A few years ago, I wrote a piece about Walker's Appeal, it's various editions, and digitizing archives. A good little intro to a text worthy of a much deeper dive:

daily.jstor.org/comparing-ed...

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

Thanks to a relentless onslaught of pleading, cajoling, lobbying and public pressure, Head Start appears to have dodged the federal budget axe — for the time being, @carolynjones100.bsky.social writes calmatters.org/education/20...

Despite my policy of doing as little as possible on Saturdays, I'm going to the Black Zine Fair keynote by Jehoiada Calvin tomorrow at noon to "consider how archival ephemera can spark new, liberatory forms of expression today." withfriends.co/event/231148... There's still time to register.

Bringing my FREE STUFF thread over.

Lots of archives, national film institutes, nonprofits and others have made collections of silent films available for free, no signup needed.

I have the links

1/5 Watched @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Sen. Angus King today. Sen. King spoke of writing your Reps. & Sen. How important it is, it does make a difference. Then saw this. A lot of screen shots but a good idea. Stick to issues effecting you or those you know. Be Specific.

Do you have a favorite unusual collection in special collections and/or archives? I want to expand my list of examples for class. Unexpected formats are particularly interesting.

Japanese American National Museum Stands Up for DEI
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hyperallergic.com/1002373/japa...

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

Can’t quote-post them all so please search #kidLitArtPostcard today and immerse yourself in utter joy 💕

#picturebooks

For a limited time you can read my book for free. Each one, teach one.

www.book2look.com/book/SO9q2ZB...

Happy 99th birthday to Grand Lake Theater! Opened March 6, 1926

If you're reading this and want to help archive online queer history, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social is an organization to check out. invisiblehistory.org

As part of my book research, my mom (thanks Mom!) and I digitized the extant issues of the Spokesman newspaper, which was produced in Hunters Point in San Francisco from 1965 and 1969, and then created an index of it.

I really want to get this into the hands of Hunters Point families. (1/x)

Because nothing is more impermanent than what is being 'sold' to us as permanent (i.e., "everything exists online")...

...a great DIY guide for activist web-archiving by @quinnanya.me @literaturegeek.bsky.social Tessa Walsh @akijas.bsky.social @ilya.webrecorder.net

🟠 #RLUKICIL | New season of events

A new year = new events for Inclusive Collections Inclusive Libraries #RLUKICIL - our virtual series that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation & inclusive practice for collections.

All events are free to attend & open to all.

ℹ️ bit.ly/RLUKICIL

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If you need an academic paper that’s behind a pay wall, post the link to the paper, the title, and use #icanhazpdf and wait for someone to send it to you. Let’s see if we can get that going again here. ☺️

So You Wanna Be An Archivist: Nadia Westenburg, Park Archivist for Yosemite National Park 📜
archivesaware.archivists.org/2024/11/18/s...