rebecca frank
@rfrank.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ UMSI
she/her. digital preservation & curation, risk & disasters, open data.
@rfrank@digipres.club
she/her. digital preservation & curation, risk & disasters, open data.
@rfrank@digipres.club
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Had a lot of fun responding to these digital preservation questions. Neat to also see how @rfrank.bsky.social and so many other smart folks responded!
LIL fellow @maxy.bsky.social asked 14 scholars, archivists, designers, business leaders & engineers: "If you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?"
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Generational Data Interviews | Library Innovation Lab
14 Designs for Digital Preservation in 2025
lil.law.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Had a lot of fun responding to these digital preservation questions. Neat to also see how @rfrank.bsky.social and so many other smart folks responded!
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LIL fellow @maxy.bsky.social asked 14 scholars, archivists, designers, business leaders & engineers: "If you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?"
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Generational Data Interviews | Library Innovation Lab
14 Designs for Digital Preservation in 2025
lil.law.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
LIL fellow @maxy.bsky.social asked 14 scholars, archivists, designers, business leaders & engineers: "If you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?"
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Their answers:
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
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One answer from Rebecca Frank who is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information:
"The glib answer is the money itself would be the solution."
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
"The glib answer is the money itself would be the solution."
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
Rebecca Frank | Library Innovation Lab
InterviewerIf you were given unlimited funding to design a system for storing and preserving digital information for at least a century, what would you do?
lil.law.harvard.edu
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
One answer from Rebecca Frank who is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information:
"The glib answer is the money itself would be the solution."
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
"The glib answer is the money itself would be the solution."
lil.law.harvard.edu/generational...
I'm at #NDSADigiPRES2025 this week. I'll be presenting tomorrow afternoon about digital preservation and financial uncertainty. Conference details here: ndsa.org/conference/
See you there!
See you there!
Digital Preservation 2025 - Where We're At (Digital Preservation in Uncertain Times)
### About the NDSA and Digital Preservation 2025 (Virtual)
The NDSA is a consortium of [{{ site.data.members.count }} organizations](/membership/members/) committed to the long-term preservatio...
ndsa.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm at #NDSADigiPRES2025 this week. I'll be presenting tomorrow afternoon about digital preservation and financial uncertainty. Conference details here: ndsa.org/conference/
See you there!
See you there!
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The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The digital age threatens our cultural memory. Can libraries, archives & museums create a just, sustainable future?
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
📖 Learn how in the #booktalk for AFTER DISRUPTION with Trevor Owens & Shannon Mattern.
📅 Thurs Sept 25
🕖 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1633230118...
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I'm hiring a mid-level full-stack SWE! Our team at @jstor.bsky.social Labs is looking for yet another product-minded engineer to join our team. We come from all kinds of backgrounds, tech and non-tech alike.
Please apply or send to your awesome friends, and DM me with ?s: grnh.se/19o370345us
Please apply or send to your awesome friends, and DM me with ?s: grnh.se/19o370345us
Software Engineer (Full-stack) - ITHAKA
ITHAKA’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education around the world. Our services — Artstor, JSTOR, Portico, and Ithaka S+R — enable people everywhere to learn, to grow, and to overcome b...
grnh.se
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I'm hiring a mid-level full-stack SWE! Our team at @jstor.bsky.social Labs is looking for yet another product-minded engineer to join our team. We come from all kinds of backgrounds, tech and non-tech alike.
Please apply or send to your awesome friends, and DM me with ?s: grnh.se/19o370345us
Please apply or send to your awesome friends, and DM me with ?s: grnh.se/19o370345us
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UMSI is running multiple searches this year, starting with the John Derby Evans Professor in Information, at the Assistant or Associate level!
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
John Derby Evans Professorship in Information (Assistant or Associate Professor) | umsi
The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position focusing on technology and society.
www.si.umich.edu
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
UMSI is running multiple searches this year, starting with the John Derby Evans Professor in Information, at the Assistant or Associate level!
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
This is open to anyone working at the intersection of tech and society, with a closing date of Nov 1, 2025. Please share!
www.si.umich.edu/people/facul...
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📣 AIP's Niels Bohr Library and Archives is collecting personal stories from scientists, engineers, students & others in the physical sciences whose careers have been impacted by recent U.S. policy & funding changes. Learn more about how to get involved here ->
www.aip.org/library/ex-l...
www.aip.org/library/ex-l...
