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“Echoes of Absence and Mythos: The Un-Archivists of Shitocracy” draws on Afro Surrealism, Black folklore, and the trickster tradition to challenge systems that erase Black stories. Read about Burch’s work with the Internet Archive’s Artist in Residence program.

#AfroSurrealism #DigitalArchives
October 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Love the Isle of Scilly - could you be a part of it?
A century of Scilly life, stories and memories, brought together in one digital archive by the Isles of Scilly Museum and The SDS Group!
www.talesfromthearchives.co.uk and search ‘ the Scillonian’
#DigitalArchives #Heritage #IslesOfScilly
November 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
[Service Restored]
Access to the Tohoku University Digital Archives (ToUDA) from outside the university network was restored.
Thank you for your patience. We invite you to explore our collections.
touda.tohoku.ac.jp/portal/en/
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October 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
📢 Online Symposium: "Digital Archiving of Collections and Collection Research: From Closed to Open"
Organized by Tohoku University Library and co-organized by the ToUDA Steering Committee.
📅 Nov 19 (Thu), 14:30–17:10 JST (05:30–08:10 UTC), on Zoom
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives #TohokuUniversity
October 27, 2026 at 7:36 AM
[Service Notice]
Due to the university's security measures, the Tohoku University Digital Archives (ToUDA) is currently unavailable from outside the university network.
We will post an update here once access is restored. We apologize for any inconvenience.
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives
October 26, 2026 at 1:19 AM
🌐 All presentations will be given in Japanese.
Free and open to all (first 300 registrants). Registration deadline: Nov 16 (Mon).
We invite you to join us!
Details and registration (in Japanese): www.library.tohoku.ac.jp/news/2026/20...
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives
October 27, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Welcoming librarians and researchers from the University of Oregon, the symposium will share case studies on nōsatsu (votive name slips) and tekagami (albums of calligraphy specimens) as historical materials. ToUDA will also be introduced.
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives
October 27, 2026 at 7:36 AM
October 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Save the date for our Nov 16 #OhioDIG virtual meeting on Migration & Exit Strategies. Free as always thanks to our hosts, volunteers, speakers.
Watch our meetings page for more info/registration.
#DigitalArchives
October 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
📚 New on ToUDA!
Images of 255 titles (approx. 59,500 images) from the Japanese Books (Former Collection) are now available in the Main Library's Soseki Collection!
🔗 touda.tohoku.ac.jp/collection/e...
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives #TohokuUniversity
Soseki Collection
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October 15, 2026 at 6:20 AM
🎉 [New Feature] Rotation tool added to the ToUDA image viewer!
You can now freely adjust the rotation angle of images, making maps and folded documents easier to read.
🔗 touda.tohoku.ac.jp/portal/en/ne...
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives #TohokuUniversity
October 14, 2026 at 6:52 AM
In the shadows of erased histories, I am the guardian of truth in Gaza. Memory is resistance. Stories shall not be silenced. #FreePalestine #DigitalArchives
October 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Discover how Jim Beckwourth's remarkable journey from slavery to a key figure in the Wild West challenges our understanding of race and mobility in American history.

Click to read more!

#MA #CitizenPortal #HistoricalPreservation #RacialIdentity #DigitalArchives
Nelson highlights Jim Beckwourth to show Black and mobile lives in the West
Nelson used Jim Beckwourth's itinerant life and autobiographical materials to illustrate Black presence and mobility in western history, and said digitized newspapers helped recover scattered traces.
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September 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
New blog by Lilyana Mays, Art History MA '26, DI Grad Intern. Come along to hear her story about work with Farfel Collection of Incunable and Manuscript Leaves in "Digitizing Lost Farfel Leaves" at bit.ly/mahnblog-farfel-lily.

#DigitalArchives #ManuscriptMonday #MahnBlogMonday
September 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
📖✨ New feature on ToUDA! A transcription display feature has been added — transcriptions can now be viewed alongside the images of materials on the organization / field sites within ToUDA.
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives #TohokuUniversity
September 11, 2026 at 8:35 AM
📢 The 36th EAJRS Conference is under way at Leiden University (1–4 Sep 2026, Poortgebouw).
On Tuesday 1 September, 11:30–11:50, Shumpei Katakura (Specially Appointed Lecturer, Tohoku University Archives) will present on ToUDA.
#ToUDA #EAJRS2026 #DigitalArchives
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September 1, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It highlights ToUDA's collections, IIIF-based image access, and future directions including PIDs, APIs, OCR, and LLM-assisted transcription."
🔗 www.eajrs.net
#ToUDA #EAJRS2026 #DigitalArchives
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2026 Leiden | European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists
www.eajrs.net
September 1, 2026 at 7:40 AM
📢 New on ToUDA!
About 400 images added to the Main Library Collection — mostly the Akita Family's Documents: 12 portraits, an heirloom bow and some 380 paintings, and more. ✨
🔗 touda.tohoku.ac.jp/collection/e...
#ToUDA #DigitalArchives #TohokuUniversity
Akita Family's Documents
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August 31, 2026 at 7:37 AM
American stories. Global relevance.

Life in America provides millions of primary sources exploring identity, migration, belonging, and social change through diverse community voices, Ideal for comparative research globally.

tinyurl.com/4exh8ucs

#PrimarySources #DigitalArchives #Humanities #Readex
August 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM