@rossiatanassova.bsky.social
Digital Curator @BL_DigiSchol at British Library. Digitisation, Digital Cultural Heritage, Collections as Data. Formerly Classics and Rare Books.
This is promising to be a great conference, check the programme and register quick. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to #FF2025 in December!
Registration for @AI4LAM@glammr.us's Fantastic Futures #FF2025 is now! Tickets will go fast, but fret not if you miss out - you can register to watch the full conference online on Thursday and Friday for free!
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Fantastic Futures 2025 - ConfTool Pro - Login
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September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is promising to be a great conference, check the programme and register quick. We are looking forward to welcoming you all to #FF2025 in December!
Great to see this tribute with @britishlibrary.bsky.social contributions from @adi-keinan.bsky.social, Harry Lloyd and myself.
Since 2019, READ-COOP has pushed the boundaries of AI text recognition in collaboration with our members, team, and Transkribus users.
Now, you can read some their stories in "Praeteritum transcriptum"—a READ-COOP tribute publication curated by @caromein.bsky.social and the team 👇 bit.ly/44IacFr
Now, you can read some their stories in "Praeteritum transcriptum"—a READ-COOP tribute publication curated by @caromein.bsky.social and the team 👇 bit.ly/44IacFr
May 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great to see this tribute with @britishlibrary.bsky.social contributions from @adi-keinan.bsky.social, Harry Lloyd and myself.
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I have been working to update the European Art Dataset on Biglam's HF page. I'm happy to announce that it is fully updated along with 5 Yolov11 models. This dataset has ~15,000 images annotated for object detection.
#MachineLearning #DigitalHumanities
#MachineLearning #DigitalHumanities
March 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have been working to update the European Art Dataset on Biglam's HF page. I'm happy to announce that it is fully updated along with 5 Yolov11 models. This dataset has ~15,000 images annotated for object detection.
#MachineLearning #DigitalHumanities
#MachineLearning #DigitalHumanities
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We’re halfway through our latest community sprint!
Our community team have been hard at work – check out our community board to see what they’ve been building, including a new tool to add and view custom configs github.com/orgs/Univers...
Our community team have been hard at work – check out our community board to see what they’ve been building, including a new tool to add and view custom configs github.com/orgs/Univers...
DEV EX Community Sprint May-July 2025 • UniversalViewer
A set of three community sprints to improve visibility of config options, improve documentation around analytics, update tools and dependencies and much more!
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May 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We’re halfway through our latest community sprint!
Our community team have been hard at work – check out our community board to see what they’ve been building, including a new tool to add and view custom configs github.com/orgs/Univers...
Our community team have been hard at work – check out our community board to see what they’ve been building, including a new tool to add and view custom configs github.com/orgs/Univers...
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Bibliography seminar klaxon! blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
Seminar on Textual Bibliography for Modern Foreign Languages
The annual Seminar on Textual Bibliography for Modern Foreign Languages will take place on Monday 9 June 2025 in the Foyle Room at the British Library in London. The programme is as follows: 11.00 Registration and coffee 11.30 Alyssa Steiner (London): Caught in the middle? Block books at the British...
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May 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Bibliography seminar klaxon! blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
Our colleague Valentina Vavassori is gathering information about cultural heritage institutions' experience with Automatic Text Recognition and how we can continue to collaborate on advancing ATR use for making collections more accessible and usable. Read more at blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
Help us explore Automatic Text Recognition in cultural heritage institutions!
This post is by Dr Valentina Vavassori, Digital Curator for Automatic Text Recognition. At the British Library, one of our core values is to
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March 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Our colleague Valentina Vavassori is gathering information about cultural heritage institutions' experience with Automatic Text Recognition and how we can continue to collaborate on advancing ATR use for making collections more accessible and usable. Read more at blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
Have a great conference!
Good morning #RLUK25 delegates!
We’re ready to say hello at The Spine Building ground floor where you can collect your conference badge and bag.
We’re ready to say hello at The Spine Building ground floor where you can collect your conference badge and bag.
March 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Have a great conference!
It is all happening.
We’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site.
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too.
Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
March 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It is all happening.
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A warm welcome to #RLUK25 delegates by RLUK Chair @masudk.com before we hear from our opening keynotes christophersmith.bsky.social and Lucy Everest @liverpooluni.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A warm welcome to #RLUK25 delegates by RLUK Chair @masudk.com before we hear from our opening keynotes christophersmith.bsky.social and Lucy Everest @liverpooluni.bsky.social
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Excited to announce the themes for AI4LAM's Fantastic Futures 2025 conference, with @nfitzger.glammr.us.ap.brid.gy and Rossitza for @bldigischol.bsky.social : blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
#AI4LAM #FF2025 #AI #GLAM
#AI4LAM #FF2025 #AI #GLAM
blogs.bl.uk
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Excited to announce the themes for AI4LAM's Fantastic Futures 2025 conference, with @nfitzger.glammr.us.ap.brid.gy and Rossitza for @bldigischol.bsky.social : blogs.bl.uk/digital-scho...
#AI4LAM #FF2025 #AI #GLAM
#AI4LAM #FF2025 #AI #GLAM
Including an exciting opportunity to work with @bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections on www.bl.uk/more/researc... #bldigital #DH #datascience #printedbooks
February 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Including an exciting opportunity to work with @bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections on www.bl.uk/more/researc... #bldigital #DH #datascience #printedbooks
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We are delighted to be hosting the #IIIF conference in Leeds 2-6 June. Find out more about IIIF and why it is an important standard for images, audio, video and soon 3D in our latest DLIP project blog post. leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/i...
