Thank you to all speakers, instutions, practitioners and students for joining us!

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Haraldur Bernharðsson (University of Iceland) and Beeke Stegmann (Árnastofnun) discussed XML-encoding of Old Icelandic texts and their publication on Menota - Medieval Nordic Text Archive

Ondřej Tichý @otichy.bsky.social (Charles University) gave an introduction to TEI Publisher

Martin Roček @martin.rocek.dev (Charles University & IMAFO, ÖAW) introduced manu.is, a collaborative platform for annotation and visualisation of IIIF manuscripts

Hinrik Hafsteinsson (Árnastofnun) and Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social (MSHL, University of Iceland) presented their ongoing projects using OCR and HTR tools for older Icelandic texts

The event began with a fast-paced series of presentations covering the phases of the digitization pipeline, starting with Unnar Rafn Ingvarsson from the National Archives and Halldóra Kristinsdóttir from the National and University Library of Iceland on their collections and catalogues

Last week, we brought together students, local institutions and international researchers for our multiplier event on digitalization of historical texts and digital pipelines at the University of Iceland.

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An 18th-century Icelandic manuscript. JS 162 fol., folio 3v

Preparing our #DH pipelines workshop tomorrow with a 4th wall break

"My sincere wish hereby is to serve my beloved fatherland and all my God-fearing, virtue-loving, and studious countrymen who might wish to read or keep this for some knowledge, amusement, or utility."

📜 JS 162 fol., Iceland, c1783

Thursday, 9 April 16:30
Edda Auditorium

Miðaldastofa Háskóla Íslands — The University of Iceland Centre for Medieval Studies

Ondřej Tichý, Charles University
"Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online: The Story of a Dictionary and its Digitization"

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Love is in the air 💌 Our February spotlight is out!

This month is all about making #DH accessible. We will take part in UTmessan, Iceland's largest IT event, the Nordic #LoveDataWeek is around the corner, and the @antidote-network.bsky.social expert's week was a success!

Link in the comments 👇

Digitale Zukunft für alte Handschriften In der Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg (Bezirk Tulln) wird an der Digitalisierung alter Handschriften geforscht. Studierende sowie Forschende aus ganz Europa haben dort in einem Lehrgang gelernt, wie ...

ANTIDOTE in the Austrian news!

Read about our Novice Week in December 2025:
noe.orf.at/stories/3335...

Join me on Friday to learn about @mshl-cdha.bsky.social, @antidote-network.bsky.social and some of our current #DH projects, and their applications within an Old Norse context. Free & open to everyone!

📅 30 Jan, 10-11 GMT
📍 Aðalbygging 052 & on Zoom (link in comments)

📣 Hlutastarf í boði!

Umsóknarfrestur: 2. febrúar
Umsóknir með ferilskrá & stuttu myndbandi 👉 mshl@hi.is

Við leitum að hugmyndaríkum nemanda í BA eða MA námi með reynslu af miðlun á samfélagsmiðlum í um 20% starf.

The 2nd #ANTIDOTE expert training week is now underway at CNRS, Lyon!

Theme: Advanced TEI-XML: XSLT & ODD schemata, eXistDB, TEITOK & TEI Publisher. We are building sustainable workflows and exploring the full lifecycle of encoded open data.

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#DH #medievalsky

What’s new in #DH Iceland? Our January spotlight is out! ✨

This month, we highlight our coordinated project Nordic Historical Population Data (NordHistPop), recently funded by NordForsk. We also mark the second year of the @antidote-network.bsky.social training programme.

Link in the comments 👇

I’ll admit I was slightly worried that being the Nordic representative might feel a bit cringe, but shouting “Good evening Klosterneuburg, this is Iceland calling!” turned out to be fun, actually.

It will take a little while before everything is ready for release, but this is going to be great.

Behind the scenes at ANTIDOTE 🎬

Between our workshops, we’ve been filming new dissemination materials for our research outputs, including professional videos with a Eurovision-style twist ✨

We’re excited to share what’s coming next soon!

Learn more about the ANTIDOTE network and our training programme here 👉 antidote.hi.is

The group also enjoyed an excursion to the library and archives of the Benedictine Abbey in Melk, Austria. A real treat!

Some impressions from our 2nd-year beginners' training at Klosterneuburg Abbey Library 📜💻

Five intensive days working through the foundations of encoding medieval texts in TEI-XML are behind us, with focused lectures, hands-on workshops, and thoughtful discussion around editorial practice.

Great to be back for year two of @antidote-network.bsky.social. Tomorrow, I’ll be giving a short 🎆lecture on XML visualization with a little hands-on surprise.
Looking forward to it!

More about the ANTIDOTE project here: antidote.hi.is

A group of 35 students and professors from the universities of Reykjavík, Bratislava, Dublin, Prague, Venice, and Lyon standing together in front of Klosterneuburg Abbey Library during the first ANTIDOTE workshop, held from March 3–7, 2025. Photo: Klosterneuburg Abbey Library / W. Hanzmann.

Today, we launch the second year of #ANTIDOTE with our beginner-level training at the Klosterneuburg Abbey Library!

Five days of lectures and hands-on workshops on TEI-XML, with 24 participants from 7 institutions.

Looking forward to an inspiring week! ✨📚

Don’t miss your chance to become part of ANTIDOTE!
Call for applications to participate in the 2nd cycle of the #ErasmusPlus Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts (ANTIDOTE):

antidote.hi.is/courses-year...
- Open for doctoral and master's students until Oct 7, 2025
#Humanities

🗓️❗️ Reminder: The deadline is tomorrow (October 7)!

Applications for the second year of the @antidote-network.bsky.social training programme are open until Tuesday next week, 7 October. Don’t miss it, and feel free to share with your students! 😊

Graduate students at partner institutions are invited to apply for a two-part training in digital editing of medieval texts.

📝 Application: CV, transcript of records & statement of purpose.
💰 Travel & accommodation covered.

More info: antidote.hi.is
Questions: antidote@hi.is

📢 Call for Applications:
Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts

Novice training: Klosterneuburg, Dec 1–5, 2025
Joint training: Bratislava, May 25–29, 2026

TEI-XML, Unicode/MUFI, XSLT, ODD/XSD, eXistDB, TEI-TOK, web technologies, preservation & open science
antidote.hi.is/courses-year-two

Graduate students at partner institutions are invited to apply for a two-part training in digital editing of medieval texts.

📝 Application: CV, transcript of records & statement of purpose.
💰 Travel & accommodation covered.

More info: antidote.hi.is
Questions: antidote@hi.is

📢 Call for Applications:
Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts

Novice training: Klosterneuburg, Dec 1–5, 2025
Joint training: Bratislava, May 25–29, 2026

TEI-XML, Unicode/MUFI, XSLT, ODD/XSD, eXistDB, TEI-TOK, web technologies, preservation & open science
antidote.hi.is/courses-year-two