Perry Collins
Librarian, toddler mom, living in Gainesville, FL. Digital humanities, grants, copyright, library publishing, reproductive health, paper and fiber crafts.
- "Petitions to preserve the building and its murals are circulating. . . @livingnewdeal.bsky.social calls for the Cohen building—'a living testament to America’s shared values, social progress, and the power of public art to uplift us all'—to be preserved intact." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/a...
- Reposted by Perry CollinsThe National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
- I don't have it in me to say much about today's NEH award announcement. Huge congrats to @anasalter.bsky.social and others doing great work in their fields. I'm anxious for former colleagues left to manage massive (up to $10mil), highly politicized awards that aim to wind the clock back decades.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsWe’re hiring a two-year DH postdoc for our HAVI project, to work on a new type of knowledge graph architecture for the humanities (and beyond). Deadline soon (18 Jan)! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
- Honestly hard to watch NEH/NEA budgets pass without cuts while also still seeing many former colleagues struggle to find jobs months after so many of us were booted out. It takes people to build relationships with applicants and to allocate grants responsibly.
- Wishing a happy holiday season to friends, colleagues, and any publishers who saved me time and energy this year by allowing authors to share zero embargo AAMs. You know who you are(n't). 🎁
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Thanks to @aupresses.bsky.social & all the press directors & staff we worked with to support OA books & the work of presses. And of course, thanks to my incredible team at NEH who led these OA efforts, particularly @perrycollins.bsky.social, @halperta.bsky.social, & @bethanyfarrell.bsky.social.- Congratulations to 2025 AUPresses Stand UP Award recipient Brett Bobley, former director @neh-odh.bsky.social. This award recognizes his decades-long leadership that empowered university presses to use digital technologies to experiment, collaborate & reach new audiences. bit.ly/3XJ3ydj
- Reposted by Perry CollinsImportant role - new Chair of the Board of @ukri.org £33k for one day a week. Closes 11 Jan. Would be good from my perspective to get someone who understands higher education and the value of the arts, humanities and social sciences! plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetai...
- Interesting piece, but diamond OA is not "nascent" @science.org. This model has been developing for decades, across continents, as long as scholars could put text up online. Nonprofit pubs know what we're doing--we just need to stop redirecting $$ to corporations. www.science.org/content/arti...
- Feeling like all my posts are the same these days. Undermining academic freedom and instructor safety--and just making everyone's life harder--under the guise of helping students is the opposite of what the affordability movement is all about. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
- Thinking today about all the brilliant international colleagues I've had over the years, and how much they've taught me. Can't imagine a university that turns its back on global expertise.
- This is so dumb. H1-B visas are a way the US has hired extraordinary people from around the world. Academic job markets are fiercely competitive, and foreign applicants are not paid less as departments generally follow disciplinary and departmental standards. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Seeing increasing evidence of budget cuts and threats to academic freedom that are pushing administrators toward an even narrower vision of what "counts" toward scholarship. This is a moment when we most need to be imaginative and capacious, but we're swimming against the tide.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsPaper engineering in pop-up books is always so fun— today’s treat is Star Trek: Giant in the Universe (1977)
- It’s almost #OAWeek, which means an extra busy calendar and a new addition to our OA critter sticker collection. Files CC0 for anyone who needs some extra joy drive.google.com/file/d/1WCg7... #DHmakes
- Feeling all of this too, now a few months into my job. Thanks to all who sent good wishes and welcomed me back. Odd to feel so grateful while also feeling so much lingering anger at the relative indifference of those actually leading the agency.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsApplications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...
- So bummed to learn my local library system is suspending ILL due to terminated IMLS funding. Always appreciate their help tracking down some great indie kids books for the 2yo last year. Scary and sad to think about this at scale, isolating so many libraries and patrons.
