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This short guide looks really useful! An intro to designing accessible data visualizations by Sarah L. Fossheim https://fossheim.io/writing/posts/accessible-dataviz-design/

An intro to designing accessible data visualizations by Sarah L. Fossheim

10 dos and don'ts for designing accessible data visualizations, including real-life examples and resources

TTU BH / DH 1h ago

House Committee Advances National Book Ban Bill https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/99955-house-committee-advances-national-book-ban-bill.html

House Committee Advances National Book Ban Bill

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce endorsed HR 7661, a bill to withhold federal education funds from public schools alleged to have “sexually oriented materials” in their library collections.

PublishersWeekly.com

TTU BH / DH 17h ago

John Overholt 2d ago

Harvard's Schlesinger Library acquires the papers of groundbreaking Black feminist Barbara Smith: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/schlesinger-library-acquires-the-papers-of-groundbreaking-black-feminist-barbara-smith

Schlesinger Library Acquires the Papers of Groundbreaking Black Feminist Barbara Smith | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Barbara Smith is a Black feminist trailblazer, author, and literary pioneer whose literary and political activism connects with key 20th-century cultural and political movements.

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

TTU BH / DH 1d ago

So cool! Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book https://www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-history-culture-history/eight-pages-bound-in-furry-seal-skin-may-be-norways-oldest-book/2571496

A 13th-century manuscript bound in seal skin may be Norway's oldest book

The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.

ScienceNorway

TTU BH / DH 2d ago

Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025 https://www.npr.org/2025/12/29/nx-s1-5645098/libraries-most-borrowed-books-2025?orgid=133&uniquet=5X5cObQS0xNaSgLI7xgyBw&utm_att1

TTU BH / DH 3d ago

End of an era: Mass-market books are disappearing from grocery store racks https://www.npr.org/2025/12/28/nx-s1-5651272/mass-market-books-are-disappearing-from-grocery-store-racks

TTU BH / DH 3d ago

Iranian Missile Strikes Cargo Vessel Carrying Fantagraphics Books https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61874/iranian-missile-strikes-cargo-vessel-carrying-fantagraphics-books

Iranian Missile Strikes Cargo Vessel Carrying Fantagraphics Books

Likely to Delay Release of 'Atlas Comics Library No. 9,' 'Bitchy!'

ICv2

TTU BH / DH 6d ago

Measure to ban 'explicit' books from libraries falters as clock runs out in Wyoming Senate - WyoFile https://wyofile.com/measure-to-ban-explicit-books-from-libraries-falters-as-clock-runs-out-in-wyoming-senate/

Measure to ban ‘explicit’ books from libraries falters as clock runs out in Wyoming Senate

The measure easily cleared the House of Representatives and narrowly passed a Senate committee. But it failed to advance ahead of a procedural deadline.

WyoFile

TTU BH / DH 6d ago

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Christian Boulanger Mar 11

@chpollin @stefan_hessbrueggen

I've uploaded a demo to Huggingface, using the HuggingFace Inference Router:

https://huggingface.co/spaces/cmboulanger/tei-annotator

It provides an evaluation against a gold standard.

Very slow, but good enough to play with it.

Tei Annotator - a Hugging Face Space by cmboulanger

Demo for cboulanger/tei-annotator

TTU BH / DH Mar 12

The Getty Villa to offer rare look at ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead' https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/the-getty-villa-to-offer-rare-look-at-ancient-egyptian-book-of-the-dead?orgid=133&uniquet=5X5cObQS0xNaSgLI7xgyBw&utm_att1

The Getty Villa to offer rare look at ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead'

One of the manuscripts dates back nearly 3,500 years.

LAist