OR after first 100 applications, whichever comes first (so apply NOW if interested) 2-yr term position onsite, Washington, DC; $101,401-$131,826/yr
Training Manager IS-1712-12
Job Opening: Training Manager IS-1712-12 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
trustcareers.si.edu
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Job posting: Training Manager in the Smithsonian's Office of Digital and Innovation. Deadline: 12/23 OR after first 100 applications, whichever comes first (so apply NOW if interested) 2-yr term position onsite, Washington, DC; $101,401-$131,826/yr
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
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This reminded me of one of our first trips to Iceland in 2011. We visited the Library of Water where they have books about all of Iceland's glaciers. But the true stars of the show were the columns of water throughout the library, each one comprised of melted ice from each of Iceland's glaciers. 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This reminded me of one of our first trips to Iceland in 2011. We visited the Library of Water where they have books about all of Iceland's glaciers. But the true stars of the show were the columns of water throughout the library, each one comprised of melted ice from each of Iceland's glaciers. 🧪