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Jason W. Dean
@jasonwdean.com

The board of trustees at LHL has announced the resignation of my former boss. I only hope the institution can find itself again, pick up the pieces, and repair the damage he did to the library. www.lindahall.org/about/news/t...

lindahall.orgThe Linda Hall Announces Leadership TransitionThe Board of Trustees announced today that Eric Dorfman, PhD, has resigned as president and CEO, effective this month. Anne C. Dema, PhD, chair of the Board of Trustees, will serve as interim presiden...
Jason W. Dean
@jasonwdean.com

I'm also hoping that they will re-post the video series (After Hours) we did, as well as the Paper Cuts series, which were among the most viewed videos on their channel, and are important additions to our knowledge about books in the LHL collection.

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Jason W. Dean
@jasonwdean.com

I'd be glad to say more offline, but working there during his tenure was one of the most unpleasant and negative experiences of my career. I am glad we got some good folks out, and I hope that the good folks still there can resume their great work with little interference.

Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social

Did that include things like you and Nick Wilding, and the Seb Falk Light Ages talk? Cos those were rocking. I hope that things will improve now, but so sorry it went down this path en route.

Karl Galle
@karlgalle.bsky.social

Shit, I had assumed I could always go back again to check things like details from your talk with Nick Wilding or Jamie's talk with Hannah Marcus at a later date because whyyyy would an institution remove great recordings about its own collection? Sigh. 🙁

Katie Birkwood
@girlinthe.bsky.social

"Because institutions" is often enough. We go through periodic struggles not to have our museum talks wiped from the institutional YouTube page. Them: "They're old!" Us: "2 years ain't much when we're talking about stuff from 400 years ago. Also they get the most hits."