New Head of Service for Museum Data Service 📣

We are delighted to announce that Dr Mia Ridge @miaout.bsky.social will become Head of Service for Museum Data Service, the transformative initiative which is connecting all the object records across the UK’s museums

👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) seeks a new Editor in Chief as well as an institutional host for @dhquarterly.bsky.social (DHQ). Initial expressions of interest are due by August 30th. See the CFP for more details: buff.ly/qpiypXq

Male and female using a computer.

You can now access electronic legal deposit journal issues, journal articles and books catalogued before October 2023 using the PCs in our Reading Rooms.
Find out more about what content is available and how to access it here: link.bl.uk/9kt

Computational analysis of book descriptions: placement project A PhD placement reflects on her time at the British Library and her research in using computational analysis on early printed book descriptions.

Check out this blog post by Jeanette Croen who was a PhD placement student with us at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social @bldigischol.bsky.social exploring computational analysis on early printed book descriptions: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

New resources from our Digital Humanities Climate Coalition (DHCC) group:
📘 UKRI environmental sustainability guidance for DH
🛠 DHCC Project Self-Assessment Tool
Supporting climate conscious DH research.
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/04/13/n...
#DigitalHumanities #EnvironmentalSustainability

Registration for RSECon26 is officially open! Join us in person in Sheffield or attend remotely to take part in the 10th anniversary conference. Society members get a 10% discount. Secure your spot today: rsecon26.society-rse.org/registration... #RSECon26

📘 Now Available: Book of Abstracts – ADHO Digital Humanities Conference (DH2025, Lisbon, NOVA FCSH)

We are pleased to share that the Book of Abstracts for the ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2025 is now available online.

🔗 Read the full volume here: zenodo.org/records/1949...

Já está disponível o Livro de Resumos da conferência ADHO Digital Humanities 2025, realizada na NOVA FCSH / The Book of Abstracts for the ADHO Digital Humanities 2025 conference, held at NOVA FCSH, is now available.
zenodo.org/records/1949...

Masthead for The Standard of Freedom, which is presented as a ribbon curled around its moto. Its moto is: Political, Commercial and Religious Freedom, which appears on a banner in the middle of the title. This is volume one, issue one, for Saturday, July 1st, 1848 and was priced at four pence halfpenny.

Today's #MastheadMonday is The Standard of Freedom (1848-51). It was published by John Cassell as a family newspaper aimed at those with a reformist mindset, advocating 'Political, Commercial & Religious Freedom'. Digitised by the BL & free-to-view: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/stand...

📢 We are delighted to share opportunities and updates from around ADHO
🔹 You can read the latest issue here: listmonk.adho.org/campaign/fb6...
🔹Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest news from ADHO and other related networks.
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GitHub - britishlibrary/peripleo: Example configuration of Peripleo geodata mapping software, developed for the BL's "Locating a National Collection" project - fork this! Example configuration of Peripleo geodata mapping software, developed for the BL's "Locating a National Collection" project - fork this! - britishlibrary/peripleo

We @pelagios.bsky.social are looking to evolve Peripleo, a browser-based tool for the mapping of things related to place github.com/britishlibra..., to make it easier to use by historians and archaeologists as a research tool. Let me know if you're interested.

Screenshot showing historic Ordnance Survey mapping for Lanark comparing first and second edition maps in Side by Side viewer

The amazing, detailed Ordnance Survey 25-inch 1st edition mapping for Lanarkshire is now available as a georeferenced layer. maps.nls.uk/additions/#197 This allows you compare the 1850s maps with later editions in our Side by Side viewer. maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/... Now on to the next county...

Culture as security with Mariam Naiem, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Charlotte Higgins and Kirsty Lang YouTube video by Ukrainian Institute London

‘Culture as Security: How Culture Protects Us’ with Mariam Naiem, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Charlotte Higgins and Kirsty Lang, organised by the Ukrainian Institute London and the British Library - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bcg...

Here for Easter, the magnificent Rabbit Fish - 14th century, British Library, Add. MS 11390, f. 59r

This one includes work with our team!

