Karin Dalziel
@nirak.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
Assistant Director, Digital Strategies @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Dev team lead, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
I also like cats […]
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Dev team lead, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
I also like cats […]
[bridged from https://hcommons.social/@nirak on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Inbox zero!
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Inbox zero!
I wrote about trying out LLM models for document transcription, inspired by @benwbrum (and Sara!)
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/comparing-ai-models-for-document-transcription/
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/comparing-ai-models-for-document-transcription/
Comparing AI Models for Document Transcription – CDRH Development
cdrhdev.unl.edu
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I wrote about trying out LLM models for document transcription, inspired by @benwbrum (and Sara!)
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/comparing-ai-models-for-document-transcription/
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/comparing-ai-models-for-document-transcription/
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
Wooo it's up! New paper alert! I will write a summary thread about this paper tomorrow morning when I'm not quite as mentally exhausted!
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Wooo it's up! New paper alert! I will write a summary thread about this paper tomorrow morning when I'm not quite as mentally exhausted!
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
"An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions" by Thiele, Heiland, Boley, & Lawler https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
Not […]
My coworker gave me some of these silicone glasses hook things and I love them so much. They are especially useful with masks, my glasses keep sliding off when wearing a mask.
December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My coworker gave me some of these silicone glasses hook things and I love them so much. They are especially useful with masks, my glasses keep sliding off when wearing a mask.
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
Can we please stop holding important conferences in the US? One of my students is affected by the full travel ban and for others it just doesn't seem sufficiently safe. I love my US colleagues and would have enjoyed attending HSP and ACL/CoNNL but it's simply not an option at this point.
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Can we please stop holding important conferences in the US? One of my students is affected by the full travel ban and for others it just doesn't seem sufficiently safe. I love my US colleagues and would have enjoyed attending HSP and ACL/CoNNL but it's simply not an option at this point.
There are goats in my library so I am finding it very hard to concentrate. I got to pet one ❤️
December 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are goats in my library so I am finding it very hard to concentrate. I got to pet one ❤️
Bought a string of pearls plant that was starting to bloom and now it's in full bloom and my office smells so gooooooood
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Bought a string of pearls plant that was starting to bloom and now it's in full bloom and my office smells so gooooooood
The way teams crops messages has to result in some great/not great misunderstandings
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The way teams crops messages has to result in some great/not great misunderstandings
Playing with data in Omeka S and having so much fun. Import stuff, batch edit, export as csv, edit data in spreadsheet, reimport, rinse repeat.
And then I have a pretty map!
thanks to @Omeka
And then I have a pretty map!
thanks to @Omeka
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Playing with data in Omeka S and having so much fun. Import stuff, batch edit, export as csv, edit data in spreadsheet, reimport, rinse repeat.
And then I have a pretty map!
thanks to @Omeka
And then I have a pretty map!
thanks to @Omeka
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
I clicked two library catalogue "permalinks" today, one 2 years old and one 15 years old, from different catalogues, and neither one worked. We really shouldn't call them that if we're not going to make it happen.
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I clicked two library catalogue "permalinks" today, one 2 years old and one 15 years old, from different catalogues, and neither one worked. We really shouldn't call them that if we're not going to make it happen.
I fixed a thing! yaaay!
I mean, I broke it in the first place but still excited I managed to fix it.
I mean, I broke it in the first place but still excited I managed to fix it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I fixed a thing! yaaay!
I mean, I broke it in the first place but still excited I managed to fix it.
I mean, I broke it in the first place but still excited I managed to fix it.
I got a clearance halloween skeleton for 85% off but don't really have anything to do with it so I guess it's now my home office buddy
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I got a clearance halloween skeleton for 85% off but don't really have anything to do with it so I guess it's now my home office buddy
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
Universities to students: Don’t submit genAI output as your own work.
Also universities to students: Use genAI to prewrite, draft, revise, and edit your own work.
Also universities to students: Use genAI to prewrite, draft, revise, and edit your own work.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Universities to students: Don’t submit genAI output as your own work.
Also universities to students: Use genAI to prewrite, draft, revise, and edit your own work.
Also universities to students: Use genAI to prewrite, draft, revise, and edit your own work.
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
"Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge."
https://popular.info/p/tennessee-public-libraries-close
"One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to […]
https://popular.info/p/tennessee-public-libraries-close
"One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge."
https://popular.info/p/tennessee-public-libraries-close
"One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to […]
https://popular.info/p/tennessee-public-libraries-close
"One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to […]
Being a manager I rarely dip into programming anymore and when I do it only reminds me of how much I've forgotten :(
But I got SOMETHING done in XSLT/Ruby so I'll consider that a win
But I got SOMETHING done in XSLT/Ruby so I'll consider that a win
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Being a manager I rarely dip into programming anymore and when I do it only reminds me of how much I've forgotten :(
But I got SOMETHING done in XSLT/Ruby so I'll consider that a win
But I got SOMETHING done in XSLT/Ruby so I'll consider that a win
Reposted by Karin Dalziel
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
lil shoutout to one of my favorite utility apps
https://imageoptim.com/
It squishes images to be a fraction of their former size. It's really useful for thumbnails especially, where it sometimes removes 90% of the file size
https://imageoptim.com/
It squishes images to be a fraction of their former size. It's really useful for thumbnails especially, where it sometimes removes 90% of the file size
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
lil shoutout to one of my favorite utility apps
https://imageoptim.com/
It squishes images to be a fraction of their former size. It's really useful for thumbnails especially, where it sometimes removes 90% of the file size
https://imageoptim.com/
It squishes images to be a fraction of their former size. It's really useful for thumbnails especially, where it sometimes removes 90% of the file size
The GitHub website is up but I can't use the command line or gui app to pull or push changes
Good job everyone, we did it
Good job everyone, we did it
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The GitHub website is up but I can't use the command line or gui app to pull or push changes
Good job everyone, we did it
Good job everyone, we did it
When we moved offices, we were told we would be able to get a phone installed so we (the 13 people that share a phone line) can make calls. Then we were told we would get a "teams softphone" so we can make calls. Now we can't have either, but there are still phone calls to be made.
The process […]
The process […]
Original post on hcommons.social
hcommons.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When we moved offices, we were told we would be able to get a phone installed so we (the 13 people that share a phone line) can make calls. Then we were told we would get a "teams softphone" so we can make calls. Now we can't have either, but there are still phone calls to be made.
The process […]
The process […]
New content for Nebraska Newspapers!
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/nebraska-newspaper-updates-part-i-community-papers/
https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/nebraska-newspaper-updates-part-i-community-papers/
https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New content for Nebraska Newspapers!
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/nebraska-newspaper-updates-part-i-community-papers/
https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu
https://cdrhdev.unl.edu/log/2025/nebraska-newspaper-updates-part-i-community-papers/
https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu
We are sooo close to finishing so many projects, I just hope I can get a couple across the finish line before the holiday break
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are sooo close to finishing so many projects, I just hope I can get a couple across the finish line before the holiday break
I was excited to see that my thermostat gave me a wider option than before (68-74, rather than 72-74). I set it to 68, but when I leave my office it goes back up to 74. When I enter the office, the AC starts blowing to bring it back to 68.
This just doesn't seem that useful for the winter, but […]
This just doesn't seem that useful for the winter, but […]
Original post on hcommons.social
hcommons.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I was excited to see that my thermostat gave me a wider option than before (68-74, rather than 72-74). I set it to 68, but when I leave my office it goes back up to 74. When I enter the office, the AC starts blowing to bring it back to 68.
This just doesn't seem that useful for the winter, but […]
This just doesn't seem that useful for the winter, but […]
Our productivity has been shot because we're all complaining about Tahoe this morning. It's so ugly
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our productivity has been shot because we're all complaining about Tahoe this morning. It's so ugly
I think since I don't get snow days anymore I should get "today is too nice to be inside" days
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I think since I don't get snow days anymore I should get "today is too nice to be inside" days