Sarah Osborne Bender
@sarahobender.bsky.social
civil servant, art museum librarian, GLAM Wiki, photography, music, dance, reading old and new, NYC, and headstanding. post-idea.
Reading this @404media.co piece points me to a Library Journal article from August about Amazon's "new online hub for libraries" including free MARC records. www.libraryjournal.com/story/amazon... 🫠
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reading this @404media.co piece points me to a Library Journal article from August about Amazon's "new online hub for libraries" including free MARC records. www.libraryjournal.com/story/amazon... 🫠
Attended the first 5 hours and wish I could stay til sundown. A meaningful shared experience in a meaningful location. Thanks @shineslike.bsky.social for amplifying the event and to all who participated ✨
I’m on the train down to the History and Museum teach-in. Very excited to listen, learn, share, and build community and connection. If you’re in DC, hopefully I’ll see you there!
For streaming and updates: linktr.ee/historyteachin
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Attended the first 5 hours and wish I could stay til sundown. A meaningful shared experience in a meaningful location. Thanks @shineslike.bsky.social for amplifying the event and to all who participated ✨
Good tribute obit by Deborah Solomon about Jackie Ferrara. I got to know her work at the Phillips Collection. She sounds like she would have been great to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/a...
Jackie Ferrara, Artist Who Brought Mystery to Minimalism, Dies at 95
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October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Good tribute obit by Deborah Solomon about Jackie Ferrara. I got to know her work at the Phillips Collection. She sounds like she would have been great to know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/a...
Supremely sad news, a loss way too young. Brilliant talent and fellow Richmond native. Listen to the 2014 masterpiece that is Black Messiah today. youtu.be/mVsQwJfWzoI
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Really Love (Audio)
YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO
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October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Supremely sad news, a loss way too young. Brilliant talent and fellow Richmond native. Listen to the 2014 masterpiece that is Black Messiah today. youtu.be/mVsQwJfWzoI
Me: Oooh, that looks like a good article! Let me email myself the link to read later. [send]
Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.
Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Me: Oooh, that looks like a good article! Let me email myself the link to read later. [send]
Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.
Also me, 0.5 seconds later: Oooh, new email! Wonder who it could be? Oh.
Heaven, 1987, dir. Diane Keaton
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Heaven, 1987, dir. Diane Keaton
Jill Lepore revisits the Smithsonian’s bicentennial 1976 “A Nation of Nations” festival, highlights some of its excellent content. Heartbreaking to consider in our current situation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past
Ahead of next year’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the White House has issued a directive to the Smithsonian.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Jill Lepore revisits the Smithsonian’s bicentennial 1976 “A Nation of Nations” festival, highlights some of its excellent content. Heartbreaking to consider in our current situation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
If you give money to one of the premier big-city public radio or tv stations, consider becoming a regular contributor to a station in a smaller town where you may have once lived or grown up, or even just drove through once and tuned in. 📻
"The closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will hurt NPR and PBS, but the most immediate and devastating blow will be to the communities that rely on public broadcasting. The stations that are the most at risk tend to be rural."
I'm closely interviewed for this Nieman Lab report that discusses how rural areas will be affected by loss of funding for local NPR reporting. We must not underestimate the importance of equal access to information - we're about to witness a seismic ideological shift in American sense of "place."
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you give money to one of the premier big-city public radio or tv stations, consider becoming a regular contributor to a station in a smaller town where you may have once lived or grown up, or even just drove through once and tuned in. 📻
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Dr. Carla Hayden has landed w/ @mellon.org as a Senior Fellow ... www.mellon.org/news/mellon-...
July 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dr. Carla Hayden has landed w/ @mellon.org as a Senior Fellow ... www.mellon.org/news/mellon-...
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The @bpl.boston.gov's Atlascope project is one of the most ambitious historical urban mapping projects around---a tremendous resource for folks curious about urban change, land use patterns and more---just awesome!
www.atlascope.org
@theoverheadwire.com, @universalhub.com and others.
www.atlascope.org
@theoverheadwire.com, @universalhub.com and others.
Atlascope Boston
Atlascope Boston is a tool for exploring historic urban atlases in metropolitan Boston and telling stories about how places have changed over time. A project of the Leventhal Map & Education Center at...
www.atlascope.org
July 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The @bpl.boston.gov's Atlascope project is one of the most ambitious historical urban mapping projects around---a tremendous resource for folks curious about urban change, land use patterns and more---just awesome!
www.atlascope.org
@theoverheadwire.com, @universalhub.com and others.
www.atlascope.org
@theoverheadwire.com, @universalhub.com and others.
Opening for the amazing Mei Semones, John Roseboro boldly gets the audience to sing the chorus to a song they’ve likely never heard, bringing the charm offensive and just great music tonight at The Anthem.
