“A handful of letters scattered in archives in Castellón, Paris, New York, and California reveal the existence of a vast and intricate international network of anti-fascist librarians who, during the Spanish postwar period, collaborated from different parts of the world, providing aid to Republican intellectuals interned in French concentration camps.”

#librarians #archives #antifascism #history

https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-19/united-librarians-the-international-network-that-helped-spanish-republicans.html

“A handful of letters scattered in archives in Castellón, Paris, New York, and California reveal the existence of a vast and intricate international network of anti-fascist librarians who, during the Spanish postwar period, collaborated from different parts of the world, providing aid to Republican intellectuals interned in French concentration camps.”

#librarians #archives #antifascism #history

https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-19/united-librarians-the-international-network-that-helped-spanish-republicans.html

J'ai une demande de niche pour les archivistes : je passe l'oral d'attaché de conservation en octobre et j'ai choisi la spécialité "Médiation culturelle"...
Que me conseillez-vous comme lecture / personnes à suivre / site d'information / autres... pour m'aider à m'y préparer ?

Le repouet est toujours apprécié 😉

Un grand merci d'avance !!

#archives #archiviste #viedarchiviste #archivistodon #attachedeconservation #concoursfonctionterritoriale

I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)

Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library

by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025

"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.

"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.

"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.

"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.

"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "

https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html

#BigPublishing#Archives#BigMusic#CulturalPreservation#DigitalPreservation#WaybackMachine #Archiving#FairUse#Archives#Capitalism#Corporatism#FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries

J'ai une demande de niche pour les archivistes : je passe l'oral d'attaché de conservation en octobre et j'ai choisi la spécialité "Médiation culturelle"...
Que me conseillez-vous comme lecture / personnes à suivre / site d'information / autres... pour m'aider à m'y préparer ?

Le repouet est toujours apprécié 😉

Un grand merci d'avance !!

#archives #archiviste #viedarchiviste #archivistodon #attachedeconservation #concoursfonctionterritoriale

This is a really excellent talk at #openrepos2025 by Ben Zhao about the limits of and misconceptions about LLMs, that is tailored for the #libraries #archives and #digitalpreservation crowd. He focuses in on how they work, and don't work -- and bridges that to a discussion of the impacts that the technology is having on the larger web (bots).

It gives me no measure of good vibes to know that a big crowd of people in my profession got to hear this for a keynote about AI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JicpcYwQe3w

This is a really excellent talk at #openrepos2025 by Ben Zhao about the limits of and misconceptions about LLMs, that is tailored for the #libraries #archives and #digitalpreservation crowd. He focuses in on how they work, and don't work -- and bridges that to a discussion of the impacts that the technology is having on the larger web (bots).

It gives me no measure of good vibes to know that a big crowd of people in my profession got to hear this for a keynote about AI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JicpcYwQe3w

New horrors. The Biodiversity Heritage Library needs help. The Smithsonian Institution will end its support as of 1 Jan 2026.

This is the world's largest open-source archive for biodiversity literature and archives -- the place where you can find all the old, but still very useful, botanical literature, among other things.

Please share widely with your networks. #biodiversity#Archives #defendresearch #botany

https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-support/

New horrors. The Biodiversity Heritage Library needs help. The Smithsonian Institution will end its support as of 1 Jan 2026.

This is the world's largest open-source archive for biodiversity literature and archives -- the place where you can find all the old, but still very useful, botanical literature, among other things.

Please share widely with your networks. #biodiversity#Archives #defendresearch #botany

https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-support/

With Glitch closing down, I've moved my micro app that helps you create persistent links into the National Archives of Australia's RecordSearch database: https://wraggelabs.com/recordsearch-links/#Archives #histodons #maintenance

With Glitch closing down, I've moved my micro app that helps you create persistent links into the National Archives of Australia's RecordSearch database: https://wraggelabs.com/recordsearch-links/#Archives #histodons #maintenance