Sharon Leon

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COO and VP, Digital Scholar
Director, Omeka
Digital Public Historian
Omekahttps://omeka.org
Digital Scholarhttps://digitalscholar.org
On These Groundshttps://onthesegrounds.org/
Life and Liberty Under Slavery: the Jesuit Plantation Projecthttps://jesuitplantationproject.org

We've launched Gephi Lite v1.0 🎉
Gephi lite is the web version of the Gephi software.

V1.0 has a completely new User Interface and a data table!
Read the blog post to learn more: https://gephi.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/gephi-lite-v1/

Or try Gephi Lite v1.0 directly here: https://lite.gephi.org

#network #dataviz

NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.

But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.

#news #trump #FederalReserve #LisaCook #Government #Politics

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=9-04

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two such mortgages in quick succession.

ProPublica
I've turned my recent post about #Firefox, #AI, #ML and #LLM in to a quick article on how to disable this new feature in #Firefox
https://firesphere.dev/articles/removing-aimachine-learningllm-integrations-from-ff
🔥🦊 Removing AI/Machine Learning/LLM integrations from Firefox » Firesphere.dev

How to disable AI in Firefox. And the LM features. And how to disable other AI, LLM and Machine Learning features that Firefox and Mozilla are introducing into the browser.

Join us August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT to learn more about the Omeka Intensive Courses! Instructor Dani Willcutt will briefly present on the Classic and S courses before addressing your questions. We hope to see you there! Register: https://forms.gle/mXmC8cSp9hsJRtiq9
Omeka Intensive Course Info Session

Sign up to join us for the Omeka Intensive Course Info Session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. We will circulate the Zoom link the day of the event.

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"This was an amazing class. I now feel confident to build my own project on the platform" is just one of the many positive comments we received from our last run of courses. See for yourself by signing up at: https://omeka.org/services/training/
Omeka - Omeka Training

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.

Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now: https://forms.gle/mXmC8cSp9hsJRtiq9
Omeka Intensive Course Info Session

Sign up to join us for the Omeka Intensive Course Info Session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. We will circulate the Zoom link the day of the event.

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It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today: https://omeka.org/services/training/
Omeka - Omeka Training

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.

Omeka - Omeka and FAIR data principles

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.

We are delighted to announce that Sheila Brennan is joining Digital Scholar as Director of Institutional Relations. Brennan comes to DS with an impressive track record of both leading and facilitating innovative digital humanities and cultural heritage work.

https://digitalscholar.org/brennan-joins-ds/

Digital Scholar

The Corporation for Digital Scholarship is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development of software and services for researchers and cultural heritage institutions.

I took some time to write about the ways that the @Omeka platforms can help support the creation of FAIR data. Perhaps it will help you think about how you're shaping your collections data. https://omeka.org/news/2025/08/13/omeka-and-FAIR/
#FAIRdata
Omeka - Omeka and FAIR data principles

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.