I blogged about my recent battles with AI scraper bots and moving all my GLAM databases to a new home with anti-bot defences. https://updates.timsherratt.org/2026/05/12/the-battle-of-the-bots.html #GLAM #bots #digitalHumanities
The battle of the bots

I’ve spent a lot of time recently trying to protect my …

#GLAM #museums #MuseumCollections

'Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museum will launch a first-of-its-kind survey exploring the collecting practices in place at museums and libraries across America.'

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/penn-m2a-survey-museum-collecting-practices-2772058

A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices

Next week, a new Penn Museum survey will start collecting an unprecedented trove of data regarding how institutions treat cultural relics.

Artnet News

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices. “Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museum will launch a first-of-its-kind survey exploring the collecting practices in place at museums and libraries across America.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/artnet-a-new-landmark-survey-aims-to-bring-transparency-to-museum-collecting-practices/
Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices

Artnet: A New Landmark Survey Aims to Bring Transparency to Museum Collecting Practices. “Next week, the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (PennCHC) at the University of Pennsylvania‘s Penn Museu…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

St. Jerome Reading by Giovanni Bellini (1505)

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
#Christianity #ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #AnimalsInArt

It is a very gloomy morning, but I'm doing my best to bring Good Vibes to it by spending my first hour awake or so while waiting for drugs and caffeine pills to kick in listening to the album All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople.

#music #glamrock #rock #70s #glam

Nude on a Divan by Amedeo Modigliani (1918)

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
#ArtHistory #ModernArt #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #ArtMuseum

The 3rd International Workshop on Semantic Digital Humanities #SemDH2026 was opened by @tabea @sashabruns and Bruno Sartini with c. 30+ participants in Dubrovnik, Croatia

https://semdh.github.io/

#ESWC2026 #knowledgegraphs #DH #digitalhumanities #CulturalHeritage #GLAM #semanticweb #AI #llms #dubrovnik

St. Michael Slaying the Dragon by Sassoferrato (1640-50)

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National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia
#Christianity #ArtHistory #MuseumArchive #galleries #glam #AnimalsInArt #religion

Artforum: 85% of All US Museums Need Repairs, Study Finds. “According to a survey conducted in March by the US Government Accountability Office, a whopping 85% of all museums in the United States are in need of repair; even more dire, 77% of US museums have at least one structural issue that puts their collections at risk, according to The Art Newspaper.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/09/artforum-85-of-all-us-museums-need-repairs-study-finds/
Artforum: 85% of All US Museums Need Repairs, Study Finds

Artforum: 85% of All US Museums Need Repairs, Study Finds. “According to a survey conducted in March by the US Government Accountability Office, a whopping 85% of all museums in the United St…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose