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AmuseAlot
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Museum Tech Newsletter
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June 17, 2026
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An AI-curated digest of what museums, archives, heritage organizations, and
individual researchers are building on GitHub — plus curated news from the cultural heritage sector — delivered every Wednesday.
Tracking 736 sources in 55+ countries.
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This Week in Numbers
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736
Sources
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55
Countries
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112
Active Orgs
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15
New Repos
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43
Releases
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7
News
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👀
Spotlight
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kiba-extend
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Lyrasis
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Lyrasis is actively enhancing Kiba-Extend, a set of extensions to the Kiba ETL tool, which facilitates data transformation and wrangling for museums and cultural institutions. By extending Kiba's capabilities, Lyrasis is making it easier for museums to manage and process their data, thereby improving their overall data management workflows. Museum professionals and data managers can benefit from these updates, which include new features and refactoring for improved code organization and readability. These enhancements are particularly relevant for institutions working with large datasets and complex data pipelines.
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View on GitHub
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arches-catalog
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Arches Project
· HTML
· ★ 1
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Arches Project created a new repository for a community registry of Arches extensions and applications, which could be useful for museums using Arches.
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va-petitions
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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dsp-tools
· v18.17.1
Cooperative Information Systems
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htr2hpc
· 0.6.0
Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
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rdf2marc
· v1.238.0
Linked Data for Production (LD4P)
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sinopia_api
· v1.238.0
Linked Data for Production (LD4P)
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backstage
— dbmdz
132 commits,
300 files changed
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go-pubsub
— sfomuseum
1 commit,
300 files changed
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ldpd-dcv
— cul
84 commits,
117 files changed
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CloudComPy
— CloudCompare
65 commits,
128 files changed
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kiba-extend
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Lyrasis
· Ruby
· ★ 7
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The Lyrasis repository had a push event with 12 commits, including new features and refactoring for Kiba ETL extensions.
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DaSSCo-asset-service
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Natural History Museum of Denmark
· Java
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The Natural History Museum of Denmark's DaSSCo asset service repository has been updated with significant changes, including bug fixes, new features, and a release. This update may be of interest to other museums using similar storage systems.
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kitodo-publication
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Kitodo
· PHP
· ★ 14
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Eight commits to the Kitodo Publication repository, including the addition of a public Elasticsearch index and optimization of bulk reindexing.
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iiif-manifest-editor
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Digirati
· TypeScript
· ★ 44
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The IIIF Manifest Editor has been updated with a new version, 2.1.0, which includes significant changes with 26 files modified. This update is highly relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF and creating digital exhibits.
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Web-Algebra
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Knowledge Graph Management System
· Python
· ★ 45
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The Web-Algebra repository has been updated with new Linked Data and SPARQL tools, including prefix generation and portal/ontology operations.
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dspace-rest-python
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MIT Libraries
· Python
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The dspace-rest-python repository, a Python client library for the DSpace REST API, underwent significant refactoring and improvement. The updates simplify and improve the readability of the code, fix bugs, and enhance the overall quality of the library.
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ptsearch-solr
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HathiTrust Digital Library
· Shell
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A major update to the main branch of the ptsearch-solr repository, migrating from Solr8 to Solr10 and updating documentation and configuration files.
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aframe
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A-Frame
· JavaScript
· ★ 17559
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The A-Frame repository received a push to the master branch, including updates to the framework's builds and CDN URL. As a popular tool for building virtual reality experiences, this update may be highly relevant to museum professionals working with 3D digitization and virtual reality.
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ndlocr-lite
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National Diet Library Lab
· Python
· ★ 1235
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The National Diet Library Lab updated their NDLOCR-Lite application repository with multiple commits, including the implementation of an interruption function and updates to the build and OCR processes. This has high relevance due to its focus on OCR technology, which is crucial for digitization and preservation efforts in museums.
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openapc-se
Kungliga biblioteket - National Library of Sweden
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website
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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ahs-voices
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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wise
Visual Geometry Group (VGG)
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dri-app
The Digital Repository of Ireland
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htr2hpc
Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton
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tido
Göttingen State and University Library
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trokk
Nasjonalbiblioteket - AI Lab
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naturblick-ios
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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InfraMig
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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game-sites
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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serge
HugginFace Cultural Heritage
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bdq
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
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naturblick-android
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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feed
HathiTrust Digital Library
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ngram
Nasjonalbiblioteket - AI Lab
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naturblick-django
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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podman-omeka-s
Gothenburg Research Infrastructure in Digital Humanities
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mkvnote
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)
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ai
Swiss Federal Archives
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data_pass
Etalab (French Task Force for Open Data)
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IIIF
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Annotorious
The Annotorious repository, used for image annotation, received updates to make OSD polygon simplification configurable. This change is relevant to museum professionals working with IIIF and image annotation tools.
View on GitHub
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