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The Australian Historical Association has released a statement in support of US historians and GLAM professionals: "The AHA deplores...

The Australian Historical Association has released a statement in support of US historians and GLAM professionals: "The AHA deplores the Trump administration’s attempts to impose a single version of American history. We share the concerns of our American colleagues that the Trump administration represents a threat to American historians’ freedom to produce ethical, excellent, and evidence-based research". https://theaha.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AHA-Statement-in-Response-to-the-Trump-Administrations-Attempts-to-Curtail-Academic-Freedom_April-2025.pdf #histodons #uspol

I've added another 15 entries to my list of publications that mention the #GLAMWorkbench or one of its related tools (such as the #Trove...

I've added another 15 entries to my list of publications that mention the #GLAMWorkbench or one of its related tools (such as the #Trove Newspaper Harvester). That makes an even 100 references from around the world. https://glam-workbench.net/citations/ #GLAM #collectionsAsData #researchImpact

For those with access, the Saturday Paper has an excellent article today by Kim Rubenstein on Dutton's weaponisation of citizenship: ...

For those with access, the Saturday Paper has an excellent article today by Kim Rubenstein on Dutton's weaponisation of citizenship: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/03/29/duttons-weaponisation-citizenship #auspol #ozhist

I just pushed an update to the GLAM Name Search Index, adding a lot more data from the Public Record Office Victoria. You can now search...

I just pushed an update to the GLAM Name Search Index, adding a lot more data from the Public Record Office Victoria. You can now search across more than 13 million records in 293 datasets from 10 Australian libraries and archives! And it's free... #familyHistory #histodons https://glam-workbench.net/name-search/

My battle with the National Library of Australia over access to the #Trove API has been used as a case study in a paper on digital archives...

My battle with the National Library of Australia over access to the #Trove API has been used as a case study in a paper on digital archives as infrastructure by @LeuLeu & @macgraveur. It was presented yesterday at the forum de l’Association des archivistes Français. https://aldonzel.github.io/intervention-forum-AAF25/ (in French) #GLAM

Many thanks to the Australian Historical Association for sharing their concerns about changes to the National Library of Australia's API...

Many thanks to the Australian Historical Association for sharing their concerns about changes to the National Library of Australia's API policy and the suspension of my API keys which, they say, "marks a troubling restriction to the work of researchers in Australia and overseas". https://theaha.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AHA-Statement-on-New-Restrictions-to-Trove.pdf #Trove #histodons @histodons #GLAM

Nope, now it's not so easy because the gatekeepers at the NLA want you to seek permission before downloading the content of newspaper...

Nope, now it's not so easy because the gatekeepers at the NLA want you to seek permission before downloading the content of newspaper articles via the API. The #Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester is widely used and cited in research literature, but I can't use or maintain it because my API keys were cancelled. The NLA's policy is damaging research.

Via Michael, Hendrik, and Valentin Werner. 2024. “Digital Press Archives for Media and Communication History Research: From ‘reading rooms’ to Virtual Research Environments”. Studies in Communication Sciences 24 (3): 285–301. https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2024.03.4050. #GLAM #histodons #digitalhumanities

#uspolHey SBS News, a Trump lackey being interviewed by Tucker Carlson is not a news story. Do better.

#uspol

Hey SBS News, a Trump lackey being interviewed by Tucker Carlson is not a news story. Do better.

It's been pretty hard to focus on other things with all this Trove bullshit, and every day it hits me again and makes me feel sick and...

It's been pretty hard to focus on other things with all this Trove bullshit, and every day it hits me again and makes me feel sick and anxious. It's just such a waste of everyone's time and energy, and for what? So the NLA can feel in control?

It's worth noting that university libraries are Trove 'partners' and are represented on Trove's Strategic Advisory...

It's worth noting that university libraries are Trove 'partners' and are represented on Trove's Strategic Advisory Committee, so if you're worried about the impact on your own research let your university librarian know!

I'm hoping that research agencies, scholarly societies, and universities will pick up on the broader implications of the NLA's...

I'm hoping that research agencies, scholarly societies, and universities will pick up on the broader implications of the NLA's policy for HASS research: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/03/02/trove-api-users-beware-the.html #GLAM #openGLAM #histodons #digitalHumanities

It's been four weeks now since the National Library of Australia suspended my API keys, forcing all my work on #Trove to stop:...

It's been four weeks now since the National Library of Australia suspended my API keys, forcing all my work on #Trove to stop: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/02/24/years-of-work-on-trove.html #GLAM #openGLAM #histodons #digitalHumanities

TIL there's an Academy for Collaborative Research Infrastructure, "an independent, not-for-profit, organisation established to...

TIL there's an Academy for Collaborative Research Infrastructure, "an independent, not-for-profit, organisation established to serve the research infrastructure community". https://www.acri.org.au

More PROV API exploration, looking at records that have the names of individual people attached to them (such as wills). I've found 18...

More PROV API exploration, looking at records that have the names of individual people attached to them (such as wills). I've found 18 series containing more than 6 million named records. Now thinking about getting them all in the GLAM Name Index Search... #GLAM #archives

Thanks to Professor David Lowe and Deakin Uni's Centre for Contemporary Histories for their support in my battle with the NLA over Trove...

Thanks to Professor David Lowe and Deakin Uni's Centre for Contemporary Histories for their support in my battle with the NLA over Trove API access. Here's a section from their latest newsletter: "The best research stems from an environment that maximises the free flow of information and support for independent scholarship." https://cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2025/03/newsletter-17th-march-2025/

Historic Hansard's search index needed a little kick, but searching should be working ok again now. https://search.historichansard.net

Historic Hansard's search index needed a little kick, but searching should be working ok again now. https://search.historichansard.net

It's pretty basic for now, just shares a random image every day. I might add a few more behaviours later on...

It's pretty basic for now, just shares a random image every day. I might add a few more behaviours later on...

🤖 There's a new bot on the block! Meet @provbot – sharing images from the Public Record Office Victoria, thanks to their public...

🤖 There's a new bot on the block! Meet @provbot – sharing images from the Public Record Office Victoria, thanks to their public API.
https://wraggebots.net/@provbot/statuses/01JP74551E1WRMB55Y93NBHSQS #GLAM #archives

Also got me thinking about the way the NLA's new policy on API access to digitised content will discourage people like this from...

Also got me thinking about the way the NLA's new policy on API access to digitised content will discourage people like this from experimenting...

Given recent events it was a much needed reminder of why I do what I do...

Given recent events it was a much needed reminder of why I do what I do...