 Our popular book talk series with Authors Alliance starts back up in Augustβregistration opening soon! π£ We're looking for authors & books to fill out our schedule in late 2024 / early 2025. Learn more & reach out via our latest post: https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/18/seeking-authors-books-to-feature-in-our-book-talk-series-with-authors-alliance/ George Smart is on a mission to save mid-century modern houses. He believes the structures are artworks that deserve respect, but people miss their importance & how to preserve them. Smart relies on books & web archives from the Internet Archive in his research. Learn more about Smart's work in our latest post π https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/17/saving-modernist-houses-with-the-help-of-the-internet-archive/  @internetarchive Link doesn't work? I'd actually be interested in getting into contact with this person. @internetarchive The date seems wrong with your URL. https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/17/saving-modernist-houses-with-the-help-of-the-internet-archive/ works for me THIS FRIDAY β Join us for Public Domain Night at the Internet Archive! π We're screening π½οΈ "D.O.A." (1949) starring Edmond O'Brien & Pamela Britton.β @danderson @internetarchive And go visit their SF building if you're in the vicinity on a Friday afternoon because it's *awesome* :D How might Internet Archive Canada, in collaboration with the library and archives community, support open and long-term access to Canadian government information? π¨π¦ See what's happening with Democracy's Library in a new post π https://internetarchivecanada.org/2024/06/13/the-state-of-online-access-to-canadas-government-publications/ JUST POSTED: π΅ New ways to search archived music news with Internet Archive's Wayback Machine: https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/10/new-ways-to-search-archived-music-news/ "Using DLARC, Amateur Radio Operators are Resurrecting Technical Ideas from the Past, Using 21st Century Tech" A new community archive project offers more than just nostalgia. I hope this is a model for other communities & personal digital archives TODAY in San Francisco β in-person meetup at the @internetarchive HQ from 5:30-9pm. Come by and see new and familiar faces. We'll have dinner and drinks while we hear from some of the projects participating at DWeb Camp next month. Register here π Democracy's Library kicked off with Canada and the US. Canadian govdocs are under "Crown Copyright" which makes things less clear. The Libraries in Canada have just written a Best Practices to make it more clear on how to build Democracy's Library Canada. Go Canada! http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Code_of_Best_Practice_Crown_Copyright-May2024.pdf  Don't be fooled! Librarians are a completely different genus, they are also extending their hours here in Toronto just so folks in the heat wave have somewhere with air-conditioning and no user fees. Imagine! Dangerous people, librarians. π βIf Congress had not statutorily protected first sale, would library lending be legal?β π€ Thatβs one of 3 key questions librarian & legal scholar Michelle Wu breaks down from the recent oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive: https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/a-response-to-hachette-v-internet-archive-from-michelle-wu Internet Archive suffered a major power outage over the weekend and we are still recovering; if the site seems a little janky and slow, that's why. @textfiles I am now uploading and see problems but didn't want to brother. good to see an explanation. @textfiles how failsafe are the archives? you might want to look at the backend design of Google's servers. and/or register the nonprofit outside the reach of the courts, large corporations like google do it to avoid paying taxes, copyright only allows companies to hide the truth of there corruption and harm. In the SF Bay Area this week? We're holding an *in-person* meetup at the @internetarchive HQ in San Francisco this Wednesday, July 10 5:30-9pm! Come by for dinner, drinks, + socializing, and hear about new projects participating at DWeb Camp this summer. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-sf-meetup-dweb-camp-sneak-peek-in-person-tickets-940716206497 With climate change posing a threat for island nations & their cultural heritage, preservation efforts are now more crucial than ever. Learn how our partnership with Arubaβs national library & archives is helping in this PBS NewsHour story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSL2xFNOLU COVID is back, and Climate Change. Oh, no. The world is ending. π€¦ββοΈ I live on an island, and the population is fine. π€¦ββοΈ What is harming the population? The over-regulation of the "green" laws, the "gun control" disarming the good guys, and the inflation causing policies of the left-wing that's in charge here. @internetarchive you can persevere culture about as well as you can persevere a piece of fruit. It is a constantly changing thing and efforts to preserve it will also change it. Documentation is what's important. "Saved MTV News Is Back (Kind Of) Thanks to the Internet Archive After Paramount Global yanked over 20 years of music journalism, the non-profit Internet Archive created a searchable index of MTV News via its Wayback Machine" rolling stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-news-saved-internet-archive-1235051776/ The publishers' lawsuit against our library is featured in the latest episode of "Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast." Listen in as Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive's digital librarian, talks with Chris Hayes about the future of libraries, and what the publishers' lawsuit means for libraries & their patrons in the digital age. Chris & Brewster are joined by librarian and lawyer, Kyle K. Courtney. π https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/02/listen-the-end-of-libraries-as-we-know-them/ @internetarchive It's just a shame that I wont listen to that because you didn't link to a free download. Our virtual meetup next week will feature: Happening WED July 3 5pm PT (Asia-Pacific friendly time!) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2024-dweb-meetup-dweb-camp-sessions-preview-tickets-934001442457 So what happened last Friday in court with Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers' lawsuit against our library? Check out updates in our new post: https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/01/what-happened-last-friday-in-hachette-v-internet-archive/ @internetarchive o god this is so frustrating. even the judges mixing up first sale and fair use; stating that it's distributing millions of copies for free; no real discussion of the downside of a digitized book vs a real ebook. *ooof!* STATEMENT ahead of @internetarchive oral arguments in their appeal for the right to own digital books: "The right to read without fear of being punished for what you read has never been more under threat." |
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