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Resource: DIY Web Archiving

A 23-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Quinn Daedel, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kreymer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti. DIY Web Archiving shows you why everyone should participate in preserving the things on the web they care about, and how anyone can do so (no special expertise required!). Based on the 11/25/2024 virtual workshop co-sponsored […]

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Resource: Planning XR projects for cultural heritage

Editors’ Summary: “Planning XR projects for cultural heritage” is an introductory course that provides a foundation for understanding XR and its applications in cultural heritage, developed as part of the EUreka3D-XR project. Aimed at Cultural Heritage professionals, XR-focused project managers and coordinators, educators, researchers and enthusiasts of XR, the course explores the core concepts of […]

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Resource: Enrichir ses données avec le processus de réconciliation d’OpenRefine

Editors’ Summary: In “Enrichir ses données avec le processus de réconciliation d’OpenRefine,” a French-language tutorial published in Programming Historian, Pascal Martinolli provides a tutorial on using OpenRefine to enrich a set of research data with other linked data from external sources such as Wikidata. OpenRefine can be used for a process called “reconciliation” or “alignment” […]

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Resource: Copyright Law in the Age of AI

Copyright Law in the Age of AI is a complete casebook on United States copyright law, free to download from this website and current to August 2026. Across 28 chapters and 177 extracted decisions, it covers the field from subject matter and originality, the reproduction and derivative work rights, fair use, ownership, the distribution and […]

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Resource: How to disable or avoid intrusive AI

One of the biggest questions I get at Drop-In Time at the library (besides “what is taking up all my cloud storage?”) is how to disable or avoid intrusive AI that shows up where people don’t want it. This is a guide for people who would like less intrusive AI in their tech environment. Maybe […]

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Resource: Mozilla Data Collective

Editors’ Summary: On July 30, the Mozilla Data Collective launched Compensated Data Sets: responsibly sourced data where data providers retain control over pricing and licensing terms, helping advance a more transparent and sustainable approach to data sharing grounded in human agency and fair value exchange. See full post.

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Resource: Gestionar fuentes primarias digitales con Tropy

Editors’ Summary: In “Gestionar fuentes primarias digitales con Tropy,” a Spanish-language tutorial published in Programming Historian, Douglas McRae shows researchers how to start a Tropy project to manage digital images of their primary sources. Addressing the overload historians face when accumulating hundreds of archival photographs, McRae presents Tropy—a free, open-source tool developed by the Roy […]

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Tool: Australian National Corpus

Editors’ Summary: The Australian National Corpus (AusNC) was a discovery service that collated and provided access to examples of Australian English text, transcriptions, audio and audio-visual materials. The service was managed by Griffith University beginning 2012 until mid-2023 when the site was decommissioned. From 2023, AusNC data was made available as individual collections (listed below) […]

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Interview: Sari Altschuler, Before Disability

Today, Sari Altschuler is bringing us a sneak peek of her new book, Before Disability: A History of American Citizenship, which will be released on June 16. Sari is an Associate Professor of English and the Founding Director of the Health, Humanities, and Society Program at Northeastern University. Here’s Sari to tell us more about her […]