Adam Koszary @adamkoszary.bsky.social Talking about museums and galleries and archives and museums and culture and my dog Keith and sometimes other stuff. Did absolute unit sheep. Accept money for labour etc.
https://www.adamkoszary.co.uk/
Emerson Victoria Johnston @idenarch.bsky.social currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives)
tech policy @ stanford / comms and membership @ AoIR
masters x2 @ stanford / bachelors @ northeastern
first gen ๐ | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Karen Averby ๐ @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social Historian โข author โข speaker โข TV consultant โข presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org โ For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social Freelance Historian | PhD on English print trade networks 1600-45 ๐ Research Assistant, Historic Towns Trust ๐บ๏ธ Trustee, British Association for Local History ๐ Tutor, Pharos Tutors ๐ Co-editor @howtohistory.bsky.social. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk
Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social Enthusiastic family historian since 2006; moderator pro tempore at Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange. http://genealogy.stackexchange.com Fan of F&SF, figure skating, baseball, equestrian sports, cycling. Former bookseller; book junkie.
Sara E. Fox @sarafoxwales.bsky.social Historian & archaeologist. Formerly househistorianwales on the other side. Areas of freelance research: houses, gardens, landscapes, people. PhD candidate: 'Wales located women's writing in English & the country house.'
Prof Deborah Sugg Ryan @deborahsuggryan.bsky.social Prof Emerita of Design History & public historian FRHistSoc๐Ideal Homes โ๏ธ history of the kitchen ๐บ๐ปrep by Knight Ayton https://bio.site/deborahsuggryan
Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 42 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/
Trace my House @kwrs.bsky.social Tracing the history of your house
The building - discover its history
The people - who lived there?
The stories
Interesting homes and museums
Dr Colin Runeckles @colinruneckles.bsky.social Researcher into urbanism & housing:
Ancient (@OU_Classics) - currently writing a book on non-elite housing
Modern (Writer, Speaker, Treasurer - @ilfordhistory.bsky.social
Likes music. A lot of music. Can often be found at Cafe Oto.
Cathy Soughton @bucksresearch.bsky.social Professional, qualified genealogist and house historian with over 25 years research experience. Tutor in house history with @pharostutors.bsky.social . Member and current Secretary of Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA)
Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social ๐Eighteenth-Centuryist
๐๏ธ18thC history, literature, material culture & country house studies, animal histories
โ๏ธ Secretary, Womenโs History Association of Ireland
๐ Ireland
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Dr Jemima Hubberstey @jemimahubberstey.bsky.social Research on the literary culture of the c18th country house. Garden rambler, book hoarder, coffee fiend, art dabbler, and servant to my cat. Views own.
Past To Present Genealogy @janeroberts.bsky.social Professional family, local & house history researcher. Author. AGRA Associate. History graduate. Batley St Maryโs One-Place Study. Connecting past & present.
Website & blog: https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk
Jill Stewart @housing-jill.bsky.social Anything housing - learning, teaching, writing, presenting; housing and health; housing history; creative opportunities.
https://www.jillstewarthousing.co.uk/
#housing #publichealth #househistory
Susan Moore Research @susanmooreresearch.bsky.social Freelance researcher specialising in Chancery records and other records of places and people in the 16th and 17th century. Trustee of British Association for Local History, BALH
Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social Academic historian interested in teaching based in the UK
She/ her
Dyslexic - Dyspraxic
Shares her office with cats ๐โโฌ ๐โโฌ
Buildings Archaeology Ltd @buildingsarch.bsky.social Former building conservation officer now living and working in the beautiful Scottish Highlands as a buildings archaeologist and writer of house histories.
Photos from my work and home, there may also be spaniels present in some of them!
Pam Brinegar @pam79.bsky.social Family and house historian. Professional book lover. Certified Genealogist.
Bethany Claus Widick @bethn8r.bsky.social Architectural historian (womenโs spaces in the long 19th century), PhD candidate (Courtauld), assoc. lecturer, knitter, wool shop employee. Politically progressive and culturally effusive. Former lawyer. USโ>UK, based in Bath. I love a good fountain pen.
Daniel Ratcliffe-Shutt @daniel.statement-heritage.com Historic buildings and landscape archaeologist, working for a living as www.statement-heritage.com . Ruins and their repair, maritime, industrial and agricultural heritage. Aerial photographer. Intertidal deposit.
Dr Will Wyeth @willwyeth.bsky.social Archaeologist & historian (mainly castles). Curator of History @ English Heritage. Views mine, he/him.
Work stuff: https://linktr.ee/willwyeth; header: Sanam Khatibi.
Christopher Whalen @domeheid.com I was born in Dumfries, grew up in Ayr, lived in Germany, went to sixth-form boarding school in Edinburgh, studied at Oxford University, and now live in Bicester.
