David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS

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Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. BA, MSc, MLIS, Classical (Roman) Archaeology PhD. 🗄️👷‍♂️📚🔍
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Websitehttps://davidstuartplatt.com
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I am again seeking a clip from an experimental art film I once saw of a reader reading a book. (The camera zoomed in on the reader's eyes, then hands turning the pages, then back to the eyes.)

I thought it was from the Fluxus group--but I have never been able to ID it. Any folks recognize it?

Looking for a late 1980s/ very early 1990s collection of poetry by Greater #Manchester #poets. One of the #poems was on the theme of the Anarchist movement and called, "Anarchy."

It was clearly intended to be performed, with a driving, persistent rhythm. It deployed a lot of key phrases describing violence (e.g., smash the state, violence in the streets) that we'd all seen in graffiti, before ending with a mic-drop--people who talked like this about Anarchy and its ideals have "no idea in their hearts what it means." (I remember that ending pretty well.)

I always thought it was by Henry Normal but I can't find it in his collected #poetry.

Can anyone help? 🕵️ 📚

Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

Are you a:

Millenial
39.8%
Gen X
36.1%
Gen Z
11.5%
Boomer/Gen Alpha/Other
12.6%
Poll ended at .

I have a PhD in (Classical) Archaeology; an MLIS (library science degree); an MSc in Archaeology and the History of Disease (50% human osteoarchaeology). I trained in archaeological theory at Lampeter in the early-mid 1990s but I have also worked as a commercial field archaeologist.

Looking for a job that would combine all those experiences & skill-sets--but also looking to learn new skills! In Vermont and/ or New England. I am also open to returning to the UK.

Anyone interested?

TTRPGers with an interest in ancient history and archaeology! Ancient historians and archaeologists with an interest in TTRPGs! What are your favourite TTRPGs set in the ancient Mediterranean and beyond?
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Do any folks in the #GLAM world work with printers who can make:

-- gift sets of note cards which include 6 different images (and envelopes)?
-- custom stationery sets (writing paper and envelopes) which include watermarks?

I've been helping some friends and colleagues block some of the site scraping bots that are feeding "AI" models. Decided to take some of my notes and make something others could use too. It's a work-in-progress. Happy to add to or correct things.
https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bots-that-feed-ai-models-by-scraping-your-website/
Sheepish thanks for the ProQuest tip, to the kind person who replied last week but to whom I'm only replying now. Much appreciated.
(And I now can't see your reply, so I can't acknowledge it properly. Believe it or not, this is the first time I've logged on to Mastodon since posting that plea for help.)

#GLAM friends! Ancestry dot com and institutional memberships--is this possible?

I feel v silly for asking this but I've been awarded custodianship of an old account that was tied to a predecessor's name. Try as I might (changing the account's listed personal name), I can't get it to list me as the person being billed on the credit card charges.

Has anyone had experience of running an institutional account? FWIW, I don't have the same problem with newspapers dot com. Yours in #libraries ...