May 31, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Opening for the amazing Mei Semones, John Roseboro boldly gets the audience to sing the chorus to a song they’ve likely never heard, bringing the charm offensive and just great music tonight at The Anthem.
I’ve kept a profile of Dr. Carla Hayden pinned to my office wall for 8 years. She has been, and will always be, a hero and inspiration to me.
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’ve kept a profile of Dr. Carla Hayden pinned to my office wall for 8 years. She has been, and will always be, a hero and inspiration to me.
Special Section: Museums- free from pesky copy editing
April 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Special Section: Museums- free from pesky copy editing
Brings to mind Christina Ramberg drawings www.artic.edu/artworks/154...
March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Brings to mind Christina Ramberg drawings www.artic.edu/artworks/154...
Way too interested in this new book that landed in my office: Letterlocking: The hidden history of the letter. Can I learn to perfect the dagger-trap letter fold??
March 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Way too interested in this new book that landed in my office: Letterlocking: The hidden history of the letter. Can I learn to perfect the dagger-trap letter fold??
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Silver gelatin photographic papers (1890-2010) database, from Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage:
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March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Silver gelatin photographic papers (1890-2010) database, from Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage:
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A Black-owned museum set to take its place in a city of mostly white counterparts, the Salvage Arc Museum has a distinctive goal. buff.ly/IOJtYvF
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A Black-owned museum set to take its place in a city of mostly white counterparts, the Salvage Arc Museum has a distinctive goal. buff.ly/IOJtYvF
A pleasure this morning to learn a bit about the fascinating Ursula Burghardt and Benjamin Patterson, Fluxus artists and subject of exhibition and fabulous catalog from Museum Ludwig, Köln. Exhib is up til Feb 5 www.museum-ludwig.de/en/home/exhi...
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A pleasure this morning to learn a bit about the fascinating Ursula Burghardt and Benjamin Patterson, Fluxus artists and subject of exhibition and fabulous catalog from Museum Ludwig, Köln. Exhib is up til Feb 5 www.museum-ludwig.de/en/home/exhi...
It's nice to hear Lorne Michaels *donated* his papers to the Harry Ransom Center. Lots of money in the "personal papers" business.
Lorne Michaels Entrusts Harry Ransom Center With Historic #SNL Collection www.infodocket.com/2025/01/15/l... #television
January 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It's nice to hear Lorne Michaels *donated* his papers to the Harry Ransom Center. Lots of money in the "personal papers" business.
In which I, at 3:30pm on NYE, throw a search out to the internet for some thoughtful insight about MARC 022 $y "incorrect ISSN" and I find a full on blog post less than 6 months old from Ruth Kitchin Tillman. ruthtillman.com/post/marc-mi... 🌟 🙌
MARC Misconceptions: Incorrect ISSN or the 022$y | Ruth Kitchin Tillman
The MARC field for Incorrect ISSN has ended up taking on two very different functions. This post explores both functions and their history a little and explains why they've made automated processing o...
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December 31, 2024 at 8:41 PM
In which I, at 3:30pm on NYE, throw a search out to the internet for some thoughtful insight about MARC 022 $y "incorrect ISSN" and I find a full on blog post less than 6 months old from Ruth Kitchin Tillman. ruthtillman.com/post/marc-mi... 🌟 🙌
2024 gratitude: experiencing sunset while inside of James Turrell’s light work at Chapel Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin
December 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM
2024 gratitude: experiencing sunset while inside of James Turrell’s light work at Chapel Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin
National Gallery of Art Library is looking for a Systems Librarian! ExLibris Alma/Primo VE admin experience, service mindset, collaborative team, work in an IM Pei building! Closes 3/22 www.usajobs.gov/job/778895500 (fed posting www.usajobs.gov/job/778136200) Spread the word!
March 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
National Gallery of Art Library is looking for a Systems Librarian! ExLibris Alma/Primo VE admin experience, service mindset, collaborative team, work in an IM Pei building! Closes 3/22 www.usajobs.gov/job/778895500 (fed posting www.usajobs.gov/job/778136200) Spread the word!
Second book of 2024. Happy new year!
January 4, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Second book of 2024. Happy new year!
November 24, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Extended a week since this is a busy time of year, now closes 9/8! Join one of the world's great art museum libraries as a cataloger! Apply here: www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800
National Gallery of Art is looking for an experienced cataloger with a love of art history and metadata. This is a great job!
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Apply here www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800
#artlibraries #catalogers #libraryjobs #museumjobs #linkedopendata
midatlantic.arlisna.hcommons.org/2023/08/21/j...
Apply here www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800
Librarian
<p>The primary purpose of the position is to provide original and complex derived descriptive and subject cataloging for monographs in European languages to facilitate access to the library’s co...
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August 29, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Extended a week since this is a busy time of year, now closes 9/8! Join one of the world's great art museum libraries as a cataloger! Apply here: www.usajobs.gov/job/742929800