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Marie-Claire Dangerfield
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Archives, dumpling, and jumpsuit enthusiast. Back studying folklore (the study not the 2020 album).
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arainternational.bsky.social
The Britain Zimbabwe Society is hosting Guardians of Knowledge – Libraries and Information in Zimbabwe. This event will feature a stunning panel discussing their experiences of setting up and running libraries for their local communities.

📍Online
📅 Nov 15; 12-3pm GMT

Learn more: bit.ly/47Br4gY
Guardians of Knowledge – Libraries and Information in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean speakers share experiences of setting up, running and using libraries in their local communities. Free, donations invited.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
Dunno about the content, but I am absolutely nailing my quote game in the ol' thesis re-write.
September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Going live soon!

Join us for Forming International Connections at #ARA2025 Session D9 at 2:05 PM BST. Let’s talk about building a stronger global archives community. 🌍

#InternationalArchives #ARAConference
August 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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arainternational.bsky.social
Join us for a session bringing together archival leaders from Catalonia, Saxony, and the UK to discuss the challenges and benefits of regional groups in professional archive associations that operate at a national-scale.

Mon 1 Sept
14:00–15:40 BST
Online via Teams

More info: bit.ly/4fwvY2e
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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arainternational.bsky.social
Excited to welcome Kirsten Wright (@ University of Melbourne) to our AGM! She’ll speak on trauma-informed archival practice + how we build care-centered archives across borders. Don't miss this!

📅 2 July | 🕙 9:45 AM BST | 💻 Online
✅ Free | Open to all
📝 Sign up before 29 June! bit.ly/ARAIG-2025AGM
June 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
Earthbert is back again for another AGM! You can join us
arainternational.bsky.social ARA International @arainternational.bsky.social · Jun 18
Join the ARA International Group on 2 July for updates, a look at our future plans, and a talk on trauma-informed archival practice w/ Kirsten Wright.

📅 2 July | 🕙 9:45 AM BST | 💻 Online
✅ Free | Open to all
📝 Sign up before 29 June! bit.ly/ARAIG-2025AGM
June 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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You're invited! The ARA International Group is holding our 2025 AGM + a speaker session on trauma-informed archives with Kirsten Wright 🌏

📅 2 July | 🕙 9:45 AM BST | 💻 Online
✅ Free | Open to all
📝 Sign up before 29 June! bit.ly/ARAIG-2025AGM

#ARAInternational #ArchivistsOfSky
AGM & Talk on Trauma-informed practice and International Collaboration
AGM will form part of a wider training event, focusing on trauma-informed practice and international collaboration.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
Come hear me, an Irish person in the Netherlands, have a chat with oral historians in London and LA about differences in oral history’s in difference spaces! Last day to register today!
arainternational.bsky.social ARA International @arainternational.bsky.social · May 16
📅 TODAY: Last day to register for In Conversation: Around the World in Oral History Practice

We’re talking co-curation, community partnership & archival ethics with speakers from around the world.

💻 Online
🕓 4 PM BST
🎟️ £10/£20
🔗 bit.ly/ARAIS-OralHi...

#OralHistory #ARAInternational
In Conversation: Around the World in Oral History Practice
Oral history experts discuss adapting tool kits and other resources to fit the differing needs of national and local contexts.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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arainternational.bsky.social
📅 TODAY: Last day to register for In Conversation: Around the World in Oral History Practice

We’re talking co-curation, community partnership & archival ethics with speakers from around the world.

💻 Online
🕓 4 PM BST
🎟️ £10/£20
🔗 bit.ly/ARAIS-OralHi...

#OralHistory #ARAInternational
In Conversation: Around the World in Oral History Practice
Oral history experts discuss adapting tool kits and other resources to fit the differing needs of national and local contexts.
bit.ly
May 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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arainternational.bsky.social
🎉 We’re official! We are now on the ARA website!

We’re here for archivists working across borders or far from professional networks—sharing tools, stories & solidarity. 🌍

Check it out: www.archives.org.uk/internationa...
👥 Join us, wherever you are.

#ARAInternational #Archives
ARA's International Group — Archives & Records Association
www.archives.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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arainternational.bsky.social
Hullo! Slow out the starting blocks but we're now here on Bluesky to help connect archives, archivists and anyone one interested in archives and see what's going on.

If you're already a member of the ARA, or would like to join you can email us at international@archives.org.uk
The image shows a a globe wearing sunglasses and drinking out of a mug. Next to this is a block of text with Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us! and displays the email address international@archives.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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bellingcat.com
Our Auto-Archiver tool allows you to archive any content on the internet by pasting a URL. In 15 minutes Bellingcat's @msramalho.bsky.social and developers Erin Clark and Paddy Robertson will be live, demoing new updates to the tool and answering your set up questions. discord.gg/Gm6cghPG?eve...
March 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
This is a good development, but I'm not sure they realise that in other countries it's also free, and not just limited to six books (a year), but progress is progress!
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/r...
Rotterdam geeft alle inwoners gratis abonnement op bibliotheek en schaft boetes af
Rotterdam is binnenkort de eerste stad in Nederland waar alle inwoners gratis boeken mogen lenen van de bibliotheek. Het boetesysteem wordt daarnaast volledig afgeschaft. ‘Lezen is een basisrecht’, ze...
www.volkskrant.nl
March 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
I once made my mum tea with water not completely freshly boiled from the kettle, but like 2minutes after, this was not hot enough to scald the cup, and she made me remake it, I was 40. Very against ISO 3103 is my mum.