Physical Science Careers Disrupted
Documenting the Impact of Federal Funding & Policy Changes
www.aip.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📣 AIP's Niels Bohr Library and Archives is collecting personal stories from scientists, engineers, students & others in the physical sciences whose careers have been impacted by recent U.S. policy & funding changes. Learn more about how to get involved here ->
www.aip.org/library/ex-l...
www.aip.org/library/ex-l...
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#Vacancy: We are hiring a new Marking and Communications Officer.
You won't have to have all the #DigitalPreservation answers, but we hope you'll be curious, adaptable, and happy to roll up your sleeves in a small, supportive team.
openpreservation.org/news/vacancy...
You won't have to have all the #DigitalPreservation answers, but we hope you'll be curious, adaptable, and happy to roll up your sleeves in a small, supportive team.
openpreservation.org/news/vacancy...
Vacancy for Marketing and Communications Officer at the Open Preservation Foundation - Open Preservation Foundation
Overview Job title: Marketing and Communications OfficerLocation: Remote (with potential for travel within EU and beyond)Hours: Full time or 0.8 FTEContract type: Permanent, with a...
openpreservation.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Vacancy: We are hiring a new Marking and Communications Officer.
You won't have to have all the #DigitalPreservation answers, but we hope you'll be curious, adaptable, and happy to roll up your sleeves in a small, supportive team.
openpreservation.org/news/vacancy...
You won't have to have all the #DigitalPreservation answers, but we hope you'll be curious, adaptable, and happy to roll up your sleeves in a small, supportive team.
openpreservation.org/news/vacancy...
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We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students.
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
tinyurl.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students.
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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📢#IDCC26 Submission deadlines extended📢
Deadlines have been extended to support our community submit proposals over the summer⬇️
📅3 August 2025 - Papers and Lightning Talks
📅14 September 2025 - Posters
📅30 September 2025 - Workshops
Learn more now and submit your proposal dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
Deadlines have been extended to support our community submit proposals over the summer⬇️
📅3 August 2025 - Papers and Lightning Talks
📅14 September 2025 - Posters
📅30 September 2025 - Workshops
Learn more now and submit your proposal dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢#IDCC26 Submission deadlines extended📢
Deadlines have been extended to support our community submit proposals over the summer⬇️
📅3 August 2025 - Papers and Lightning Talks
📅14 September 2025 - Posters
📅30 September 2025 - Workshops
Learn more now and submit your proposal dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
Deadlines have been extended to support our community submit proposals over the summer⬇️
📅3 August 2025 - Papers and Lightning Talks
📅14 September 2025 - Posters
📅30 September 2025 - Workshops
Learn more now and submit your proposal dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Mellon Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow 📚📜
librarytechnology.org/pr/31511
librarytechnology.org/pr/31511
Mellon Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow
Press Release: Mellon Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow. The Mellon Foundation announced the appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as a senior fellow. As part of ...
librarytechnology.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Mellon Foundation announces appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow 📚📜
librarytechnology.org/pr/31511
librarytechnology.org/pr/31511
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That bear is NOT friend. But he wants you to care about the endangered National Park signs. Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here: saveoursigns.org. #SaveOurSigns
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That bear is NOT friend. But he wants you to care about the endangered National Park signs. Snap a photo of any interpretive signs you see while visiting our national parks and submit them here: saveoursigns.org. #SaveOurSigns
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We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS."
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
The 2026 Federal Budget Proposal Shutters The Institute for Museum and Library Services
The details of the 2026 federal budget proposal spell out the goal of shutting down the Institute for Museum and Library services.
bookriot.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We now have the details of the federal 2026 budget proposal, and it spells the end of IMLS. The request is $6,000,000 to "conduct an orderly closeout of IMLS."
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
Whatever happens in the 2 court cases would be moot if this passes.
bookriot.com/the-2026-fed...
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JOB POSTING:
Catalog/metadata librarian
Reposting for broader reach. Come work with me!
📜📚
Catalog/metadata librarian
Reposting for broader reach. Come work with me!
📜📚
JOB POSTING:
Catalog/metadata librarian 📜📚
Come work with me at the Beinecke Library!
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Catalog/metadata librarian 📜📚
Come work with me at the Beinecke Library!
