Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS

Librarian for History and Grad Student Services @UMassLibraries | Historian of Quakers and slavery in #VastEarlyAmerica | Designer of history RPG's | they/them

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

Join us in uncovering this important history!

[UMass Public History @umassph]

How do researchers uncover stories of enslavement and freedom?

Join scholars, public historians, & community members on June 19, 2021, for a free one-day virtual symposium exploring Black history in the Connecticut River Valley prior to 1900. https://t.co/tnFf8mTUW2 (1/5)

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

@randymbrowne Of course that made it worse, but the intimidation factor is real for grad students. I think clearly communicating flexibility ahead of time to reviewers would help make reviewers less likely to ghost if crisis does strike.

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

I wish I'd internalized this before I ghosted a review editor years ago as an early PhD student after a bunch of family crises hit. I still feel a ton of guilt about it. But I think this is partly systemic. How can we create a culture of more open communication about hardship?

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

@randymbrowne I understand that now (especially after having been in the role of chasing down submissions myself!), but back then I was just so intimidated by the idea of letting down this senior figure in my field who I had otherwise had zero interactions with that I became paralyzed.

[Benjamin L. Carp 🎏 @bencarp]

I realized today that “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” turns 42 this year

[AAIHS @AAIHS]

#Internship Opportunity: @BlkPerspectives is accepting applications for our summer editorial internship program. The internship runs from June 1-August 31, and is open to grad students and advanced undergraduate students. Applications are due by April 1 — https://t.co/k4Hw75jUhF

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

As someone who does not drive because of a vision disability, this would be absolutely transformative, especially if paired with expanded bus routes!

[Bryan Alexander @BryanAlexander]

#Amtrak proposes new routes in response to the Biden infrastructure proposal:

https://t.co/9P4vAsjnYr

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

This! Scholarly societies need to do more to be fully inclusive of the wide range of scholars out there.

[lorcan dempsey @lorcanD]

Building a National Finding Aid Network: we need your help! - Hanging Together https://t.co/Hbb1GyaAVe

[NEH Digital Humanities @NEH_ODH]

🌻 Good news for #OpenAccess!

We are happy to announce ten new Fellowships Open Book awards, which will support the publication of open access monographs based on NEH-funded research.

This program is a partnership with @NEH_Research

Learn more:
https://t.co/RwVPqy1ucb

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

So true.

[Bryan Alexander @BryanAlexander]

I wanted to share some quick thoughts about one aspect of the #Cuomo story.

It's about information literacy.

Specifically, it's about reading vs tv watching.

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[Women Also Know History @womnknowhistory]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Did you know that there are thousands of expert scholar profiles in the #WomenAlsoKnowHistory database? Spread the word today (and every day) so we can continue to amplify the important work of women and nonbinary historians! https://t.co/l2nwLcGMmJ

[Kate Freedman, PhD, MLIS @katefreedman]

@SaraGoek Wow - congrats!!

[Dan Cohen @dancohen]

Incredible update to Zotero (beta): fantastic built-in PDF reader with many annotation features; better notes; a new tabbed interface so you can have multiple items open at the same time; full support for embedded images. Team @Zotero killing it, as usual. https://t.co/jCgsdvLwoL

[Roger C. Schonfeld @rschon]

🗣️🎙️ The sudden virtualization of conferences has sparked a flurry of experimentation over this past year.  It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting. https://t.co/THHt7ByFN9