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Digital Librarian at the Internet Archive
http://archive.org http://openlibrary.org http://brewster.kahle.org @internetarchive

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In the UK "More than 800 public libraries have closed since 2010. More closures are expected."

https://www.ft.com/content/9b5f3765-dc64-42ce-b8a2-e70fc909c5f8

share link for 10 people: https://on.ft.com/4f1hl6y

and the US libraries are under multiple attacks (most notably by the publishers and the judiciary that is siding with them).

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-end-of-libraries-as-we-know-them-with-brewster/id1382983397?i=1000660882500

A good history of what happens to libraries (spoiler-- it is not good): https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/the-library-a-fragile-history-9781541600775

brewsterkahle , to random
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Working remote? want a trick? And it supports artists. @internetarchive went remote-first...

One thing we have done is have 10 minute concerts to start our staff meetings. (I think this is why our staff attends :) ).

All performers are paid and we post venmo/paypal, Some performers gave permission to post them.

an example:
https://archive.org/details/emerald-rae-internet-archive

300 of them-- try picking a few:

https://archive.org/details/essential-music-concerts-from-home

(do other org's do this?)

brewsterkahle , to random
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"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/

brewsterkahle , to random
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"Saving the First Draft of History:

When news sites suddenly shut down and former URLs are sold to the highest bidder, saving a publisher's archive becomes a time-consuming and rigorous full-time job in the digital age."

nice piece featuring @mark of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine!

https://niemanreports.org/articles/saving-the-first-draft-of-history/

brewsterkahle , to random
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Steamboat Willie / Mickey Mouse went into the public domain 5 months ago, but Disneyland has not shut, nor has the company's stock has become worthless.

Is the zealousness of the copyright cabal worth the ill will and societal damage?

https://archive.org/details/steamboat-willie-16mm-film-scan-4k-lossless

brewsterkahle , to random
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InterLibrary loan lives!

Record numbers are getting articles and chapters through this reliable free method from the Internet Archive.

The long tail holdings are needed!

384 libraries are now getting docs through one system.

Go @internetarchive go

brewsterkahle , to random
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Digitizing Aruba's History, Culture & Heritage. go aruba go @internetarchive

(6 minutes youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNVNgNWyMKo

brewsterkahle , to random
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Aruba slave records, in handwriting, but full text searchable based on great work by National Library of Aruba and others, with the @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/ANA-DIG-KOL-INV-0842/page/n2/mode/1up?q=maria

https://blog.archive.org/2024/04/08/aruba-launches-digital-heritage-portal-preserving-its-history-and-culture-for-global-access/

brewsterkahle , to random
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"The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island

By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity."

https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-backed-up-aruba-caribbean-island/

brewsterkahle , to random
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Early stages in reconstructing Hernando Columbo's library

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twwcPYNd9m3JvJ3HqfZcjNSLQag1Bn1EGP1I4EH_bvk/edit#heading=h.su1lcq4zgwqv

And got to check out a book from 1571: his book on his father Christopher from Biblioteca Angelina in Rome .... 1/5

brewsterkahle OP ,
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Biblioteca Angelina is a magic library, that will let you check out a book (to read at their desks). Maybe the first public library. And it still is.

2/6

brewsterkahle OP ,
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Librarian finds a 1571 book by Hernando Columbo in the catalog from the 1500's (their access copy) in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome. (see the top entry)

3/6

brewsterkahle OP ,
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"Me: Can I see that book from 1571?
Librarian: of course."

she looks looks it up on the shelf list, which looks centuries old in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_Angelica

4/6

brewsterkahle OP ,
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Librarian gets the book from the 3rd floor of Biblioteca Angelica in Rome. She goes up hidden stairs!

5/6

brewsterkahle OP ,
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Librarian hands it to me to read (it is a year 1571 italian translation of the original spanish of Hernando Columbo) in Biblioteca Angelica in Rome.

Love libraries. Don't let megapublishers kill them by strangulation with licensing. Easy solution: .

6/6

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1twwcPYNd9m3JvJ3HqfZcjNSLQag1Bn1EGP1I4EH_bvk/edit#heading=h.su1lcq4zgwqv

brewsterkahle , to random
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"Demand for e-books is at an all-time high, but library collections are being hijacked by corporations."

"Love e-books? We do, too! Tap the comics to learn more, play games, and test your knowledge of e-book contracts."

go @libraryfutures !

https://www.ebooksforus.com/

brewsterkahle , to random
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foul language in the Financial Times?

@pluralistic brings his message of large companies going wrong to, well, many many. Go Cory.

https://www.ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4a8c-bac0-047b7d64aba5

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