IIIF Conference, Leeds, 2nd to 5th June 2025 – Registration Open
Richard Parker writes… Colleagues have an exciting opportunity to learn about revolutionary new technological advancements transforming the digital accessibility of globally significant cultu…
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February 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We are delighted to be hosting the #IIIF conference in Leeds 2-6 June. Find out more about IIIF and why it is an important standard for images, audio, video and soon 3D in our latest DLIP project blog post. leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/10/i...
#PhDPlacement @britishlibrary.bsky.social claxon! www.bl.uk/more/researc... You will work with staff from
@bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections. Applications close 21st February 17.00 GMT! Further details at www.bl.uk/more/researc... #collectionsasdata #incunabula #datascience
@bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections. Applications close 21st February 17.00 GMT! Further details at www.bl.uk/more/researc... #collectionsasdata #incunabula #datascience
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February 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#PhDPlacement @britishlibrary.bsky.social claxon! www.bl.uk/more/researc... You will work with staff from
@bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections. Applications close 21st February 17.00 GMT! Further details at www.bl.uk/more/researc... #collectionsasdata #incunabula #datascience
@bldigischol.bsky.social and Printed Heritage Collections. Applications close 21st February 17.00 GMT! Further details at www.bl.uk/more/researc... #collectionsasdata #incunabula #datascience
@semames.bsky.social the video is out!
Video from our 'Libraries and AI' panel is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRk... Thanks @britishlibrary.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Maja Maricevic and Svein Arne #AIDebates
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@semames.bsky.social the video is out!
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Video from our 'Libraries and AI' panel is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRk... Thanks @britishlibrary.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Maja Maricevic and Svein Arne #AIDebates
February 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Video from our 'Libraries and AI' panel is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRk... Thanks @britishlibrary.bsky.social @cawston.bsky.social @suelacey-bryant.bsky.social @tomchatfield.bsky.social @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Maja Maricevic and Svein Arne #AIDebates
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Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action
Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.
www.globalcitizen.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Powering the world with clean energy is common sense. It will secure the future for our grandchildren. The clean energy transformation is - and remains - unstoppable www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Curious about the area with the 'haystacks' which happens to be in my neighbourhood.
Just clocked @Londonist 's rather wonderful coloured-in version of the area around Clerkenwell, from Rocques' 1746 plan of London. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
In Colour: A Map of Clerkenwell in 1746
My ongoing mission: to colour in one of the great maps of London.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Curious about the area with the 'haystacks' which happens to be in my neighbourhood.
Looking forward to it!
New book/cover! Should be out early 2025... with @semames.bsky.social & Paul Gooding. "Library Catalogues as Data: Research, Practice and Usage". Commisioned cover by Lucy Havens, based on data viz of Legacies of Catalogue Descriptions and Curatorial Voice lucyhavens.myportfolio.com/legacies-of-...
January 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Looking forward to it!
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The acquisitions have been made possible with funding from National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), British Library Collections Trust (BLCT) and Friends of the National Libraries (FNL).
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
The acquisitions have been made possible with funding from National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), British Library Collections Trust (BLCT) and Friends of the National Libraries (FNL).
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Join our free webinar on 13 February to explore how libraries can embrace digital transformation sustainably.
Learn strategies to reduce tech's environmental impact, see real-world examples, and discover innovative, climate-conscious digital practices: bit.ly/BLClimateWeb...
Learn strategies to reduce tech's environmental impact, see real-world examples, and discover innovative, climate-conscious digital practices: bit.ly/BLClimateWeb...
January 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Join our free webinar on 13 February to explore how libraries can embrace digital transformation sustainably.
Learn strategies to reduce tech's environmental impact, see real-world examples, and discover innovative, climate-conscious digital practices: bit.ly/BLClimateWeb...
Learn strategies to reduce tech's environmental impact, see real-world examples, and discover innovative, climate-conscious digital practices: bit.ly/BLClimateWeb...
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'Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring a library'
— Walter Savage Landor
— Walter Savage Landor
November 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM
'Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring a library'
— Walter Savage Landor
— Walter Savage Landor
Join the next in the British Library series of Positive Climate Action webinars on 13 February, with speakers from www.arkhenum.com, Jadavpur University and School of Advanced Studies, University of London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-... #GreenLibraries
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-... #GreenLibraries
Libraries and positive climate action: is digital a problem or a solution?
This webinar will ask how libraries can embrace the positive of digital technologies while minimising our impact on the planet.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Join the next in the British Library series of Positive Climate Action webinars on 13 February, with speakers from www.arkhenum.com, Jadavpur University and School of Advanced Studies, University of London.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-... #GreenLibraries
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-... #GreenLibraries
@theodorad.bsky.social Great to see you here Tedi. Here is a suggestion of a list to follow bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@theodorad.bsky.social Great to see you here Tedi. Here is a suggestion of a list to follow bsky.app/profile/did:...
What a wonderful Christmas present! Thank you @miaout.bsky.social for your lead on this and the volume editors @gworthey.bsky.social and Isabel Galina
Our chapter is 'Embedding Digital Humanities in the British Library: The Digital Research Team at Ten' www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Yay @bldigischol.bsky.social folk @adi-keinan.bsky.social Neil Fitzgerald @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social @stellawisdom.bsky.social
Yay @bldigischol.bsky.social folk @adi-keinan.bsky.social Neil Fitzgerald @noramcgregorbl.bsky.social @rossiatanassova.bsky.social @stellawisdom.bsky.social
Embedding Digital Humanities in the British Library | 39 | The Digital
The British Library’s Digital Research Team’s mission is to enable the use of the British Library’s digital collections for research, inspiration, creativity
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December 18, 2024 at 12:13 PM
What a wonderful Christmas present! Thank you @miaout.bsky.social for your lead on this and the volume editors @gworthey.bsky.social and Isabel Galina