(all participants of this story are Irish)
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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ISO 3103 is a standard originally published in 1980 by the International Organization for Standardization specifying a standardized method for brewing tea. Criticism: The protocol has been criticized for omitting any mention of prewarming the pot.[1] Ireland was the only country to object, and objected on technical grounds
January 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
I love this idea so much!
marigoldmimsy.bsky.social making art @marigoldmimsy.bsky.social · Jan 24
i went to a Chicago Public Library branch that I had never been to before and happened across these very cool Archival Grab and Go Kits with an invitation to archive your stories
a picture of four archival boxes on a shelf with a sign from Chicago Public Library with an invitation to archive your stories
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Need some help starting or managing your archive?

The Scottish Community Archives Toolkit offers a wide range of guidance and resources to support you.

View the toolkit here:
Scottish Community Archives Toolkit - Scottish Council on Archives
The Scottish Community Archives Toolkit has been developed by SCA as part of its contribution to the AHRC-funded Outreach to Ownership project. SCA supported community groups around Scotland who…
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January 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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araireland.bsky.social
Hi folks, We've had a fantastic response to our census, but to get a more complete picture of the ARM sector, we've decided to extend the deadline until next Friday 20th December. Please fill it out if you haven't already, and continue to share.

@irmsociety.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social
araireland.bsky.social araireland @araireland.bsky.social · Dec 6
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The deadline for filling out this census is today. Please make sure you share with colleagues that work in archives, records management, or conservation but may not be members. They also do not need to be qualified or in full time employment. (Volunteers also covered here).
#IrishArchives #Census
araireland.bsky.social araireland @araireland.bsky.social · Dec 2
A reminder folks that the deadline to complete the Ireland / Northern-Ireland record-keeping census is this coming Friday. Please make sure you fill it out and that your colleagues also do! (Please share)

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZM68ZV2
December 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Hello! Please share this widely. It’s done every four years and is quite useful for academics, journalists, and people who need specific datasets to do their work.

It’s legit.

- me, a librarian who specialized in digital archiving practices.
eotarchive.org EOT End Of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org · Nov 25
Every US presidential election period we do a wide crawl of all federal websites.

YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/

- Nominate Gov URLs
- Upload bulk seed lists
- Help surface database deep links
- Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Contribute
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
eotarchive.org
November 27, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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📜 "Memory work within archives extends far beyond preserving historical records; it entails a deep commitment to managing and interpreting recorded information in ways that uphold justice, equity, and protection from harm." aseatatthelibrary.wordpress.com/2024/06/21/t...
The Power of Memory Work in Archives
Memory work within archives extends far beyond preserving historical records; it entails a deep commitment to managing and interpreting recorded information in ways that uphold justice, equity, and pr...
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June 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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qwantz.com
when i say "forever" i'm only referring to data that you either don't need or actively want gone. data you actually care about will disappear in seconds and somehow be fully unrecoverable. this is due to an ancient and planet-wide curse that cannot be lifted.

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
Narrator: HOW TO DELETE A FILE T-Rex: Highlight the file and press delete! DONE. T-Rex: Onlyyyy that just moved it to temporary buffer. Right! T-Rex: This buffer is called a "trash can" or a "recycle bin" because of metaphors. Okay, to delete a file, highlight it, delete it, AND empty the buffer it's moved to. Dromiceiomimus: Only THAT just deleted it from the file table, but the data's still recoverable on the disk. T-Rex: OKAY. Delete the file, and THEN, rewrite the data on the disk with something else. Utahraptor: Nice! Utahraptor: Buuuuut it could still be recovered forensically. T-Rex: DELETE THE FILE, PURGE THE BUFFER, OVERWRITE THE DATA WITH AN ALTERNATING SERIES OF 1S AND 0S TEN TIMES, and then - then! - your file is finally deleted! Off panel: True! But have you done the same with any temporary files or shadow copies? Did you remove any offsite or cloud backups? What if they use a soft delete and - T-Rex: NEVERMIND, DATA IS FOREVER, JUST NEVER WRITE ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT WEIRDOS TO READ
May 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
Louder for the academics in the back!
ehkopin.bsky.social Emily Higgs Kopin @ehkopin.bsky.social · Feb 21
Digital archives have ongoing costs in perpetuity. You can't fund a "digital archive" with a one-time grant. YOU CAN'T FUND A DIGITAL ARCHIVE WITH A ONE-TIME GRANT
February 21, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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Folklore Society have extended CfP deadline for their Digital Folklore conference. Details here.
Digital Folklore conference: Call for Papers-Deadline extended - The Folklore Society
Digital Folklore The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, a hybrid conference in collaboration with the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June 2024 On...
folklore-society.com
January 9, 2024 at 10:04 AM
mcdangerfield.bsky.social
It’s happened. I’ve finally shouted ‘why isn’t it digitised and HTR’d’ at a computer screen. Which is why archives people shouldn’t do niche masters…
Or should but I’ll still roll my eyes at historians.
December 5, 2023 at 7:51 PM
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Wild Friday night in snickering about Wetwang being a place.
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September 22, 2023 at 7:53 PM