Kent Gerber

Librarian interesting in Digital Scholarship, Scholarly Communication, Science & Religion, History of Anything, and Peace & Reconciliation Studies

[David Rumsey @DavidRumseyMaps]

Our new Machines Reading Maps tool that allows searching Text on Maps is now live at https://t.co/I78lXjjztf 100 million words indexed on 57,000 maps. Users can correct any errors. See our Text On Maps Help Guide for detailed descriptions on using this exciting new feature.

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Important project to watch and learn from. A model collaboration between digital archives and research data management to prioritize and commit institutional resources of the library to center Black history. #digitalhumanities #collectionsasdata

[Sonia Barbosa @BlueJeansDiva]

Fabulous effort between Harvard Library RDM team and Harvard Dataverse. Huge props to @boydcm_ for the patience and time using #DVuploader, scripting for months on end, and getting this beautiful collection up and running. Thanks to @dorothyjberry for initiating!

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

I'm glad to learn today that this metadata resource is now an adopted SAA standard - Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia (A4BLiP) Anti-Racist Description Resources | Society of American Archivists https://t.co/SV63dt51bX

[Ithaka S+R @IthakaSR]

Yesterday marked the kickoff of our project to build campus strategies for data support services, bringing together a first cohort of 15 universities to coordinate data support services to better meet researchers’ needs.

Read more from @ruby_macdougall: https://t.co/5cvEGhA8iJ

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Whoa! This is an example of the capabilities and easier access to AI for writing and creation that is featured in this article in the New York Times https://t.co/OD466fMkRl and The Atlantic "The College Essay is Dead"

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

A key text to use when teaching the history of racism in the US and the role of redlining maps. Discusses their visual and explanatory power but also the limitations of depending on them as the only force contributing to existing inequalities.

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Luddites were not simply motivated by a general fear of technology, they were confronting what technology did to others and who was benefitting from the changes. This thread is an important reframe and reminder

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

My latest column for @locusmag is "SF is a Luddite Literature," and it's my contribution to the burgeoning movement to rehabilitate the reputation of the Luddite uprisings, overturning the libel that Luddites were motivated by a fear of technology:

https://t.co/VOYPQBC2qU 1/

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Fascinating episode from one of my favorite podcasts on how we form group identities, how they impact us and also how they can be manipulated.

[Hidden Brain @HiddenBrain]

“If we can get people to see themselves as connected to all of humanity, we might be able to change the way they think about themselves. It might be the trigger we need to motivate people to work towards a common purpose.” —psychologist @jayvanbavel

https://t.co/nJ83IL97lq

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Her work is excellent and I am excited to see what comes of this Fellowship

[Omeka @omeka]

It’s here, friends! Omeka Classic 3.0 https://t.co/fkVium8Zj7

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

A new spin on old globes https://t.co/ziJbGxyELR via @umnlib
Very cool #photogrammetry and #3dmodeling project!

[Nathan Kelber @[email protected] @nkelber]

Excellent! If you're curious about Pandas, folks, here's a new resource!

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

@OffalCute Thanks for sharing your journey and congratulations! We will miss you in Libraryland! Thanks for all your work and labor. I am better for working with you.

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

A case study in what happens when you are misinformed and you learn the hard way. It doesn't have to be this way. Get the vaccine!

[Dr. Danny Reeves 🇺🇲 @DannyReeves33]

Day 19 since symptoms appeared. Quarantined immediately. Day 9 in hospital. Oxygen now to 5 liters/40%. Off forced air. I was wrong. I pray my experience is a lesson to whomever you are. I deeply appreciate your prayers.

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

An moment in our history and a reckoning with our racist past including the 2017 Charlottesville unrest.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

6 months ago today I wore this blue suit as I cleaned the Capitol after the insurrection, now I just donated it to the Smithsonian. Jan6 must never be forgotten. While some try to erase history, I will fight to tell the story so it never happens again. Here is one story…(THREAD)

[Kent Gerber @ktkgerber]

Cool digital curation assignments

[thot leedurr @DocDre]

PLEASE partake in the open access (see: FREE.99) version of Distributed Blackness, thanks to the efforts of ⁦@NYUpress⁩ https://t.co/HSSGC0tog9