Leader and strategist for digital transformation
Alexandria, Virginia
Joined January 2013
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if you've got a) a book that you'd like Shakespeare Quarterly to review, or b) a book that you'd like to review for SQ, let me (SQ's Book Reviews Editor) know!
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To keep Shakespeare fans well-nourished during their staycations, @FolgerLibrary is releasing all the great video of Aaron Posner's and my original production of "Macbeth." Free for all for a couple months! folger.edu/video-macbeth-fol…
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Available free on YouTube through July 1, watch Folger Theatre and Two River Theater Company's horrifying, magical, thrilling 2008 production of "Macbeth," co-conceived and directed by @MrTeller and Aaron Posner. bit.ly/2JgcEYI
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Dig into the news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories that swirled around England's 1688 Glorious Revolution. Explore 'Rumors of Royalty': bit.ly/2UDGMnI. #FolgerMiranda
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"Read him, therefore, and again, and again." Announcing the Folger Shakespeare: a new online home for Shakespeare's plays with more freely available content than ever. Explore: shakespeare.folger.edu/.
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Hey Syllabus-writers! Have you used miranda.folger.edu in crafting a syllabus lately? Looked at collections.folger.edu for a reading or assignment? We'd like to hear from you if you're linking to or assigning anything. Give me a buzz! #FolgerMiranda #teaching #Pedagogy
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We are pleased to announce that the WSB is now published by Oxford University Press for the Folger Shakespeare Library!
worldshakesbib.org/news
@OxUniPress @OUPAcademic for @FolgerLibrary @FolgerResearch
Thanks to all who made this transition possible.
Eric M. Johnson retweeted
Something to underscore about these is that, unlike a lot of digital positions in research libraries, these are not one off digital “unicorn” jobs. These are jobs to be part of a section of 16 librarians working on both creative/new processes & ongoing routine processes. – at Riverdale Park, MD
The @librarycongress is hiring 2 Digital Collection Specialists! $57,510-$74,759 a year. Built in promotion potential to $83,398-$108,422 a year.
Apply at usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai… by 05/28.
Info on DCM here blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2018… and it’s values here blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2019…
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Ever wonder about all of those places mentioned in Julius Caesar or the Henry plays? Folger intern Charles Webb has you covered. Learn more: collation.folger.edu/2019/04…
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Found today on Miranda, our new digital asset platform: the program for "Shakes versus Shav," a play about Shakespeare and Shaw, written by Shaw himself and performed by marionettes. Explore: ow.ly/2nhh30nPtd5 #FolgerFinds #FolgerMiranda
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139 articles in @JSTOR quote "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Happy Valentines Day, from Shakespeare, @FolgerLibrary & your friends at JSTOR Labs.
jstor.org/understand/work/sh…
Eric M. Johnson retweeted
Just want to acknowledge and thank the Folger Library for the incredible resources they make available for free on their website. It's just extraordinarily valuable and it's growing every day. @OSShakespeare @FolgerLibrary @FolgerResearch
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The Folger's just released a new way to search some of our 17th century British Book Illustrations: Hierarchically! Come explore our new Iconclass browser and see how many different ways early modern folks couldn't draw a lion. bbi.folger.edu (Lions = 25F23) #BBIFolger
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I like how the poster for All is True makes it look like a 1600s heist thriller:
"They said his show was over. But now Shakespeare's putting the team back together for one last job..."
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Announcement: We're Hiring! The #FolgerInstitute is seeking a Program Assistant. This an excellent opportunity to play an integral role in an intellectually stimulating setting. Bachelors + 2yrs admin experience required. Learn more + apply: folger.edu/employment-opport… @FolgerLibrary
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Josh Hadro announced as new #IIIF Managing Director. Josh starts the new role on the 26th November. Further details at iiif.io/news/2018/11/06/mang…
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I have a new article in CA on dimensionality reduction for digital libraries. culturalanalytics.org/2018/0…. Let me walk through one figure, Eames power-of-10 style, that shows a machine clustering of all 14 million books in the collection--including most of the books you've read.
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Interested in reading early modern texts online? What about *distant* reading early modern texts? Don't know what that is? Find out more in today's Link Roundup, a look at digital texts, corpora, and the many things you can do with them: collation.folger.edu/2018/08…
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This groundbreaking #IMLSgrant project at @FolgerLibrary revived the lost art of paleography and changed our understanding of 16th and 17th century Early Modern English. go.usa.gov/xQfa2 ✒️
