R. B. Toth Associates
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International leaders in digital curation, research and preservation, providing system development, workshops, digitization and management globally with various cameras, multispectral imaging, XRF, open access, system and data integration, standards
Register now for the 6 Nov evening Smithsonian Associates Program on our work in St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Revealing Lost Texts in the Sinai Desert
One of the oldest libraries in the world is also one of the most remote, located at the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Desert. Within fortress-like walls at the base of Mount Sinai i...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Register now for the 6 Nov evening Smithsonian Associates Program on our work in St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Great opportunity for scholars to carry on Will Noel's legacy at Princeton University Library with the Will Noel Innovative Cultural Heritage Research Grant library.princeton.edu/services/spe...
Friends of Princeton University Library Research Grants
library.princeton.edu
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Great opportunity for scholars to carry on Will Noel's legacy at Princeton University Library with the Will Noel Innovative Cultural Heritage Research Grant library.princeton.edu/services/spe...
My Smithsonian Associates program – an oldie but goodie – will be virtual again this year on the evening of 6 November: smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Revealing Lost Texts in the Sinai Desert
One of the oldest libraries in the world is also one of the most remote, located at the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Desert. Within fortress-like walls at the base of Mount Sinai i...
smithsonianassociates.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My Smithsonian Associates program – an oldie but goodie – will be virtual again this year on the evening of 6 November: smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Thanks to all who have contributed in Will Noel's memory:
digital-scriptorium.org/support-ds/e...
digital-scriptorium.org/support-ds/e...
The William G. Noel Eureka Fund - Digital Scriptorium
The thing to do with data is to let it out for everyone to have it. --William G. Noel (1965 - 2024), from “Revealing the Lost Codex of Archimedes” TEDxSummit, April 2012 The William G. Noel Eureka Fun...
digital-scriptorium.org
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thanks to all who have contributed in Will Noel's memory:
digital-scriptorium.org/support-ds/e...
digital-scriptorium.org/support-ds/e...
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
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Peace in Our Time - Neville Chamberlain 1938
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August 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
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www.emersonkent.com/speeches/pea...
Always great to get back to SLAC SSRL and great team there. Hard to believe 20 years since we 1st did pioneering X-Ray Fluorescence imaging of Archimedes Palimpsest with Will Noel & Uwe Bergmann. This set the stage for continued XRF cultural heritage studies of manuscripts, printed works & fossils.
August 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Always great to get back to SLAC SSRL and great team there. Hard to believe 20 years since we 1st did pioneering X-Ray Fluorescence imaging of Archimedes Palimpsest with Will Noel & Uwe Bergmann. This set the stage for continued XRF cultural heritage studies of manuscripts, printed works & fossils.
Today we honor Will Noel's 60th Birthday. His legacy lives on in continued open access data sharing, advanced imaging & collaboration. To further honor him donate to the William G. Noel Eureka Fund for the digitization of manuscripts & innovative imaging www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
William G. Noel Eureka Fund
Help Digital Scriptorium reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
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August 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today we honor Will Noel's 60th Birthday. His legacy lives on in continued open access data sharing, advanced imaging & collaboration. To further honor him donate to the William G. Noel Eureka Fund for the digitization of manuscripts & innovative imaging www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
Pleased we could support Harvard Law Library with advanced multispectral imaging for its authentication of original 1300 Magna Carta
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/magn...
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A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School | Harvard Magazine
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
www.harvardmagazine.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Pleased we could support Harvard Law Library with advanced multispectral imaging for its authentication of original 1300 Magna Carta
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/magn...
www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/magn...
Finally one institution is taking a stand against arbitrary and capricious exercise of presumed executive power:
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Harvard won’t comply with Trump administration’s demands — Harvard Gazette
“The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” says President Garber.
news.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Finally one institution is taking a stand against arbitrary and capricious exercise of presumed executive power:
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Good summary of the impact of cuts to 0.000054 percent of the federal budget
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Latest Cuts Will Hit Small-Town Culture Hard
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
slate.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Good summary of the impact of cuts to 0.000054 percent of the federal budget
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org
NEH Grants 2025
NEH Grants 2025
impact.ach.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Want to see the scope of what the NEH grant terminations is? The ACH ( @ach.bsky.social ) has compiled a database: impact.ach.org
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We are grateful to donors who have already given, but those past donations won’t tide us over forever. We need more financial support for our staff and students. Please consider making a donation as we carry on our work.
rrchnm.org/news/carryin...
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Carrying On When the Grants Go Away – Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
rrchnm.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We are grateful to donors who have already given, but those past donations won’t tide us over forever. We need more financial support for our staff and students. Please consider making a donation as we carry on our work.
rrchnm.org/news/carryin...
rrchnm.org/news/carryin...
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For literally pennies per person we reach, we’ve had a huge impact on public understandings of the past. We can keep doing the important work of democratizing access to history because of people like you, who have donated to RRCHNM’s work in the past.
