Absolutely brilliant article in last months @recordcollectormag about the Delia Derbyshire archive at the Rylands Researcj Institute at @uomlibrary a must read for all of you Librarians archivists and lovers of early electronic music #deliaderbyshire#doctorwho#library#archives#electronicmusic

A good way to gain a sense of perspective is to go outside of the US for a few days, and listen to people say “how the fuck is the crazy person still a candidate and not in jail”?

One for all my fellow #librarians@tomgauld.bsky.social cartoon… 😂

TGtomgauld.bsky.socialJan 7, 2024 10:14am

My first Guardian Books cartoon for 2024

TurnItIn is the Nextdoor app of academia, a paranoia filter to turn very nice, normal things (your neighborhood, your students) into antagonists

… January isn’t easy! Energy levels are rock bottom – but fear not. Here’s how to give yourself a factory reset to boost your lust for life www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Change the lights! Start napping! 27 ways to boost your mood for the New Year

Ooooof… January isn’t easy! Energy levels are rock bottom – but fear not. Here’s how to give yourself a factory reset to boost your lust for life

British Library faces spending millions of pounds to rebuild most digital services www.ft.com/content/4be5...

British Library to burn through reserves to recover from cyber attack

London-based institution faces spending millions of pounds to rebuild most digital services

What academic libraries are making really excellent #infolit tutorials? Could be video, interactive, static, etc. I've seen a lot of embarrassingly bad stuff in my online travels, so I'd love to check out what you think is worth looking at!

"The New York Public Library, an incredible resource and a repository of history, has made an online archive of over 870,000 documents and books available to the public" mymodernmet.com/ny-public-li...

Explore 870,000 Items in the New York Public Library Online Archives

The vast archive includes collections of Black children's literature, medieval illuminated manuscripts, and countless photos of old New York.

According Star Trek: Next Gen 2024 is the year when Irish unification happens. 🤔

SHsteveharoz.comJan 1, 2024 1:18pm

According to Star Trek, 2024 is the year of the Bell Riots against extreme wealth disparity (DS9) and the Irish unification (TNG).

Guardian Editorial on digitised archives and the importance of keeping the original paper copies: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on digital-only archives: material items still matter to historians | Editorial

Editorial: The Ministry of Justice is planning to scan tens of millions of wills and destroy most of the originals. Does it realise what will be lost?