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Wonderful to see this development supporting #OpenAccess & access to information!

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Open metadata management and dissemination platform Thoth is now able to automatically deposit #OpenAccess publications from its catalog into the @internetarchive. The entire punctum catalog is now also available in this way! copim.pubpub.org/pub/automated-

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Open metadata management and dissemination platform Thoth is now able to automatically deposit #OpenAccess publications from its catalog into the

Automated archiving: a case study · Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs...

. The entire punctum catalog is now also available in this way!

copim.pubpub.org

Building on experiments with the Internet Archive platform to trial computer-assisted archiving of publishers' full back catalogues

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The Phillips Library

@PEMLibrary

Feb 3

All five of our Charles A. Benson journals are digitized

! A sixth volume is also online ⁠

@beineckelibrary

. ⁠ Check them out here: bit.ly/3RtL0cY

📋NEW RESEARCH from Ross Higman, using

Automated archiving: a case study · Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs...

as the repository for computer-assisted archiving of open-access monographs. Available via

@COPIMproject

. Automated archiving: a case study. 👇

copim.pubpub.org

Building on experiments with the Internet Archive platform to trial computer-assisted archiving of publishers' full back catalogues

Feb 3

JOB ALERT: Controlled Digital Lending Program Manager with Boston Library Consortium (

@BLC_Inc

) to lead the consortial implementation of CDL for ILL. 12 month grant-funded position, annual salary of $65k-75k with benefits. Details:

blc.org

We're Hiring!

R Macdonald

@r_macdonald

Feb 2

Iran state TV yesterday excerpted American media to convey that violence against women is endemic in the US - notable in light of Iran's crackdown on women's rights Collaborative source analysis

@Internet

Archive's

@TVNewsarchive

and

@kalevleetaru

's GDELT blog.gdeltproject.org/spinmeisters-o

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Collaborating for Access: Digital Access Success...

Feb 2

As demand for digital access grows, how can libraries find cost-effective ways of meeting the needs of their patrons? By collaborating, of course! Hear from a panel of thought leaders incl. Internet Archive's

@lilabailey

@JustJamieJoyce

on Feb 7 @ 3pm ET

dpla.zoom.us

With libraries across the country striving to deliver robust and cost-effective digital content offerings to patrons, the fifth in our series of Collaborating for Access webinars, presented with...

never forget this horrible spectacle

Thank you

for preserving these pieces about the

@gawker

trial, which I wrote for the now-defunct Death and Taxes magazine. We can't depend on billionaires to protect the public trust. Support independent media, please!!! Please.

popula.com

The Gawker Trial of 2016

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Kalev Leetaru

@kalevleetaru

Feb 2

As we continue to explore how well our automated Google Speech-to-Text API -> Translation API workflow works on Persian-language television news, we have transcribed and translated an IRINN (Iranian state television) broadcast from today. blog.gdeltproject.org/visual-explore

We get this question a lot: Why digitize old textbooks?

@uofalibrary

explains the value of having 100 years of education history fully online with the Wiedrick Collection:

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UAlberta Library

@uofalibrary

Jan 31

Attention @ualbertaed folks & those fascinated in the evolution of school curricula! Access to primary resources related to the 1st one hundred years of AB’s education history is easy through the digitized Wiedrick Collection! /1 news.library.ualberta.ca/blog/2023/01/3 @internetarchive

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Chris Freeland, librarian

Feb 1

Gotta read ‘em all!

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@chrisfreeland

Feb 1

New PokéStop!! The @LtlFreeLibrary at @internetarchive #PokemonGO

Jan 31

Interested in learning about the services Internet Archive makes available for archivists & the wider preservation community? We're pleased to partner with the Society of American Archivists (

@archivists_org

) for a webinar on Feb 23! 🎟️⤵️

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Soc Amer Archivists

@archivists_org

Jan 31

Join SAA and @internetarchive for a free webcast on February 23! Internet Archive staff will (re)introduce services and projects of use to the preservation community, both old and new. Register for this free event today! ow.ly/vw4A50MzeOg

How the first LGBTQ+ video game was given a second life

Jan 30

In 1989, CM Ralph created "Caper in the Castro", the first LGBTQ+ video game. When diskettes went "extinct" so did the game....until this piece of history found a 2nd life in

@internetArchive

's game emulation collections.

