From 21–25 July 2026, Wikimedians from around the world gathered in Paris for Wikimania 2026, the annual conference celebrating the people, projects and communities behind the Wikimedia movement. This year, we supported our largest-ever contingent of staff, trustees and volunteers to attend. For some, it was their first experience while for others, it was an […]
Across South Africa, women in science and research are helping shape a more inclusive digital future, one in which our languages, knowledge and communities are represented. Their contributions may take many forms, but together they are helping ensure that technological progress leaves no language behind. For Tanja Gaustad, a fascination with language patterns sparked a […]
A record of DH2026: Engagement, the 36th annual conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, held 27–31 July 2026 at the Daejeon Convention Center. All videos are hosted on YouTube and open in a new tab. See full post.
Out of all tracks in librarianship, becoming a metadata librarian is not a very common one. This blog post features eight professionals working in the US, reflecting on their paths towards becoming metadata librarians, primarily working with digital object metadata records. Most of us work at a university library or other large institutions with rich […]
The summer conference season is over, and this year marked a return for me to both the international DH conference (held in Daejeon, South Korea for 2026) and the ACH conference (held, as usual, anywhere you are / virtually). They’re always different experiences, but the distinction felt particularly acute this year. See full post.
Editors’ Summary: In “3D Digitisation Guidelines translated into multiple languages by EUreka3D-XR,” published on Digital Meets Culture, the EUreka3D-XR project announces that its 3D Digitisation Guidelines: Steps to Success is now available in Catalan, Dutch, French, Greek, Italian, and Spanish. Aimed at cultural heritage professionals digitising collections in three dimensions, the guidelines simplify the standards […]
Editors’ Summary: In “Context Laundering and the Human Bottleneck in AI Research,” Alex Reid examines a recent arXiv preprint showing that AI research agents can be poisoned through user-generated content on platforms like Reddit and Wikipedia. Reid draws two rhetorical implications: first, AI “launders” the questionable rhetorical contexts of such content, presenting it in an […]
PCG Academia and DataCite are pleased to announce that PCG Academia is now a DataCite Registered Service Provider, strengthening DataCite infrastructure among DSpace communities and users. The DataCite Registered Service Providers (RSP) Program strengthens the global research ecosystem by enabling trusted partners to deliver DataCite services locally and at scale. DataCite RSPs help institutions adopt […]
Editors’ Summary: This post reports on the authors’ experience during their placement in the Senate House MakerSpace, University of London in April and May 2026. They focused on the 3D digitization and documentation of antiquities held by the Hellenic and Roman Library at the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS). This post discusses applying computational methods […]
To combat recent censorship of national parks in the United States, we have pulled on the resources of the library world to tap into the deep public affection for the National Parks and preserve these targeted materials. We brought together librarians and public historians with data and geospatial experts to create Save Our Signs (SOS), […]