- Happy birthday, @paulshortt.bsky.social! I know I married the right person because you find a dozen yogurts more romantic than a dozen roses. ❤️
- Reposted by Perry CollinsTrying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS! 1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622 2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
- Reposted by Perry CollinsWelcome to #PeerReviewWeek2025 on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - many thanks to @roohighosh.bsky.social & Maryam Sayab for this years week of posts incl today’s thoughts from @irfanullah.bsky.social Tim Vines, Hong Zhou, Maryam & me scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/15/a...
- Getting back to needlepoint after a long break. These are adapted from #publicdomain illustrations in this series: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #dhmakes
- Reposted by Perry CollinsA friendly reminder that the NIH Public Access Policy IS NOT “you must publish open access” but rather “you must ensure your copy of your paper is deposited into PubMed Central.” Yes, it is very confusing. Yes, you should be able to do that deposit yourself without paying anything to a journal.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsWow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.
- Saw a performance of Puffs tonight and it was honestly such a boost to see stellar high school actors having a great time. Warms my copyright librarian heart to have this example of “transformative and transfigured” #fairuse in the world. As they reminded us, “She doesn’t get a farthing!” 🦡🦡🦡
- There’s tons in this EO to scream at, from taking aim at past grantmaking to to “requir[ing] all discretionary grants to permit termination for convenience”😡 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by Perry CollinsHistorians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...
- TFW you reach for the last bit of breakfast tart you were saving, only to realize you ate it thirty minutes ago. 💔
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- Reposted by Perry CollinsI’m delighted to announce the launch of KCWorks for Institutions! The Knowledge Commons team is ready to support institutions and organizations seeking a values-enacted, nonprofit, community-governed alternative to corporate hosted repository services. about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/a...
- Such a wonderful group and wonderful discussion, with panelists in three different countries. Thanks to all who joined! #DH2025
- On Friday AM I'm chairing a panel where I originally planned to announce a new NEH grant program on sustainability. Even though I don't get to do that, I'm excited for a rich discussion w/ panelists incl @jmotis.bsky.social @kfen.bsky.social as we consider our work in the current landscape. #DH2025
- Love is approving your partner's two-step credential when their phone is at the other end of the house.
- On Friday AM I'm chairing a panel where I originally planned to announce a new NEH grant program on sustainability. Even though I don't get to do that, I'm excited for a rich discussion w/ panelists incl @jmotis.bsky.social @kfen.bsky.social as we consider our work in the current landscape. #DH2025
- Reposted by Perry Collins🎉Hello, DH community! The official DH2026 account is now live! 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27-31, 2026 🎯Theme: Engagement | Hosted by @kadhsocial.bsky.social Can't wait to see you after @dh2025lisbon.bsky.social Following @dh2024.bsky.social let's build our community! #DH2026 @adho-org.bsky.social
- Such an incredible undertaking, and just one example of how much we'll lose as cultural and humanities funding is cut to the bone.
- BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏 @ccp-org.bsky.social @profgabrielle.bsky.social @jimccasey1.bsky.social
- Reposted by Perry CollinsI give a tiny amount to @proghist.bsky.social, and I also give to the Internet Archive and Wikipedia. I gave to the papyri.info endowment drive. @copticscript has a page now about donating copticscriptorium.org/donate
- Question: Which initiatives and orgs do folks in DH/GLAM feel strongly enough about to give your own money? Would love to have a list of orgs that make individual giving easy, no matter what someone can contribute.
- (Tbc: I obviously believe in institutional and government responsibility to invest in these areas, but I also believe every little bit helps.)
- FWIW, I give small, monthly amounts to @wehere.bsky.social and @proghist.bsky.social
- 👇Favorite example, when my toddler came home with an "incident report" reading "Friend stuck their finger in A's mouth and he bit it. Friends were separated." Maybe they will be best buds later, but I'm pretty sure friend is the wrong word here.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsHuge news in AI copyright world. Still reading the opinion, but encouraged that Judge Alsup got it right on training. Act I Scene 1 in a long drama, but a promising start.
- I married a good egg.
