A clip from last week's episode w/ @chrisfreeland.com of the @archive.org Tune in to dig into the risks facing libraries today! Spoiler: it’s about more than book bans - it’s about the future of access to knowledge. #bookbans #podcasts #internetarchive
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Hi 👋 Librarian at the Internet Archive here.

Last week’s announcement that @archive.org is now a Federal Depository Library sparked some great questions—so we put together a new FAQ to explain what this means (and what it doesn’t). 👉 help.archive.org/help/federal...

#Libraries are being defunded, attacked, and pushed to license—rather than own—their collections.
In our latest episode, @chrisfreeland.com of @archive.org joins us to unpack what this means for access, memory, and the future of knowledge. Tune In:
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New episode of @edutobehuman.bsky.social w/ @chrisfreeland.com from @archive.org - As #libraries face book bans, funding cuts, cyberattacks & digital licensing for materials they can never own, who’s left to protect what we know, what we share and what we remember? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

📚🐍 It’s National Library Week. Could this be the last one?

As a librarian, I’m putting my energy into the #SaveIMLS movement. I shared my story & sent letters to my reps in Congress using the IMLS MATTERS site at imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

#NationalLibraryWeek #SaveIMLS #IMLSMatters

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.

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imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.

It's quite clear that when forces come for the Archive/Wayback, they'll be swift and not met with much resistance at the federal level.

Don't tell my bosses I'll continue working for free until it's all worked out.

I've received IMLS grants. Had to put a sustainability plan together for every one of them. Never thought those plans would outlast IMLS.

🚧 What do "under construction" signs and bubble-gum-blowing Furbys tell us about digital preservation?

In the latest #VanishingCulture essay, writer @jdshadel.com explores the rise, fall, and cultural legacy of early Internet GIFs—and why they matter today.⁠

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READ BANNED BOOKS

🎯 “The case has highlighted the ongoing tension between copyright law and the need for access to information in an increasingly digital world.” - Ramneet Bhullar https://openmedia.org/article/item/whats-happening-with-the-internet-archive

I deleted the CNN app off my phone this morning ❌

I graduated high school in 1993 (👋 hello fellow olds). CNN was a constant on our HS tvs following the start of the Gulf War & the network’s wall-to-wall coverage. It was revolutionary.

I grew up thinking CNN = news 🗞️

Now I understand CNN = trash 🗑️

Right now Bluesky feels like we’re all active in an awesome subreddit but no one knows the topic AND THAT’S FINE

I’m hosting this conversation in 2 weeks. Could be 🌶️🌶️🌶️ https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/05/lecture-the-publisher-playbook-may-25/

Hello world 👋 I’m a librarian at @archive.org. You might have seen me on a webinar. I post about digital rights for libraries, digital ownership, and why ebooks are books.

Have you read “The Publisher Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s Obstruction of the Library Mission”? We’re hosting a discussion on May 25th with authors Kyle K. Courtney & Juliya Ziskina.

Read & register: https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/05/lecture-the-publisher-playbook-may-25/