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Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social |
Event:
The cyber incident at the British Library has called into question our reliance on online systems to consult medieval manuscripts.
Join this conversation on the current situation, and on rethinking practices
🕔 5-6.30pm
💻 Wed 7 Feb Online (free)
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/feb24/...
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Seegras
@seegras.bsky.social
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Several reasons. One is possessiveness which keeps institutions from making their catalogs (and digitized works) public. Another one is the lock-in effect by incumbent software companies. Microsoft produces insecure trash, but people don't want to switch. Also: Nobody wants to pay security experts
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Dr Kathleen Neal
@kbneal.bsky.social
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And also to access related metadata and analytical databases... such as the MLGB site, which I notice is still down! Unfortunately I can't join at this time, but great to see the issue being confronted head on!
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