- Thanks to everyone who has purchased, shared or stocked my Signs to Save Your Library book. Today, with your help I donated $135 to the @americanlibraryassociation Show Up for Libraries fund. www.shortteditions.com/product/sign...
- Back at @uflib.bsky.social as of today! It's both nice and weird to sit down, log on to an account I haven't touched in 18 months, turn off that pesky auto away, and just get started again.
- ...and I've already mistagged my institution, so maybe I'm new after all.
- Cheers to a boss and friend I’ll appreciate forever. @brettbobley.bsky.social always took me seriously, let me run away with ideas that both succeeded and failed, and engaged the field with deep kindness. #ThanksBrett
- In between stints working at NEH, I got the chance to co-lead an institute on DH+Caribbean Studies. It led me to new friends, colleagues, and opportunities to learn from a truly community-driven field. nehcaribbean.domains.uflib.ufl.edu
- Have a story to share about the powerful impact of @neh-odh.bsky.social ? Please include us in the post and we will amplify.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsMy career is deeply indebted to the @neh-odh.bsky.social . They supported the kind of interdisciplinary projects that colleagues weren’t ready to support or credit. They sent the message that technology and the humanities mattered. They pushed research to be more innovative. For pennies!
- Have a story to share about the powerful impact of @neh-odh.bsky.social ? Please include us in the post and we will amplify.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsOh geez, difficult to lay out the loss of #neh $$ for our DH Center & that our work has been dismissed so resoundingly. Collab w/ Nick S., Christina M. & Shannon M on #DH @ SJSU demos how much we've done. We'll keep going Eternally & massively grateful #dh #digitalhumanities #ach @ach.bsky.social
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- Like many of my colleagues, today is my last day at the NEH. It seems like a good time to share that on June 20 I’m returning to the Univ. of Florida libs to lead work in copyright and scholcomm. Big thank you to the letter writers who helped ensure I could start fresh with tenure and promotion.
- I’ve been through all the emotions in the past several months, and I’m left with sadness and anxiety for the future, but also so much pride and gratitude, especially to ODH colleagues.
- Reposted by Perry CollinsYou can find me tabling here next weekend! I'll be at booth N10. Shortt Editions.
- Reposted by Perry Collinsdelighted, proud, and honored to have worked in the making of this issue. it was an incredibly meaningful learning experience, and the result is a beautiful gesture of archipelagic communion. enjoy!
- Reposted by Perry Collins"Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts" apnews.com/article/fede...
- Gah, such amazing work by brilliant people in a brilliant field.
- Mullen, Lincoln. “Carrying On When the Grants Go Away.” Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (blog). Accessed April 11, 2025. rrchnm.org/news/carryin....
- Reposted by Perry CollinsMy Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...
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- Reposted by Perry CollinsAnd now we know where the cancelled NEH grant dollars are going: to a shrine to American exceptionalism, possibly to be built on sacred indigenous lands. #DigitalHumanities #NEH www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/a...
- Interesting news: Three NEH grantees have had their termination notices rescinded and awards reinstated. All three are funded through the Dialogues on the Experience of War program, specifically serving veterans.
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- Reposted by Perry CollinsGood overview of how #NEH cuts will hurt teachers & students, including a great quote from my summer institute co-director, Robert Johnston, on the importance of wrestling with history as part of citizenship. #edusky
- Reposted by Perry CollinsThis is an excellent example of the role of local journalism in reporting on the costs of DOGE cuts to NEH. Simply and plainly, it details how many programs that affect the lives of Cincinnatians will be hurt by slashing grants, most pretty small $$. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...
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- One week ago I facilitated what will likely be my last ODH review panel, for a program that as of today no longer exists. I can't name these folks, but I can say thank you to them and to everyone who has reviewed for NEH. Let's hold tight to the expertise and community that drive our work.
- Today I'm spending some time reviewing proposals for #OpenEd25. After one of the hardest weeks of my life, it's a wonderful reminder that good, mission-driven work continues on.
