Returning here to say: come work with me! Price Lab for Digital Humanities at Penn is hiring an associate director. It's research position: collaborate on existing/incoming DH projects, work on your own, mentor student RAs, teach workshops. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiti…

My whole career is a testament to the power of the standing weekly chat

Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL) is thrilled to announce the launch of a digital collection of enslaved testimony from French- and Spanish-controlled Louisiana.

Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country. #blackpressinthenews #HUBPA #archives #blackpress

Another big deal from the LOC ! 📚🔍 The Library of Congress has put up Mary Church Terrell's FULL archive as a dataset - loc.gov/item/2021387726 ✅ 25,000+ items ✅ Accurate transcriptions ✅ LOC metadata An amazing resource for classes too! Hooray for Douglass Days past!

🚀 History in the making! We're teaming up with Library of Congress & LOC Crowdsourcing for Douglass Day 2025! What can our collective actions for Black history accomplish? Learn more in our latest newsletter! 🔗 Read now: douglassday.substack.com/p/douglass-day…

Here we go 💜 Pre-orders available now, will be out Feb 2025. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

I’m recruiting Ph.D. students to join the Lab for Computing Cultural Heritage UW iSchool! If you’re interested in working with me and pursuing a Ph.D. at the intersection of AI, LIS, and the digital humanities, you can find more information here: bcglee.com/lcch.html

Why do so many people transcribe Library of Congress collections? Read our article "Giving back, learning, relaxing, and having fun: personal motivations and impacts of a virtual volunteer transcription program" - out now in Intl Journal of Digital Humanities rdcu.be/dXXRs

This is my 15th year at Univ. of Maryland and I've never seen anything like this: The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute has openings for *30* (!) tenured and/or tenure-track faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/124144

My miscarriage at 12 weeks would not expel naturally. I had to have a D&C. Today in many states, I could have gone septic or been investigated or charged. Vote like your life—and the lives of people you love—depend on it. And share your story.

I'm always going to support organized labor, but choosing to post the NYT needle a day before the election and pointing to red is ... a choice

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-…

Hey Teachers! 🎂 Join us for DOUGLASS DAY!🎂 On Feb 14 we are transcribing Black history with the LOC Crowdsourcing! Open to all! 💻 Free curriculum coming soon! 📽️ Live Broadcast 🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off 📣 Special guests! DouglassDay.org #NCTE #NCTE24 #NCSS #NCSS24

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Hey friends at #AHA25! Join us on Feb 14 to help transcribe Black archives with LOC Crowdsourcing! See DouglassDay.org to register. Plus get access to our organizing kit, teaching guides, interactive tutorials, swag and lots more!

Only 1 month until Douglass Day! Mark your calendars to transcribe African American history in Library of Congress rare books, manuscripts and more with Douglass Day. Check out classroom curricula, livestream plans, and sign up for the DD newsletter at douglassday.org!

*For immediate release* Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events Press release (Feb 4, 2025) newsroom.loc.gov/news/join-the-… #DouglassDay

Back on here for a minute to say — we're hiring! The *CBDR Data Scientist* position is remote & very broadly defined. Come collaborate on our archives & AI projects! We're reviewing apps this month. Help spread the word?