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Catalog/Metadata Librarian - Yale University - Job Details
Job Details: A job opportunity at Yale University
sjobs.brassring.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
JOB POSTING:
Catalog/metadata librarian
Reposting for broader reach. Come work with me!
📜📚
Catalog/metadata librarian
Reposting for broader reach. Come work with me!
📜📚
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‘Archival intelligence’: A retrospective on retiring faculty member Elizabeth Yakel 📜 www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/n...
‘Archival intelligence’: A retrospective on retiring faculty member Elizabeth Yakel | umsi
Yakel will retire this June, concluding a 25-year chapter at UMSI that has shaped the school’s direction and the archival field more broadly.
www.si.umich.edu
May 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
‘Archival intelligence’: A retrospective on retiring faculty member Elizabeth Yakel 📜 www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/n...
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Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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🚨#IDCC26 Call for Submissions is now open!
Theme: AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation
Submission formats:
✅ Papers
✅ Lightning Talks
✅ Posters
✅ Workshops
➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/call-for-submissions
#DigitalCuration #OpenScience #Research
Theme: AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation
Submission formats:
✅ Papers
✅ Lightning Talks
✅ Posters
✅ Workshops
➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/call-for-submissions
#DigitalCuration #OpenScience #Research
May 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨#IDCC26 Call for Submissions is now open!
Theme: AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation
Submission formats:
✅ Papers
✅ Lightning Talks
✅ Posters
✅ Workshops
➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/call-for-submissions
#DigitalCuration #OpenScience #Research
Theme: AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation
Submission formats:
✅ Papers
✅ Lightning Talks
✅ Posters
✅ Workshops
➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/call-for-submissions
#DigitalCuration #OpenScience #Research
I've seen a lot of anger and sadness about terminated grants & am so angry & sad for those colleagues. I'd like to hear more about the junior scholars who submitted proposals that will never be reviewed & who do not have data to continue publishing from. I'm done wringing my hands - what can we do?
May 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've seen a lot of anger and sadness about terminated grants & am so angry & sad for those colleagues. I'd like to hear more about the junior scholars who submitted proposals that will never be reviewed & who do not have data to continue publishing from. I'm done wringing my hands - what can we do?
this. so much excitement. so much hope.
For the nonlibrarians who follow me, I wish you could have felt *how excited* my library colleagues were when Carla Hayden was nominated. So respected for her work as a big-city library director & ALA president, back when ALA stood up against the Patriot Act. Impeccable library & leadership cred. 1/
May 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
this. so much excitement. so much hope.
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Carla Hayden was president of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social when ours was one of few organized voices opposed to the USA PATRIOT Act.
Librarians have been fired all across the federal government, gutting not just ours but the world’s intellectual infrastructure. Devastating.
Librarians have been fired all across the federal government, gutting not just ours but the world’s intellectual infrastructure. Devastating.
May 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Carla Hayden was president of the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social when ours was one of few organized voices opposed to the USA PATRIOT Act.
Librarians have been fired all across the federal government, gutting not just ours but the world’s intellectual infrastructure. Devastating.
Librarians have been fired all across the federal government, gutting not just ours but the world’s intellectual infrastructure. Devastating.
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HUGE NEWS.
The judge in the case where 21 state attorneys generals sued the Trump administration over dismantling the IMLS just issued an injunction in favor of the plaintiffs. This is good news & the judge further indicates that the plaintiffs have a STRONG case here.
bookriot.com/the-latest-f...
The judge in the case where 21 state attorneys generals sued the Trump administration over dismantling the IMLS just issued an injunction in favor of the plaintiffs. This is good news & the judge further indicates that the plaintiffs have a STRONG case here.
bookriot.com/the-latest-f...
The Latest from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
A temporary restraining order halts further dismantling of the only federal agency for libraries, but the 2026 federal budget calls for eliminating the IMLS completely.
bookriot.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
HUGE NEWS.
The judge in the case where 21 state attorneys generals sued the Trump administration over dismantling the IMLS just issued an injunction in favor of the plaintiffs. This is good news & the judge further indicates that the plaintiffs have a STRONG case here.
bookriot.com/the-latest-f...
The judge in the case where 21 state attorneys generals sued the Trump administration over dismantling the IMLS just issued an injunction in favor of the plaintiffs. This is good news & the judge further indicates that the plaintiffs have a STRONG case here.
bookriot.com/the-latest-f...
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🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries