Fatima Darries PL (SA)

##WDPD2025 CEO of @NLSA develop specialists in digital preservation in partnership with universities.

##WDPD2025 2nd regional conference starting soon.

📷: The original manuscript of the United Nations Charter. The creation of the UN was the result of a global commitment to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war." 80 years later, the UN remains essential for advancing peace, prosperity & human rights. #UN80

By popular demand, UMaine's Digital Curation graduate program is once again offering two summer courses on metadata. Learn more about how standards for describing files can improve access to libraries, archives, laboratories, and businesses—no prereqs. DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu🐘♻️

Loadshedding Schedule 25 February 2025 *Stage 2* 06h00- 08h30 10,14 08h00-10h30 11,15 10h00 - 12h30 12,16 12h00 -14h30 13,1 14h00 -16h30 14,2 16h00 -18h30 15,3, 18h00 -20h30 16,4, 20h00 - 22h30 1,5, 22h00- 00h30 2,6,

Steve Jobs was obsessed with hiring "the best people." But how do you actually spot exceptional talent? Here are 10 non-obvious signals to find high-performers:

World Digital Preservation Day 2024 is in full swing! Exciting #WDPD2024 events are happening globally: dpconline.org/events/world-d… How are you celebrating? Share photos of your #digipres decorations, workspace, or WDPD bakes! Join the global community in marking this special day!

Perimenopause can last several years and can affect physical, emotional, mental and social well-being bit.ly/3gk5B4U #WorldMenopauseDay #Menopause

Today is #WorldMenopauseDay #Menopause is a natural stage of a woman's life when monthly menstruation, also known as periods, ends - marking the end of the reproductive years bit.ly/3gk5B4U

🎉Only 3 more weeks until World Digital Preservation Day🎉 when we celebrate #digipres and raise global awareness for #digitalpreservation! If you're hosting an event on 7 November and could use an icebreaker, try out our brand new #WDPD2024 Bingo Card 👉🏿 dpconline.org/news/get-ready…

This bonkers chart illustrates research from UMaine that no two digital curation job titles are the same blog.still-water.net/digital-curati… — a conclusion reinforced by a new study from @dpc_chat , which found over 3/4 of titles were unique dpconline.org/docman/digital… 🐘♻️

Congratulations to Nihon Hidankyo, a group of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. At a time when the threat of nuclear weapons is growing – and the taboo against threatening their use is weakening – Nihon Hidankyo’s work reminds us that these weapons have a terrible human cost, and that the pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons is an essential part of making sure we leave our children a safer, more secure world. Nihon Hidankyo built a powerful movement out of personal tragedy and insists upon our common humanity.

Most silent-era film productions have been lost to time & hardly *any* material shot by Black filmmakers pre-1920 has survived. But recently, the earliest known footage produced by a Black film company was found, hiding in plain sight, in our collections. blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2…

And every single one of those social justice principles relates to @Wikimedia projects @librarian_nkem @owakakalamu @v_hipangwa @c_mwaura

@FlySafair #CustomerExperience #FlyWithFlySafair #FlySafairCares

While we must meet today’s urgent humanitarian needs, the global community can't overlook the need to empower individuals and communities to achieve their own food security. It is time to transform our #FoodSystems - for people, for the planet, and for our future. 👏

Exciting Opportunity!! SPARC Africa, a section of AfLIA, is offering sponsorships for African delegates to attend the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town, South Africa from December 8-14, 2024! Details: web.aflia.net/call-for-appli… #SPARCAfrica @GlobalDiamondOA

Calling all citizen archivists! Check out these crowdsourced archival initiatives working to preserve Palestinian heritage, memory, and narratives, compiled by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. (1/3)

Just found out at a Library meetup at #Wikimania that the @ExLibrisGroup Primo system now pulls from #Wikidata if the item uses the Wikidata property "archives at" wikidata.org/wiki/Property:…

When your job has blurry lines of when you’re on and when you’re off, it’s hard not to be distracted by work when you’re supposed to be resting and recharging. s.hbr.org/3qWz2ds