Matt Shaw

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College Librarian @QueensLibOx, formerly IHR and BL. Toots with the usual caveats. Inky Business - "a rip-roaring read" #BookHistory #Libraries #History

Websitehttps://www.m-att.com/
Orcid IDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4958-6474
Matt ShawNov 29, 2022
Adi Keinan-SchoonbaertNov 29, 2022
"Online tools for Southeast Asian librarianship" - new blog post by Jana Igunma on the Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG) blog https://southeastasianlibrarygroup.wordpress.com/2022/11/27/online-tools-for-southeast-asian-librarianship/ #DH #Transkribus #Exhibit
Online tools for Southeast Asian librarianship

Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG)
Matt ShawNov 29, 2022
Miranda KeelingNov 29, 2022
Little boy chatting to his dad at school drop-off: It was snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing and snowing. And then I woke up.
Matt ShawNov 29, 2022
Show threadEllie MilesNov 29, 2022

This option was eventually dropped and the second introductory panel and associated text never came to be. You can read more about the construction of the Galleries of Modern London in my thesis.

First 📸 - schematic design for galleries, 2005. Museum of London
Second 📸 - gallery plan from 2010

Matt ShawNov 29, 2022
John OverholtNov 28, 2022
The front desk just posted a message to the library chat that a visitor had a question about our classification system and could somebody come help. I have been training my whole life for this moment.
Matt ShawNov 28, 2022
J. R. CarpenterNov 28, 2022
Join us for the world premier of An Island of Sound: a new browser-based work by J. R. Carpenter exploring phantom islands as weather phenomenon through an assemblage of found images, algorithmically generated texts, and live performance, with a sound world created by Jules Rawlinson. Live, this Friday 2 December in person at InSpace, Edinburgh, and online: https://efi.ed.ac.uk/events/an-island-of-sound-j-r-carpenter-with-jules-rawlinson/
An Island of Sound: J. R. Carpenter with Jules Rawlinson - Edinburgh Futures Institute

Watch live stream View captioned version Event Description A live performance and sound experience From the classical period through the early modern, tales abounded of distant islands inhabited by demons, devils, evil spirits, and all manner of winged creatures. The Sirens lured sailors to shipwreck with singing voices. The sprite Ariel conjures up a storm....

Edinburgh Futures Institute
Matt ShawNov 28, 2022
Olga ByrskaNov 28, 2022
Two postdocs at the Centre for History and Economics in Paris at
Sciences Po. Deadline: 6/1/23. #histodons check it out
https://histecon.fr/en/fellowships2022/fellowships.html
Joint Centre for History and Economics:: Paris

Matt ShawNov 28, 2022
Even museum directors have to manage up https://on.ft.com/3gDCR86
Matt ShawNov 27, 2022
Kate KlonickNov 27, 2022

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RT @Richard_Hull
So, the European Union has set up its own Mastodon instance, EU Voice, as an official channel/platform for all its many institutions - what a great initiative https://social.network.europa.eu/about
#TwitterMigration #europe #Diplomacy (1/2)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jnsheff/status/1596831974752419842

EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub platform of the EU institutions. With EU Video, it is part of an alternative social media pilot proposed and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu
Matt ShawNov 27, 2022
Some Clark and Bedford gold-tooled binding [sel.b.204]
Matt ShawNov 27, 2022
Matthew HolfordNov 27, 2022
Are you working at a UK cultural heritage institution and using handwritten text recognition (HTR) to improve access to your collections and/or to partner with researchers? If so I'd love to hear from you.