April 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For literally pennies per person we reach, we’ve had a huge impact on public understandings of the past. We can keep doing the important work of democratizing access to history because of people like you, who have donated to RRCHNM’s work in the past.
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Last week we learned that 6 of our active NEH awards—totaling $789k in unspent funds—were immediately terminated by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.This is obviously a blow, and a serious one, to our work.But we will carry on. To see our terminated grants rrchnm.org/news/carryin...
Carrying On When the Grants Go Away – Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
rrchnm.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last week we learned that 6 of our active NEH awards—totaling $789k in unspent funds—were immediately terminated by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.This is obviously a blow, and a serious one, to our work.But we will carry on. To see our terminated grants rrchnm.org/news/carryin...
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On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded.
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Save the NEH! – National Humanities Alliance
nhalliance.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded.
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
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It is imperative that grantees who have been affected by the terminations reach out to their Members of Congress directly. We can help you make this contact. Fill out this form to let NHA know about the termination & get contact info for the appropriate staffers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Notify NHA about grant terminations!
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April 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It is imperative that grantees who have been affected by the terminations reach out to their Members of Congress directly. We can help you make this contact. Fill out this form to let NHA know about the termination & get contact info for the appropriate staffers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Traces of US soldiers during our Civil War lost with NEH cuts:
"The graffiti on these walls is raw, unadorned, uncensored, sometimes profane, and often poignant, offering us insights into soldiers’ voices and behaviors that have nothing to do with keeping up appearances for a home front audience."
"The graffiti on these walls is raw, unadorned, uncensored, sometimes profane, and often poignant, offering us insights into soldiers’ voices and behaviors that have nothing to do with keeping up appearances for a home front audience."
April 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Traces of US soldiers during our Civil War lost with NEH cuts:
"The graffiti on these walls is raw, unadorned, uncensored, sometimes profane, and often poignant, offering us insights into soldiers’ voices and behaviors that have nothing to do with keeping up appearances for a home front audience."
"The graffiti on these walls is raw, unadorned, uncensored, sometimes profane, and often poignant, offering us insights into soldiers’ voices and behaviors that have nothing to do with keeping up appearances for a home front audience."
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Things are moving along with the Graffiti Houses Project! Here are some photos of the measuring and imaging processes used to document the historic graffiti.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Things are moving along with the Graffiti Houses Project! Here are some photos of the measuring and imaging processes used to document the historic graffiti.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
Our imaging of soldiers' graffiti in a Northern Virginia Civil War era house today was colder than December in St. Catherine's Monastery at 5,200 feet in the Sinai a number of years ago
January 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Our imaging of soldiers' graffiti in a Northern Virginia Civil War era house today was colder than December in St. Catherine's Monastery at 5,200 feet in the Sinai a number of years ago
Public Domain Day was Wednesday this year in the USA, with numerous creative works now freely available, including movies, books, art and music web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law
Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public D...
web.law.duke.edu
January 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Public Domain Day was Wednesday this year in the USA, with numerous creative works now freely available, including movies, books, art and music web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Recent article reflects on the leadership of Will Noel in this initial installment of his rich legacy, including pioneering work with optical and x-ray imaging during the early 2000s: www.iflscience.com/that-time-a-...
That Time A Particle Accelerator Helped Discover The Lost Works Of Archimedes
The ancient polymath probably would have approved.
www.iflscience.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Recent article reflects on the leadership of Will Noel in this initial installment of his rich legacy, including pioneering work with optical and x-ray imaging during the early 2000s: www.iflscience.com/that-time-a-...
Kicking off @nehgov.bsky.social grant for digitization of historic US Civil War soldiers graffiti with readily available technology & @georgemasonu.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Kicking off @nehgov.bsky.social grant for digitization of historic US Civil War soldiers graffiti with readily available technology & @georgemasonu.bsky.social
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HMML's digitization work in Mali is complete. Partnerships with hundreds of manuscript repositories resulted in the creation of an estimated 4.25 million unique image files, representing 302,000 manuscripts digitally preserved. Cataloging is ongoing.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/a-de...
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/a-de...
A Decade in Mali
“It began with a dinner in 2013...”
hmml.org
July 25, 2024 at 2:23 PM
HMML's digitization work in Mali is complete. Partnerships with hundreds of manuscript repositories resulted in the creation of an estimated 4.25 million unique image files, representing 302,000 manuscripts digitally preserved. Cataloging is ongoing.
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/a-de...
Learn more: hmml.org/stories/a-de...
Paper in latest @sims_mss Journal highlights importance of open access to all multispectral image data for continued & varied research "A Second Look at Multispectral Data of Late Medieval Music Manuscripts" muse.jhu.edu/article/930878
Project MUSE - A Second Look at Multispectral Data of Late Medieval Music Manuscripts
muse.jhu.edu
July 2, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Paper in latest @sims_mss Journal highlights importance of open access to all multispectral image data for continued & varied research "A Second Look at Multispectral Data of Late Medieval Music Manuscripts" muse.jhu.edu/article/930878