I went to the library to get a book on Pavlov's dog and Schrodinger's cat.

The librarian said that she thought it rang a bell but wasn't sure if it was there or not!

I still chuckle about the scale of our current Viral Texts data—chatting about our migration to a new server, @djevans.bsky.social said “right now there only 200 million records so we’re waiting for another 100 million or so to load”—I could never have conceived this when we started a decade ago

MSLIS student Christine Nguyen

#iSchoolUI MSLIS student Christine Nguyen has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Japanese this summer 🇯🇵
 
She’ll study at Okayama University to advance her language skills and expand access to archival resources.
 
Congrats, Christine! ▶️ bit.ly/4ta4hSP

Cliff Lynch: The Invisible Influencer in Information Infrastructure The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.

One year ago, @cni Cliff Lynch passed away. In remembrance, I’m going to re-read the tribute I co-authored with @phonedudemln.bsky.social “Cliff Lynch: The Invisible Influencer in Information Infrastructure” ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/04/cliff-lynch-invi...

Associate Professor Masooda Bashir

#iSchoolUI Associate Professor Masooda Bashir’s study on gaps between privacy law and real-world enforcement became a key authority in Lopez v. Apple Inc., a landmark case involving Siri and intrusive recordings that resulted in a $95M settlement. ▶️ bit.ly/4sZbPb5

Me, too.

Go, Illini!

Group photo of GET, data science Bolashak fellows, and iSchool folks.

Associate Director for Research Support Services, HathiTrust Research Center Glen Layne-Worthey smiles with data science scholar Elmira Kaliyeva

#iSchoolUI researchers joined Global Education and Training (GET) and Bolashak fellows for the #Nauryz Celebration, a holiday that welcomes not only the spring equinox but also the renewal of nature. Welcome, Spring! 🌷

Robert B. Downs

The deadline for nominations for the 2025 Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award has been extended to April 20.

If you know someone who has furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, consider nominating them here ▶️ bit.ly/405D9Yb

12 tons of stolen KitKats recovered in Boneyard Creek - The Daily Illini The University’s very own Campus Scout recovered the 12 tons of KitKats that Nestlé had reported as missing on Friday.

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Thank you!

Interesting opportunity at the intersection of Digital Humanities, AI, and data infrastructure:
A postdoc at the University of São Paulo focuses on AI-driven design, visualization, and exploration of digital collections—with a strong emphasis on access, transparency, and metadata systems […]

Edinburgh, and the doctrine of dual intent.

Brynnen receives a trophy from Stephen Downie

Group photo of Brynnen with the iSchool’s IT team

Director of IT Brynnen Owen will be officially retiring on April 1.

What started as a “part-time gig” turned into 26 years of service to the #iSchoolUI.

Congratulations on your retirement, Brynnen, and we thank you for your service! 🤝

Y’all printing on this press is so immensely satisfying—I may never want to stop

Creativity and AI Workshop — Central New York Humanities Corridor

Excited to give a keynote talk on "Surprise Machines: Creativity, History and AI's Generative Failures" for the Central New York Global DH Working Group's AI & Creativity workshop this Sat 3/28 (tomorrow)! If you're in the Syracuse-Ithaca-Geneva area, come by! www.cnycorridor.net/calendar/cre...

#DHmakes 🤍 🖤

How to move a printing press (expert edition)

HTRC Sunsetting Workshop HathiTrust funding for the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) ends later this year, and its services are expected to conclude in the fall. Since HTRC was founded, we have had the privilege to work with...

Janet Swatscheno has been sharing this link and additional details on listservs: HT are offering a workshop to be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 3pm-4pm Eastern to describe next steps. Register for the workshop here: forms.gle/8vQ9DbYepbtj....

When the closure of HTRC was announced, more than two years ago, Hathi said it was going to develop a plan for continued research access to their collections. I hope that plan has been developed and is close to being released.

Tasty NZ mussels.

And now, the main event!

Trinity achieved Auckland style!

About to give my talk at the University of Waikato's Computer Science department!

I’ve been dying to test out the chonky new wood type & borders we brought to @skeuomorphpress.org & tomorrow we have admitted @ischoolui.bsky.social LIS students visiting @skeuomorphpress.org, so it seemed fortuitous

Made the most dramatic C19-style poster I could manage—look at those wild fonts!!!

Ok, starting off a thread to document the unloading. For those who have visited @skeuomorphpress.org & were wondering, “where on earth earth will you put that type?” here’s the main answer: the bases of our central tables will be replaced by type cabinets—tabletops will go back on the cabinets

Predicting public opinion, preserving historical texts: New NUS centre marries humanities with AI A new NUS centre is combining AI with humanities to predict public opinion, preserve historical texts, and tackle complex social issues. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times did a nice piece on our centre (@cssh-nus.bsky.social), which will be officially launched this coming Wednesday, with @mmvty.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. Looking forward!
www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pa...

See you in Korea, James!

It's good.