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Earlier today, @STS_News asked about researchers studying the history of #standardization.
That reminded me that I haven't had a chance to share some of the highlights from @LindaHall_org's latest exhibition: The #Standards That Built America!
Time for a 🧵! (1/8) #histSTM #STS
That reminded me that I haven't had a chance to share some of the highlights from @LindaHall_org's latest exhibition: The #Standards That Built America!
Time for a 🧵! (1/8) #histSTM #STS
Curated by reference assistant David Crawford, this exhibition showcases a few of the 100,000+ industrial #standards in LHL's stacks.
Many of these standards were once part of the Engineering Societies Library & are hard to find anywhere else! (2/8)
libguides.lindahall.org/standards_spec…
Many of these standards were once part of the Engineering Societies Library & are hard to find anywhere else! (2/8)
libguides.lindahall.org/standards_spec…
LHL's #standards are often overlooked compared to our #RareBooks & #Journals, but they tell an important #engineering story. Groups like @ansidotorg, @IEEESA & @isostandards have helped promote interoperability, safety & accessibility in a variety of technological contexts. (3/8)
What might we make of claims of a culture's purportedly inventive past?
In this new article, just out in EASTS, I explore ideas around such a "tradition of invention" that became prevalent in elite and popular discourses in early twentieth century China.
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In this new article, just out in EASTS, I explore ideas around such a "tradition of invention" that became prevalent in elite and popular discourses in early twentieth century China.
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I argue that proponents took prior inventiveness not only as a technonationalist point of pride but also as an indication that a better future ushered in by technological advances was possible. Yet...
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... their firm focus on past accomplishments would lead many of them to either ignore or downplay ongoing technoscientific developments, reinforcing rather than alleviating the sense of inferiority that prompted their celebration of ancient inventions to begin with.
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Elizabeth Smith of the @MyDearDarwin project is presenting some fascinating (if you're me) history of #DigitalHumanities at #HistSciFest crowdcast.io/e/darwin-corre…. Including the fun and games to be had marking up a letter if it's the 1980s and you've only got ASCII... #histtech #dh
This started out on an IBM 370. Everything – platform, markup specification, editing software – has been fully replaced at least twice, but the core data's proved pretty robust. (I'm thinking this talk may be of interest to @The_Maintainers and other @SIGCIS folk.)
"Few editors had the patience to learn regular expressions..." xkcd.com/208/
We’re taking a closer look at conflict and compromise in American history.
@NationalHistory Day students explored that topic in exhibits, and are sharing their exhibits on the floor.
@NationalHistory Day students explored that topic in exhibits, and are sharing their exhibits on the floor.
Take a closer look at objects from our collection that show conflict and compromise in American history with our curators.
Some of our curators looked at aspects of famous conflicts, like the Civil War. Curator Joan Boudreau explored the history of printing during the American Civil War. Learn more here: s.si.edu/2JMiV0a
