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Applies to so much more than digital platforms now.
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with 📚
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Duke cut librarians. It never told the faculty they worked with
Thirty-three of the more than 200 full time library staff members accepted voluntary severance packages, prompting their departure from Duke. Their absences leave the future of a key aspect of academi...
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September 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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it's aliiiiiveeeeeee!

all 700 pages of my dissertation can be found here: hdl.handle.net/2429/92159
screenshot of http://hdl.handle.net/2429/92159: Open Collections UBC Theses and Dissertations UBC Theses Logo Featured Collection Expanding the margins in the history of sexuality & galleries, libraries, archives, museums & special collections (GLAMS) Watson, B. M. Abstract This dissertation centers on understanding and fixing the persistent and wicked problem of marginalization in systems. I do this by examining the “power to name” utilized by cultural heritage institutions (like Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums & Special Collections; GLAMS) and informational infrastructures (like databases, psychological schema, or social media platforms). As systems are defined by boundaries, the act of naming or labelling people, places, and things in these Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSes) produces marginalizations and exclusions. I undertake a comprehensive analysis to understand how a.....
September 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@megansmolenyak.com So what does it mean when the same person is on the same census? I have a patron who has this man who in 1910 is on the census once and then 3 days later on the census again (and yes I'm positive its the same person). The town he's in isn't that big that it's a different person
September 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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mollyfleck.bsky.social
The positive, supportive, healthy vibes emanating out of this women’s free skate event tonight are why I don’t miss the Russians one bit. ⛸️ #worldfigure
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@st8ofsk8.bsky.social Apparently there's more than one person with your name in Indiana! :D
March 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
"Without initial funding from IMLS so much the work that we do in digital scholarly communications and cultural heritage would not be possible. And that includes Zotero and Omeka." 📚
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Seeds of Innovation: Defending IMLS – [bracket]
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March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
hey @megansmolenyak.com @jmendelsohn.bsky.social Is knowing what hospital someone was born at important information?
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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librarycolleen.bsky.social
Trump Order Threatens University Libraries, Museums
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Trump Order Threatens University Libraries, Museums
The president disbanded the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Academic researchers, librarians and museum professionals say defunding the agency undermines their commitment to education.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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mmargolis.bsky.social
Yay for Diane Mizrahi and the amazing Library of Lost Books project for highlighting the unending search for provenance in Jewish books! 📜

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‘Book detectives’ step up hunt for Jewish-owned works looted by the Nazis | CNN
Nearly 80 years after World War II ended, the search for books looted by the Nazis from some of the most respected Jewish libraries and institutions in Europe is not just alive but gathering pace.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:05 PM