@TEDRadioHour

shares the story:

ksmu.org

In 1989, CM Ralph created "Caper in the Castro", the first LGBTQ+ video game. Nearly lost when diskettes became obsolete, this piece of gaming and queer history found new life in the Internet Archive.

Check out these emulated calculators at the Internet Archive

Jan 30

Did you cut your teeth on that TI calculator in high school? Longing for the feel of an HP-48GP? Well you are in luck. Yup we've added to our software emulation the "Calculator Drawer" &

@Verge

thinks its cool:

theverge.com

The Internet Archive now houses a collection of old-school calculators that you can boot up and use as if you had a physical version right in front of you.

collectionsasdata.github.io

Thomas Padilla

@thomasgpadilla

Jan 30

🧭 Paths to Participation - Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions 🧭

Paths to Participation - Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions

Fantastic overview of the materials that moved into the public domain in January, plus our virtual celebration - thanks

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Here's my special appreciation for the movies/books/creative works affected by the state of the public domain - and all those who care! thenewstack.io/wellspring-of- @internetarchive @brewster_kahle @JustJamieJoyce @DukeCSPD @little_wow @library_futures @SaveTheCastro @hotbutteredrum

Information feels more accessible than ever, but the ways we store data are surprisingly fragile. Can we save anything forever? This hour, TED speakers explore preserving our past, present and future.

Jeff Ubois

@jeffubois

Jan 29

For All Eternity Information feels more accessible than ever, but the ways we store data are surprisingly fragile. Can we save anything forever? This hour, TED speakers explore preserving our past, present and future. npr.org/programs/ted-r *even mentions the Belgrade library!

npr.org

For All Eternity

Matteo Banzola

@matteo_banzola

Jan 29

60.000 tra libri e riviste di cui quasi 10.000 in italiano del

@GettyMuseum

A Calculated Move: Calculators Now Emulated at Internet Archive - Internet Archive Blogs

. Un paradiso per gli amanti dell'#arte e non solo. C'è molto di più: ⬇️ wp.me/paPKqz-XJ

New blog post from free-range archivist,

@textfiles

: A Calculated Move: Calculators Now Emulated at Internet Archive

blog.archive.org

It’s time to add another family of emulated older technology to the Internet Archive. The vast majority of platforms within what we call The Emularity happens because of the work of MAME Team, which...

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Mark Graham

@MarkGraham

Jan 28

TED Radio Hour on NPR "How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?"

@brewster_kahle

founder of the

How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?

"...we can't everything, but we collect a lot..." (the understatement of the century!)

npr.org

The internet is forever ... or is it? The average webpage is deleted or changed in just 100 days. To preserve all human knowledge — digital and analog — Brewster Kahle created the Internet Archive.

📈🔢👇

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Jason Scott

@textfiles

Jan 26

An emulated-in-browser version of the Texas Instrument TI-82 is running at the Archive now. Enjoy. archive.org/details/ti82-c

“Chokepoint Capitalism” Authors Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin in...

Did you catch last week's chat with authors Cory Doctorow (

@doctorow

) & Rebecca Giblin (

@rgibli

) about their new book, CHECKPOINT CAPITALISM? The conversation, moderated by Brad Stone (

@BradStone

) & hosted by

@Coil

, is now online! WATCH NOW ⤵️

youtube.com

Join Coil and Internet Archive on YouTube Live for an interview with Chokepoint Capitalism authors’ Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin as they join Brad Stone,...

