Reed Gochberg

Eighteenth century print, not colored, of soldiers on the right shooting toward a crowd, one man already on the ground. A version of Paul Revere's famous "Boston Massacre" print from the collections of the John Carter Brown Library that is offset so you see some images multiple times.

Almost 256 years ago, when British soldiers were occupying a city that was restless in their presence but still firmly part of the empire, a confrontation ended in the shooting death of five people, with 6 more wounded. This offset image of the Boston Massacre is so evocative. 1/

IMLS is the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It's about $200 million per year for libraries and $50 million for museums. Not a lot for the federal budget, but a huge piece of the culture and knowledge system - which is why MAGA is eliminating it.

People who care about libraries should Read all 30 pages of the Museum Library Services Act of 2018 (PL 115-410) www.imls.gov/sites/defaul... Basically everything IMLS does, each individual grant program, is in the statute. Library advocates should anchor their advocacy in that bipartisan law.

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Excited to launch Thinking With Moss, an NEH-funded project that I've been working on for the past few years with @tega.bsky.social + @aansari86.bsky.social. Bringing in collabs from around the world in a series of workshops, we asked what it might mean to think with moss /

www.thinkingwithmoss.net

Join the CHSTM Collections and Collecting working group this Friday December 6th at 12 pm ET for a panel discussion of “Lost Objects: Histories and Futures of Collections.” More details and Zoom info here: www.chstm.org/content/coll...

#GLAMSStudies folks focusing on, working in, or thinking about #Galleries, #Libraries, #Archives, #Museums, and #SpeColls -- more academics than workers, previous pack being aimed more at workers than academics. but with both: let me know if you want on or off!

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STARTER PACKS for #critlib #critarch #critlib and #GLAMS Studies (below)

literally just creating these to get it established! have a couple of appointments and I'll get really adding this afternoon! go.bsky.app/BkSyTAU

As nation approaches 250 years, Brown 2026 to explore role of higher education in American democracy Brown will observe the 250th anniversary of the United States with Brown 2026, a multi-year initiative that offers public programs, research and coursework that explores the history of U.S. democracy ...

Some information about Brown2026. I am hoping this can inspire other institutions to intervene in the public commemoration of this anniversary. Very pleased to be working with @theotherrbg.bsky.social, @kawulf.bsky.social, and others in this endeavor.

Please add me if there’s space! Thank you for making these!

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We made another thing! Here is a pretty great 'HPS Starter Pack' so you too can follow all the awesome history, philosophy and social studies of science (and #metasci #histSTM #philsci #philsky #hps #histsci 🧪) accounts on Bluesky. Please share widely #academicsky :)

Hi folks. Please request an add/share/like to join the Material Culture starter pack!

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Obviously there are way, way more than 150 of us doing this work. But here are some great starting points for public AmericanStudying here in this profoundly fraught, fragile, & fucking crucial moment.

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Since a billion people seem to have joined BlueSky today, take a look at this CFP & submit something!

The starter pack for the world we live in? So much a product of the world made by colonialism. Made a super quick first pass and it was easy to get to 125 folks and a few orgs (mostly) working in the early Americas. Let me know who's missing/ new here! #VastEarlyAmericas go.bsky.app/RDvzxbj

I've started a starter pack for academics and organizations focused on the #19th century! I'm sure I have missed many, many people (I was trying to get this started quickly) — comment below if you want to be added.

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I read it this summer after lamenting that I had to miss your discussion series last fall! Would love to chat about it.

Announcing a new H-Environment Roundtable on Assembling the Dinosaur 🦕 🗃️📗 Read and share this fascinating exchange between Tim LeCain, @reedgochberg.bsky.social, @eayers0.bsky.social, @dinostalgia.bsky.social and book author Lukas Rieppel: networks.h-net.org/rieppel-asse...

Join the "Collections and Collecting" working group tomorrow at 12 pm EST to hear from Diana Marsh and Katrina Fenlon on "Linking Analog Archival Data Across Scientific Disciplines: What’s Next?" More details here: www.chstm.org/content/coll...

Image of Concord Museum gallery featuring "Interwoven" special exhibition

Come visit "Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread," a new special exhibition at the Concord Museum! On view through February 22, 2024. concordmuseum.org