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Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Technology @technology-WashPost

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.

@ByrdNick@nerdculture.de replied · 5 days ago

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

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@unattributed@gotosocial.social · 2 weeks ago

I built a base in #Obsidian to keep track of my #fountainpen #collection. This screenshot doesn't show all the pens in my collection, but I thought it was pretty cool to look at....

Screenshot of my pen collection in my #Obsidian base.

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 weeks ago

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ The #Social Quality of #Public #Space. Integration, Strategy, Subjectivation

🔗 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003584834

#environment #SocialSciences #UrbanStudies #OpenAccess #OpenScience #books #bookstodon

Urban scene with people near construction site, featuring tall buildings and cranes. In the foreground, there is a group of people gathered around a makeshift table and benches.
Transcribed Text:
EDITED BY L. FASSARI AND MARTINA LÖW
THE SOCIAL QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACE
Integration, Strategy, Subjectivation
The Refiguration of Space — Urban scene with people near construction site, featuring tall buildings and cranes. In the foreground, there is a group of people gathered around a makeshift table and benches. Transcribed Text: EDITED BY L. FASSARI AND MARTINA LÖW THE SOCIAL QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACE Integration, Strategy, Subjectivation The Refiguration of Space

Global Museum

@globalmuseum@mastodon.online · last month

⭐ FREE Collection Management Seminar.⭐

Accession, Acquisition, & Appraisal

Accession, Acquisition, & Appraisal are closely related concepts, but they are not interchangeable. In this webinar, we will walk through what each term means in archival practice and how they work together to shape both #collection development and archival processing. We will look at the practical implications of each concept.
January 19, 2026 at 5 pm CT
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WYXhiRRWSG-zPJ2peNrZMQ #globalmuseum

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last month

Intertapes – collection of found cassette tapes from different locations

https://intertapes.net/

#HackerNews #Intertapes #cassette #tapes #collection #music #nostalgia #found #objects

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Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Odysseus neemt afscheid van Alcinoüs, Theodoor van Thulden, 1632 - 1633

etching, h 196mm × w 250mm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-66.760
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Odysseus neemt afscheid van Alcinoüs, Theodoor van Thulden, 1632 - 1633

etching, h 196mm × w 250mm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-66.760
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

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Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Violin, anonymous, c. 1705 - c. 1710
This tin-glazed earthenware violin cannot be played, for it is a decorative object. When the collector John Loudon purchased it for a record 1500 guilders in 1876, this violin was considered to be the absolute masterpiece of Delft earthenware. The modelling and painted decoration
certainly make it an exceptional object.

Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
earthenware, h c.63cm × w c.23cm × d c.10cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-NM-12400-91
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

Rijksmuseum.nl

Violin

This tin-glazed earthenware violin cannot be played, for it is a decorative object. When the collector John Loudon purchased it for a record 1500 guilders in 1876, this violin was considered to be the absolute masterpiece of Delft earthenware. The modelling and painted decoration certainly make it an exceptional object.

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Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Drip-filter coffee pot, Fa. Diemont, 1816

Gift of Mr and Mrs Jaffé-Pierson, Huizen
silver (metal), h 29.5cm × w 24.5cm × d 11.2cm
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-1978-126
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Rijksmuseum.nl

Violin

Rijksmuseum Roulette

@rijksmuseum_roulette@c.im · 2 months ago

Drip-filter coffee pot, Fa. Diemont, 1816

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@kubikpixel@chaos.social · 2 months ago

Curlie - The Collector of URLs

Some search engines for the web are also based on @Curlie, among other things. You can also enter your websites in this so that they can be found more easily when people search for keywords that relate to your pages.

🐿️ https://curlie.org

#websearch #searchengine #collection #url #curlie #internet #webfind #find #webpage #web #followerfriday #website #keywords

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 2 months ago

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ Making global norms: politics versus science in international organizations

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197828656.001.0001

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #science #books #Bookstodon #politics #policy #international

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UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 months ago

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ Human Rights in the Digital Domain. Core Questions

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009606295

#HumanRights #SocialMedia #digitalization #legislation #privacy #governance #ethics #education #OpenAccess #OpenScience #books #bookstodon

Book cover with a digital-themed silhouette of a head - overlapping, translucent, rectangular shapes in various shades of red, pink, purple, and blue. The background contains a grid-like pattern with numbers and letters.
The title is "Human Rights in the Digital Domain: Core Questions," edited by Tiina Pajuste — Book cover with a digital-themed silhouette of a head - overlapping, translucent, rectangular shapes in various shades of red, pink, purple, and blue. The background contains a grid-like pattern with numbers and letters. The title is "Human Rights in the Digital Domain: Core Questions," edited by Tiina Pajuste

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 months ago

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ Human Rights in the Digital Domain. Core Questions

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009606295

#HumanRights #SocialMedia #digitalization #legislation #privacy #governance #ethics #education #OpenAccess #OpenScience #books #bookstodon

UniversityofGroningenLibrary

@Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl · 3 months ago

New in our electronic #collection:

➡️ Paradata : documenting #data creation, curation and use

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366564

Paradata helps explain where data comes from and how it’s created, making it easier to understand, access and reuse. This book introduces the key concepts, methods and models of paradata for researchers, students and data managers.

#Datascience #Metadata #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Books #Bookstodon #Science #ComputerScience