: archive.org/details/bailey

What do libraries have to do with building a better internet? Find out in the newly released report SECURING DIGITAL RIGHTS FOR LIBRARIES from Internet Archive's senior policy counsel, Lila Bailey (

@lilabailey

) & policy fellow Michael Menna,

@StanfordLaw

Securing Digital Rights for Libraries: Towards an Affirmative Policy Agenda for a Better Internet

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Listen in now ⤵️

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Internet Archive Canada

@internetarcCA

Kicking off now for #PrivacyWeek, live from @internetarcCA HQ in Vancouver “A Conversation on Privacy & Public Space” by our friends at @OpenMediaOrg Tune in! youtu.be/6aB5dXv35pE

Jan 26

We fixed some issues with our GifCities service that were impacting some users. Now get back to enjoying some old-school Geocities GIFs! Gifcities.org

GIF

Jan 26

Interlibrary loan is a library superpower! LIBRARIANS: Now that the semester is picking up, make sure that you're including IAILL in your

@OCLC

resource sharing network. Fact sheet, tips & shareable docs with more info at: blog.archive.org/2022/11/20/tip

Jan 25

Most documentary films have microbudgets & licensing compositions recorded in the background of live events can break the budget. So how do creators adapt? The public domain, of course! Hear from Loralee Sundra of

@UCLA_Law

's Documentary Film Legal Clinic: archive.org/details/public

Screenshot of Loralee Sundra's presentation, Public Domain to the Rescue!

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Jan 24

Thank you for highlighting an important best practice,

@pbump

! For a persistent citation, archive the footnote in the

@waybackmachine

& then link to the archived page. #FightLinkRot

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Philip Bump

@pbump

Jan 24

One other thought: I tried to be conscientious about preserving the information I used for the book. So every footnote has a shortened bit.ly link that points to a capture of the page at the @internetarchive. Taking a stand against link rot, our collective foe.

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Help

Test Its New Beta Chooser and Legal Developer Docs #10YearsAfter aaronswartzday.org/help-creative-

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Coil

@Coil

Jan 23

Last week, Coil hosted a YouTube live with

Coil x Internet Archive: Can Big Tech and Big Content Deliver a Sustainable Creative Ecosystem?

During the hour-long session, journalist

@BradStone

, author of The Everything Store & Amazon Unbound, interviewed

@doctorow

@rgibli

, authors of Chokepoint Capitalism 👂the full recording👇

contenthub.coil.com

On January 19th, Coil hosted a YouTube Live conversation in collaboration with Internet Archive. Listen in as authors of Chokepoint Capitalism, Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin, join journalist Brad...

Lost Media: Finding Bill Clinton's "Boxers or Briefs" MTV Moment - Waxy.org

Replying to

Found it!

Was video of Bill Clinton's famous "boxers or briefs" MTV interview question from 1994 purged from the internet? Or is 30-year-old media just hard to find?

Public Domain Day 2023: The Best Things in Life are Free : Internet...

Jan 23

And don't forget to watch all of last week's Public Domain Day celebration, online now:

archive.org

The moon belongs to everyone, so says the 1927 hit musical composition, “The Best Things In Life Are Free.” We agree! In January of 2023, a treasure trove...

If you want to learn more about the #publicdomain, check out "Why the Public Domain Matters" from Duke's Center for the Public Domain (

@DukeCSPD

): web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdom

What about other government publications? Yes, those, too! Hear from

@brewster_kahle

@JustJamieJoyce

about how gov docs & other data are being mobilized for broad use in Democracy's Library: archive.org/details/public

Space nerds rejoice! As

@M_F_Rose

highlighted during last week's Public Domain Day celebration, NASA images, like these 2022 shots from the James Webb Space Telescope (

@NASAWebb

), are in the public domain. Listen to her remarks at archive.org/details/public

A reminder that the public domain contains more than just old stuff from the 1920's & earlier. Like what, you ask? Well, did you hear that musician & satirist Tom Lehrer just put his songs into the public domain? openculture.com/2022/12/tom-le But that's not all...

openculture.com

Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time)

Deck the halls with hunks of holly / Fill the cup and don't say 'when.'' So sings musical satirist Tom Lehrer on his hit 1959 album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer — which was recorded in March of...

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