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RECOMMENDED: The Digital Preservation Coalition Requests Feedback on Carbon Footprint Toolkit for Digital Preservation

Apr

9

2026

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) seeks feedback on its newly released draft of the Carbon Footprint Toolkit. The toolkit has been being developed by the DPC Carbon Footprint Task Force over the past year to create a resource for organizations to correctly and efficiently calculate the carbon footprint of their digital collections and preservation work. ...

POST: Operationalizing Minimal Computing Values Through Shared Computing-Platform Development: A Case Study of DigitalArc and Opaque Publisher

Apr

9

2026

Kalani Craig (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Michelle Dalmau (Indiana University Bloomington), and Sean Purcell (University of California, San Francisco) have published “Operationalizing Minimal Computing Values Through Shared Computing-Platform Development: A Case Study of DigitalArc and Opaque Publisher” on In the Library With the Lead Pipe. The article discusses the authors’ experiences working on two minimal ...

POST: Models All The Way Down

Apr

9

2026

Models All the Way Down, a Knowing Machines project written by Christo Buschek and Jer Thorp, breaks down the relationship between a large AI model and its training data. The authors focus their article on the LAION-5B training set, which is a enormous, open dataset of captioned images. The model is widely used for research and ...

POST: IFLA Statement on Harm to Lives and Cultural Heritage in the Gulf Region and Eastern Mediterranean

Apr

9

2026

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) released a statement on March 20, 2026 outlining the organization’s concern and stance on recent events affecting Iran, the Gulf Region, and the Eastern Mediterranean. The full statement is quoted below: In light of increasing hostilities affecting Iran, the Gulf Region and the Eastern Mediterranean, the ...

RESOURCE: Lesson Planning 101: Primary Source Instructional Design for Archivists

Apr

9

2026

The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Collective is a hub of articles, best practices, and resources supporting education and teaching with primary sources for practitioners across libraries, museums and archives as well as those coming to that work from outside of those spaces. Mae Casey (Penn State University) recently published an article on the TPS ...

EVENT: Embedding Data Services within a Digital Scholarship Lab

Apr

9

2026

The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) University Libraries Section’s (ULS) Professional Development Committee has organized a free online presentation, entitled “Embedding Data Services within a Digital Scholarship Lab.” Speakers Eli Wachter, Jonathan Barber, and Justin Wadland (all Michigan State University) will explore “how to effectively incorporate data services into existing digital scholarship services at ...

CFP: Library Trends: Exploring Metaphors of Expertise in LIS

Apr

9

2026

Library Trends has released a call for publications for its 71.6 issue, to be published in August 2027. The issue’s theme is “Exploring Metaphors of Expertise in LIS.” From the call: In 2000, information scholar Marcia Bates shared a metaphor wherein the field of library and information science (LIS) was described as an iceberg, with ...

CFP: Minimal Computing for Social and Cultural Heritage

Apr

9

2026

The Minimal Curation Project, funded by Research Ireland, is putting together a collection on Minimal Computing for Social and Cultural Heritage edited by Olga C. Patroni, James O’Sullivan, Susan Rea, Shawn Day, Luigina Ciolfi, and Mary Galvin. The collection is calling for full chapters or short contributions on approaches to minimal computing through a critical ...

CFP: Digitorium 2026: Preserve

Apr

9

2026

Digitorium 2026 will be held September 10-12, 2026 in-person and online at The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Digitorium is a bi-annual conference bringing together DH practitioners to discuss projects, practices, and to learn from each other. From the call for proposals: We invite you to share your experiences around the idea of Preserve. ...

OPPORTUNITY: Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (Library of Congress)

Apr

9

2026

The Archives, History and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) Internship Program at the Library of Congress is open for applications until April 20, 2026. This program is a ten-week long paid opportunity taking place September 8 – November 13, 2026 with the expectation that interns will be working for 20 hours each week. Applications should include a ...

JOB: Digital Service Librarian (LAC Federal)

Apr

9

2026

From the job posting: LAC Federal is seeking an experienced Digital Services Librarian. The Librarian will play a critical role in the configuration, management, and enhancement of digital library systems and research databases. This role emphasizes user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX) optimization, systems configuration, scripting automation, and direct user support. The Digital Librarian ...