Fatima Darries PL (SA)
@fatimadarries
Registered Professional Librarian, South Africa, earthling, woman, mother, and student again
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20-05-2009 13:07:47
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Just found out at a Library meetup at #Wikimania that the Ex Libris, from Clarivate Primo system now pulls from #Wikidata if the item uses the Wikidata property "archives at" wikidata.org/wiki/Property:…
Exciting Opportunity!! SPARC Africa, a section of AfLIA, is offering sponsorships for African delegates to attend the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town, South Africa from December 8-14, 2024! Details: web.aflia.net/call-for-appli… #SPARCAfrica 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
And every single one of those social justice principles relates to Wikimedia Foundation projects #AccessToInformation is a human right Alice Kibombo Velishavo_Hipangwa Carol Mwaura
Most silent-era film productions have been lost to time & hardly *any* material shot by Black filmmakers pre-1920 has survived. But recently, the earliest known footage produced by a Black film company was found, hiding in plain sight, in our collections. blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2…
Congratulations to Nihon Hidankyo, a group of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. At a time when the threat of nuclear weapons is growing – and the taboo against threatening their use is weakening – Nihon Hidankyo’s
This bonkers chart illustrates research from UMaine that no two digital curation job titles are the same blog.still-water.net/digital-curati… — a conclusion reinforced by a new study from DPC Chatter , which found over 3/4 of titles were unique dpconline.org/docman/digital… 🐘♻️