Hernando Colón wanted to build a library containing everything ever printed. 📚

Hear Edward Wilson-Lee, author of THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS, in conversation with Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast, exploring Colón’s epic quest for knowledge.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-catalogue-of-shipwrecked-books

#digitalpreservation #libraries @internetarchive
@brewsterkahle

The Federal Depository Library Program ( #FDLP) is calling for public comments on a draft new #preservation policy for US govt public information.
https://fdlp.gov/news/request-comments-draft-preservation-policy

PS: This is especially important when the #Trump admin is taking down public info, including publicly-funded research, and private data-rescue projects struggle to capture it all.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries #RFI #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #USPol #USPolitics

Happy to see Hoopla buying my books! Or at least agreeing to put them on their servers at least https://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/robert-kingett/11645750187 #Hoopla #Library #Libraries

Happy to see Hoopla buying my books! Or at least agreeing to put them on their servers at least https://www.hoopladigital.com/artist/robert-kingett/11645750187 #Hoopla #Library #Libraries

Hello Fedi! We are the still-in-progress Twin Cities Radical Community Archive. This project aims to collect, preserve, and increase access to left-wing, working-class activism in the Twin Cities metro, both historically and currently.

#GLAM #Galleries #Libraries #Archives #Museums #Minnesota #MSP #Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #Antifa #Labor #Activism #History #Introduction

Hernando Colón wanted to build a library containing everything ever printed. 📚

Hear Edward Wilson-Lee, author of THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS, in conversation with Brewster Kahle on the Future Knowledge #podcast, exploring Colón’s epic quest for knowledge.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-catalogue-of-shipwrecked-books

#digitalpreservation #libraries @internetarchive
@brewsterkahle

Trust in the Loop
2026 AI4LAM Fantastic Futures event. The AI4LAM (Artificial Intelligence for #Libraries, #Archives, and #Museums) community will gather in Washington, DC this fall for a timely exploration of how our institutions navigate AI adoption while maintaining the trust that is fundamental to our work.
September 15–17, 2026 in Washington, DC .
Details 👇
https://sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/fantastic-futures-2026-proposals #globalmuseum #AI #events

@estherschindler alt-text

End cap sign on a library bookshelf

The sign says "Nervous about asking?" on the top

It then gives topics and locations to find them in the book stacks

Some topics: abortion, abuse, alcohol, anxiety, body changes, bullying, cancer, child custody

At the bottom it says, "As a library, we're not here to judge, we're here to help"

#libraries #alttext #alt4you #LibrariesArePunk

Want a recipe but dont wanna sift through ad filled, AI genned, crap recipe sites?

Check out free eCookbooks through your library's app.

#solarPunk #libraries #cooking

Hello Fediverse! 👋

We are the Kula: Library Futures Academy, a transdisciplinary collider space and incubator at the University of Victoria Libraries.
We explore the changing nature of knowledge creation, preservation, and dissemination—asking what the "library of the future" truly looks like. 🔮

📍We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Follow us for updates on:
🔹 Open Knowledge & Scholarship
🔹 Knowledge Resilience
🔹 Knowledge Democracy
🔹 Our Open Access KULA Journal

#Introduction #Libraries #CdnLib #UVic #AcademicMastodon #KnowledgeDemocracy #OpenKnowledge #OpenScholarship

Wat gebeurt er als boeken uit bibliotheken verdwijnen en bibliotheekmedewerksters onder druk komen te staan?
De documentaire "The Librarians" toont op indringende wijze hoe kwetsbaar vrije toegang tot boeken kan zijn — en hoe hard daarvoor wordt gestreden.

📅 9 maart | 🕢 19.30
📍 LUX Nijmegen
Meer info:
https://www.ru.nl/en/services/sport-culture-and-recreation/radboud-reflects/agenda/the-librarians-the-war-on-books
@bookstodon
#boeken #bibliotheken #BannedBook #TheLibrarians #libraries

Hello Fedi! We are the still-in-progress Twin Cities Radical Community Archive. This project aims to collect, preserve, and increase access to left-wing, working-class activism in the Twin Cities metro, both historically and currently.

#GLAM #Galleries #Libraries #Archives #Museums #Minnesota #MSP #Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #Antifa #Labor #Activism #History #Introduction

Want a recipe but dont wanna sift through ad filled, AI genned, crap recipe sites?

Check out free eCookbooks through your library's app.

#solarPunk #libraries #cooking

We’re here to support libraries. Take action at action.everylibrary.org.

#library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit

Lots of people destructively scan their #books to digitize their library or to get a discounted (or otherwise non-existent) digital version from the many used copies that sell for pennies.

Many #libraries let lenders use their stack cutters and scanners.

There are non-destructive scanning methods for #rareBooks, of course.

@WashPost @technology-WashPost

#tech #AI #collection

Like, follow, share to help support libraries!

#library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarylove #author #publiclibrary #literature #lit