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At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We never destroy a book by cutting off its binding. Instead, we digitize it the hard way--one page at a time.
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When you archive your personal story for the future, some items are strictly private.
Others should be available to the public.
Happy to announce a partnership w/@permanentorg to preserve your collection publically on@internetarchive w/ one-click.https://www.permanent.org/blog/from-permanent-org-to-the-internet-archive-in-just-one-click/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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Right now, you can buy a new paperback of "Diary of Anne Frank" for $4.49.
If you're a school #library?
The ebook will cost you $27/per student per year. And you have to pay the license fee again & again each year.
Why @library_futures calls it "publishers extortion"
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Want to understand the bind
#libraries are in?@library_futures explains using a comparison of
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Whether by fire, flood, quake, war, or neglect, the knowledge housed in our #libraries is at risk. That's why@InternetArchive is working w/ global partners to preserve the "missing digital books" unavailable anywhere online.#BeforeItsTooLate https://blog.archive.org/2021/02/03/internet-archives-modern-book-collection-now-tops-2-million-volumes/ …pic.twitter.com/OZFGm6g7k5Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
10/ 48 BC - Library of Alexandria, perhaps the largest library of the ancient world was accidentally burned by Julius Caesar during a civil war in 48 BC. But historians say it had suffered centuries of decline before that, beginning in 145 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria …pic.twitter.com/pDIbcJ7bOe
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9/ 262 AD - Library of Celsus, in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by an earthquake, the Library of Celsus was the third-largest library in the Roman world, believed to have held around twelve thousand scrolls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Celsus …pic.twitter.com/Cus6mHXDnK
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7 & 8/ 1851 & 1814 - US Library of Congress. The
@librarycongress was first destroyed by British troops during the War of 1812 during the sack of Washington DC. Then fire ravaged it again in 1851, burning 2/3 of the Thomas Jefferson collection--an est.35,000 books in totalpic.twitter.com/lRdafOip40
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6/ 1865 - University of Alabama Library -- destroyed by Union troops during America's Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama …pic.twitter.com/A7uLDVQ1FU
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5/ 1976-79 - National Library of Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge destroyed most of the books & records. Less than 20% of Cambodia's National library survived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Cambodia …pic.twitter.com/RSIzfpEkJY
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4/ 2001 - University of Houston Law Library, flooded during Tropical Storm Allison.pic.twitter.com/94gmPmICm9
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3/ 1992 - National Library of Bosnia & Herzegovina was completely destroyed by bombing during the Siege of Sarajevo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_and_University_Library_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina …pic.twitter.com/TrEDaHZo9j
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2/ 2018 - Nat'l Museum of Brazil in
#Rio: fire destroyed much of this 200-year-old institution's collections, including its scientific library. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazil-national-museum-rio …pic.twitter.com/6flFv53sHV
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10 good reasons to digitize every
#book in our#libraries: 1/ 2021 - Cape Town Library: Today's tragic fire at the@UCTLibrary has destroyed its Special Collections in African Studies, including some of the oldest & rarest materials about Africa.pic.twitter.com/AlkZyMYXCDShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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@EricSteuer: "There's this ecosystem ...that's being created here that is only accessible through these commercial platforms. So there's a handful of companies that control all the distribution around it, & then there's no way to archive it or collect it or organize it."Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Now you can read as well as listen to our
@lilabailey in the@creativecommons podcast "Open Minds" with@ericsteuer, sounding the alarm about the "platformization" of culture. 1/2#empoweringlibrarieshttps://twitter.com/creativecommons/status/1384203382106165255 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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On-the-ground reports from
@UCTLibrary staff about the extent of losses at the Special Collections#library at the University of Cape Town. Sadly, only some of these rare materials have been digitized.https://twitter.com/AfricanLII/status/1383817755141361672 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Our hearts go out to @UCT_news as they battle to keep staff & students safe. ED of@UCTLibrary: "Some of our valuable collections have been lost, however a full assessment can only be done once the bldg has been declared safe & we can enter the bldg." https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/some-of-our-valuable-collections-at-jagger-library-have-been-lost-in-the-fire-says-uct-libraries-head-040f83a0-6c62-4452-be44-9780c27fc675 …https://twitter.com/kimondegreef/status/1383796941499224076 …
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On April 20, there will be no more asking or answering questions at
#YahooAnswers. On May 4,#YahooAnswers shuts down for good. Q: Where will you go to find 15 years of questions like these?pic.twitter.com/pi2DXJ3iG7Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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