Four PhD studentships are now open for applications. As part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme, these studentships are co-supervised by Library staff and academics based at UK universities.

Find out more about the projects 😃

Lots of great links on open cultural data, AI in GLAMs, publishing, etc

Looking for something to read over the Easter break? @susan-librarian.bsky.social has just published our latest #Scholcomm newsletter featuring great selection of news, announcements, readings, events. Lots to catch up again - have a look #openresearch #openscholarship mailchi.mp/0945df75792c...

Share your thoughts on cultural heritage reuse and management with the INFINITY surveys Do you manage or reuse cultural heritage collections in your work? Then take the INFINITY survey to share your perspectives and contribute to the future of the digital creative economy.

📢 Share your perspective on cultural heritage reuse and management!

Do you manage or reuse cultural heritage collections in your work? Take the #InfinityEccch survey to share your experiences and insights, and contribute to the future of the digital creative economy in Europe! ➡️ bit.ly/4t3C2EQ

Want to learn more with your peers in libraries, archives and museums? Join the AI4LAM Slack join.slack.com/t/ai4lam/sha... 

Submit a proposal to FF2026 by April 6! ai4lam.org/fantastic-fu... #FF2026 #FF2025 #AI4LAM

IIIF 2026 Annual Conference, The Netherlands, June 1-4, 2026. In collaboration with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network. Photos of Amsterdam, Leiden, and The Hague.

Registration for the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference and Showcase closes on May 14, 2026.

Space for some workshops is filling up fast, so claim your spot by registering: www.conftool.org/iiif2026

The doggy in the bottom margin of Ms. Codex 724 f. 324r, a 13th century illuminated Bible, doesn't have a name as far as we know, but he's definitely a Good Boy who deserves all the love! 14/10 h/t @weratedogs.com

🔗: https://bit.ly/4lzFtAO

Calling all brave heroes, clever creatures and little adventurers: Fairy Tales opens today! Explore a magical world full of your favourite stories 🐉✨

Book now at bl.uk/fairytales

Supported by @waylandgames.bsky.social

Letters of Dorothy and Janie Bussy A recent acquisition of letters of Dorothy Bussy, translator and novelist, and of her daughter, the artist Janie Bussy, has now been catalogued.

A recent acquisition of letters of Dorothy Bussy, translator and novelist, and of her daughter, the artist Janie Bussy, has now been catalogued. New @britishlibrary.bsky.social blog post by Dominic Newman: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Colour photograph of Newcastle University Quadrangle on a spring day in April 1991. A small group of students are lounging on the freshly mown grass.

We're only a few followers short of 1,000 here on Bluesky, help us cross the line!

If you already follow us why not like and repost? If not, give us a follow to keep in touch with what we do.

Here's a throwback from our Uni Archive to a warm spring day on campus in April 1991. #ThrowbackThursday

Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History – AHA This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement with...

Applications are open for the 2026 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, the signal prize in the field. Due May 15. www.historians.org/award-grant/...

Illustration of a polar bear in an icy landscape above a webinar banner 'climate change education through cultural heritage. Join this webinar and help learners connect with climate issues.'

Are you an educator, GLAM professional or climate advocate interested in helping learners connect with climate issues?

Join our Education and Climate Action Communities for a webinar on using #CulturalHeritage as a resource for teaching about #ClimateChange!

🗓️ 8 April
📍 Online
🔗 bit.ly/4bTWOB4

We are happy to announce that our 2026 Annual Event Bursary Applications are open! The deadline to apply is 13 April.

For more details, how to apply and eligibility, please see our website: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/03/23/2...

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📢 Announcing the #DH2026 Keynote Speakers!
🔹 Maciej Eder – 2026 Antonio Zampolli Prize (stylo & Computational Stylistics Group)
🔹 Kim Hyeon – Pioneer of Digital Humanities in South Korea
🔹 Kirsten Thorpe – Indigenous Education & Research, UTS
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/keynotes/
#DigitalHumanities #ADHO

And DHCC Project Self-Assessment Tool (v1.0): https://zenodo.org/records/19004251 - helps researchers integrate environmental sustainability across their projects, from design to delivery and reporting