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Welcome to the public domain, LAUGHING BOY (1929) by Oliver La Farge, a story of love, identity, & cultural tension, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1930. 🖋️📖🏆 ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #InternetArchive #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

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Welcome to the public domain, SKATING HOUNDS (1929)! 🐕⛸️ While charming, the crude audio in this contemporary of the Silly Symphonies illustrates how difficult it was to do sound right. More ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #PublicDomainDay #InternetArchive

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Join us for a discussion about the state of web archiving social media on March 19th. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Buy. Paper. Books. (and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices) New from me at @flaminghydra.com flaminghydra.com/issue-261/

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Vintage #DHmakes!

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Victorian ingenuity in every loop! 🧶 The Second Book of "Hows" (1900) offers knitting guidance for the home. Its photos & techniques are both timeless & telling of its era. ➡️ https://archive.org/details/krl00402941 #Knitting #VintageKnitting #HistoricKnitting #Needlework #InternetArchive

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Call for Proposals for GovInfo Day(s) Spring (April 24 (online) and April 25 (in-person, Vancouver). Our theme this year is long-term and persistent access to government information. Please visit forms.gle/4MLm2ZzerDAJ... to submit your proposal. We will be accepting proposals until March 14.

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A year ago today, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) embarked on an ambitious project in collaboration with us - Internet Archive Canada (IAC)- to digitize a collection of up to 80,000 out-of-copyright publications: library-archives.canada.ca/eng/corporat...

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As part of its new 'transformative' access model for libraries, "...Clarivate will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries." clarivate.com/news/clariva...

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE isn’t just an American classic—it’s a direct link to history. 🎶 When George Gershwin recorded it in 1924, he gave us a firsthand interpretation of his masterpiece. More ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/18/public-domain-spotlight-rhapsody-in-blue/ #PublicDomainDay

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📣 Software preservation fans 👀🧵⬇️

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Remember GeoCities? 🏠 Once home to millions of personal websites, today it’s gone… except for what’s preserved on the Wayback Machine. 🌐💾 Explore the web's past with the #WaybackMachine ➡️ https://web.archive.org

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Wayback Machine playback (and other functions) is down because of a power outage induced hardware failure. We are working to address this issue and bring the services back up ASAP. Thank you for your support and patience!

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You can also play Oregon Trail! (in case you want to practice dying of diseases we now have vaccines for) archive.org/details/msdo...

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Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

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I'm not sure why Peter Mount chose Valentine's Day to upload 2,000 arcade game manuals but here we are. archive.org/details/@pet...

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Welcome to the public domain, IS SEX NECESSARY? OR, WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO (1929) by E.B. White & James Thurber. A witty & satirical exploration of love, relationships & attraction. 💕 Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #PublicDomainDay

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Today, we honor Frederick Douglass on his chosen birthday. 🎂 His 1855 autobiography MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM is a powerful account of his journey from enslavement to freedom. Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/mybondagemyfreed6062doug/ #Blackhistorymonth #LetReadersRead #InternetArchive

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Internet Archive preserves Flash games & provides access via browser emulation ⬇️

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Yes, we back up data in Canada too! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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Watch SINGIN’ IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN! Hundreds from around the 🌍️ joined our virtual celebration of the works entering the public domain in 2025! 🎶📖🎬 👀 it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/singin-in-the-public-domain #InternetArchive @libraryfutures.bsky.social #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

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I loved talking with Nichole about #DHmakes and machine knitting for this Internet Archive blog piece! 🥰

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Not to worry, weavers, Jacquard looms are mentioned in here, too 👇

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🧶💾 Punch cards aren’t just relics of computing—they’re still powering knitting machines today! Discover how hobbyists & archivists are preserving this blend of tech + textile. ⁠ 🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/12/vanishing-culture-punch-card-knitting/ ⁠ 🕳️ #VanishingCulture⁠

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Welcome to the public domain, THE WILD PARTY (1929)! 🎞️💃Clara Bow’s first talkie is a lively collegiate comedy-drama. Directed by trailblazer Dorothy Arzner. Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025/ #InternetArchive #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

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Welcome to the public domain, WEARY WILLIES (1929)! 🐰📽️ This Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short was made after #Disney lost the character in contract disputes. The original soundtrack is lost as well (more below). Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025/

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Mark Graham, director of Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, will join this conversation ⬇️

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one of my favorite documentaries: m.youtube.com/watch?v=M85U...

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I met Aaron Swartz when he invited me to the annual meeting of the Internet Archive. I had developed a WordPress plugin for Open Library, and it was used by libraries worldwide for free access to rich book data. Aaron remains an inspiration to me for open access.

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On Aaron Swartz: “He stood for freedom of access to information, especially for scientific research — things the public had already paid for.” - Lisa Rein, co-founder of @creativecommons.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/a...

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I got a kick out of seeing one of my books ‘Ableton Live 7 Tips And Tricks’, is preserved in @archive.org - a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio…’ #ableton #internetarchive #writing

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Our digital librarian Brewster introduced the Stichting Internet Archive to partners and colleagues at a beautiful cafe in downtown Amsterdam where we hosted our first Dutch "borrel". We are looking forward to great collaborations in 2025 and beyond.

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This Tuesday The Internet Archive @archive.org in SF is hosting a local-first tech meetup. Several presenters including TinySSB, Basic.tech and Bubble. The more the merrier! * www.meetup.com/dwebsf/event... * www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetu... #LocalFirst #tech

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Touch-sensitive #Goosebumps shirts were advertised on Scholastic's official site in 1997. By some miracle, all the sound effects were saved by @archive.org. web.archive.org/web/19981201...

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omg y'all. If you buy a digital product and you cannot download it and store it to your own devices permanently you are RENTING, you do not OWN it.

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Welcome to the public domain, WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY (1929)! 🐭🎞️ The only #MickeyMouse cartoon to portray Mickey & Minnie as actual mice, sneaking into a house for a musical feast! 🎶🐾 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025/ #PublicDomain

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🕳️ #VanishingCulture ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/05/vanishing-culture-what-early-internet-era-gifs-show-us-about-preserving-digital-culture/

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Welcome to the public domain, ATLANTIC (1929)! 🚢🌊 Among Britain’s first sound films, it was shot with both English & German casts, resulting in two versions. 🎬 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025 #PublicDomain #InternetArchive #Titanic

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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...

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I made a new subreddit. reddit.com/r/theinterne... I'll be posting exclusively in there about Internet Archive stuff for the forseeable future.

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