Library Copyright Institute @librarycopyright.bsky.social A project to develop a program of systematic, deep instruction in copyright law for librarians.
http://library.copyright.institute/
Caroline Mort @carolinemort.bsky.social OA Journals Managing Editor @ UNC Press
Communications @ Authors Alliance
Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com Senior Content Designer & Strategist specialising in trauma-informed content. Dutchman living in France, working in London. Passionate about AIโs impact on career and workplace, diversity ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ and creating content that truly serves people. Dog owner.
Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social Archivist historian train travellers perennially anxious frequently cooking always interested
Tbh if you RT more than you comment I'm unlikely to follow back. I like to chat. UK based. Can't talk politics.
TheAmazingNeena @janineveazue.bsky.social Archivist. Digital Librarian. Introvert w/ extrovert goals. LIS, natural history, zines, kaiju, punk rock, Kdramas, archives, & all things delightfully weird.
KDrama/CDrama blog: somanykdramas.tumblr.com
Zines for sale: https://etsy.me/3Ya6bXa
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social A leftist library worker podcast.
https://www.librarypunk.gay
@sadiegeez.bsky.social @wildeatheart.bsky.social @smazzie.bsky.social
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social Open access, open peer reviewed journal on all things librar*, established in 2008. New articles published seasonally-ish. There are no Article Processing Charges or any other charges associated with publishing.
http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
Just Beyond the Pages (Sam Ward) @justbeyondthepages.bsky.social Prison Librarian. MLIS '25. Developing a blog that helps folks better understand library work! (Sam Ward, She/They) Opinions strictly my own ๐๐
justbeyondthepages.com/link-in-bio
Opinions are strictly my own and do not represent my employer.
British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social The British Records Association is a UK charity, working for archives since 1932. Please become a member and support our work https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
@archiveswales.bsky.social @archiveswales.bsky.social
Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social Callipygian statues ๐๐๐
'Cheeky, Witty, Funny' - The Bookseller;
'Crude' - Daily Express ๐คฃ
(curated by @thehistoryboy.bsky.social & @jackshoulder.bsky.social)
Buy our book here:
linktr.ee/museumbums
Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social Dork.
Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is building a welcoming and inclusive global community, working together to bring about a sustainable future for our [โฆ]
[bridged from https://digipres.club/@dpc_chat on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com Head of Research Liaison, UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship. Librarian. PhD Student in DIS at UCL. Neurodivergent. Photographer. Anthropologist. Bullet Journal Enthusiast. Baker. Nerd. www.kirstywallis.com
Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social Open research nerd. Librarian. Part-time PhD student. Parent. Cycling in my spare time. LwiththeT
Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast helps you understand your family history. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in โ their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks โ to uncover your familyโs unique story. Here 9-5 weekdays.
Dan Aldridge MP @danaldridgemp.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare
Please do not contact me regarding case work in my DM. Please email daniel.aldridge.mp@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/danaldridgemp
Somerset Cricket Museum @somcrickmuseum.bsky.social Looking at all things related to the cricketing heritage within the County of Somerset.
Iron Librarian @ironlibrarian.bsky.social School Librarian
CTU
WOSO
Chicago
โ24-โ25 Fellow University of California Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
Ginny Hendricks @ginsta.bsky.social Human, Crossref person, posts about open metadata and open infrastructure for scientific research and scholarly integrity. Also gardening and general North London capers.
Alex in Bristol @alxbriz.bsky.social Shapeshifter
Official account
CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
Iona Twiston-Davies (she/her) @ionatd.bsky.social I do what I want
Hannah O'Daniel McCallon @hodanielmccallon.bsky.social Digital archivist & public historian. Sewing & quilting the rest of the time ๐พ๐
Interests in digital collections usability, labor, environmental sustainability, records management, ethics, disability representation.
hodanielmccallon.com
Karyn @archivesnkaryn.bsky.social Archivist and Digital Preservation Practitioner. Digital Preservation Analyst at the Digital Preservation Coalition. Keen crafter and theatre goer.
Meg Phillips @megphillips.bsky.social Archives. Medieval history. Elizabeth A. R. Brown Archivist at Penn Libraries. Free societies need strong archives!
Jenn Roberts @jennoit.bsky.social Archivist wearing a digital preservation hat much of the time. Work life is at @artefactual.com Forest bathing and mountain biking for sanity. Yukon based.
Dan @dannynoonan1962.bsky.social Digital Preservation Archivist/Librarian who reads, runs, bikes, swims & stitches for fun.
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social Development and engagement manager @jisc.bsky.social
Outreach & Engagement committee @uksg.bsky.social
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7210-3199
Jisc @jisc.bsky.social Jisc: for the future of education and research
For more than 30 years, Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
www.jisc.ac.uk
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Laura Millar @millarlaura.bsky.social Writer, editor, archivist, speaker. Author of A MATTER OF FACTS: THE VALUE OF EVIDENCE IN AN INFORMATION AGE. Passionate about evidence, archives, and memory. For more information, go to Lauramillar.ca.
Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social Urban librarian, storyteller, wikimedian, all things GLAM
Josh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social Librarian and digital scholarship/data person working in cultural heritage. Also a former journalist and current local journalism booster in #Brooklyn / #NYC
I work for the largest library in the world but all skeets and thoughts here are my own
Flickr Foundation @flickrfdn.bsky.social Official account for the Flickr Foundation. We help cultural heritage organizations preserve, share, and sustain their digital images. We make cool toys to help other folks interact with this awesome digital legacy. ๐
https://flickr.org/
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social Data Engineer at The National Archives. Digital Preservation/Digital Archiving. Also cycling, bellringing, photography, choral singing, promming and much more
Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social Retired archivist, librarian, linguist, feminist, reader, mom, grandma, pacifist, socialist, supporter of trade unions, the welfare state, and Amnesty International. The climate crisis is my biggest concern. Banner: Library of Congress.
deranged librarinista fall @librarinista.bsky.social librarian. writing an art history book. gen xer yelling at clouds.
Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
Richard Wilcox @mudlakefarms.bsky.social Quaker, Preacher, Birder, Historian, Financial Planner, Genealogist, Science-Lover, Fluent in Sarcasm, Author of "Searching for James Gibson" and "Conversations with Bridget." www.richardjwilcox.com
Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social Just+joyful, critical+creative tech+culture+craft โจ๐ป๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐ not fascist shit tho
๐จLetterpress, zine, #DHmakes
Pro-human bookish code/data
Experimental/DH/art futures
Dr! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธThey/Them ๐๐ฆฎ@ScholarsLab Director
๐ 3 ! in a hoodie โ๏ธ Abolition
Art: WolfproofPress.com
LocalGov Digital @localgov.digital
Lauren Pope @lapope.bsky.social Content strategy and content design for charities and arts orgs. Also: Brighton, plants, my dog, typos.
mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol British Library and Head of Museum Data Service. EB Secretary โช@adho-org. Access to digital heritage via AI /machine learning, crowdsourcing, digital humanities. She, they. openobjects.org.uk, miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
A. Lynn Evenson @wanderingyeti.bsky.social Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about pirates, folklore, D&D, and weird things you find in boxes full of old stuff. Also find me sharing art & minis on Instagram @wanderingyetistudio. She/Her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Omeka @omeka.org Open-source web publishing platforms for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits.
Stephen Neville @silentrecord.bsky.social Mรฉtis Research Chair @PowleyInstitute | Communication & Culture, PhD @yorkuniversity
| Infoscape Lab | Institute for Research on Digital Literacies |
Mรฉtis Studies, Media, Surveillance
The Politics of Media Scarcity (2024) out now.
Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social Enabling innovative research with British Library digital collections. Posts by our Digital Curators were at https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/
We're not age verified (!) so we can't see DMs.
Relayed from Mastodon by Skymoth
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UKโs national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Gators Daily ๐ @gatorsdaily.bsky.social #1 crocodilian influencer
https://gators-daily.com for da merch
The Wayback Machine @waybackmachine.bsky.social The Wayback Machine is a service of the Internet Archive that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites.
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social Assistant Prof/Lecturer l University of Bristol Tech, markets, orgs + work. Some other stuff.
Sociologist.
https://www.devikanarayan.com/
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Webrecorder @webrecorder.net Web Archiving for All!
https://webrecorder.net
Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social Norwich academic/lecturer in digital media/public archaeology/AI/multimedia storytelling/UCU/bassline junkie/dogmother/stuff/nonsense/whimsy/claptrap
jessogden @jessogden.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Futures @Bristol Digital Futures Institute // Sociology @University of Bristol. Socio-tech takes on #webarchives, data+society is my jam. I guess I'm on Bluesky now too.
Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social Professor @bdfi.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social and Sociology. Bristol, UK. Researcher in Residence (2023-2025) @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social
Digital media and culture, futures and presents, affect, interdisciplinary methods.
Dr Ola Michalec @olamichalec.bsky.social The absolute pinnacle of British engineering โข unprofessional account of a Bristol Uni STSish researcher interested in digital energy infrastructure, cyber security expertise, and hyped up technologies โข cover by https://disect.me/
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social Weโre the national library of the UK.
Bonny Colville-Hyde @almostexact.bsky.social UX, Product, Content & Clinical Education. I make comics and silly pictures. Mummy to Ripley, and diagnosed with colon cancer April โ22.
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage ๐ค based in the UK ๐ museumsassociation.org
Jesmond Allen @jesmonda.bsky.social Human-Centred Designer. Mum. Sporadic knitter. Co-author 'Smashing UX Design' book. Not a suburb of Newcastle.
Dave Harris @djharris.bsky.social Charity digital transformation consultant | Human-centred digital strategy, products and services for meaningful, real-world impact | Also a runner, dad, nature lover, novice gym-goer
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
Jonny Peacock @jonnypeacock.co.uk Digital generalist, trying to be useful.
jonnypeacock.co.uk