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Welcome to the Public Domain AUTUMN (1930)! This 3rd entry in the seasonal Silly Symphonies 🎶 cycle was released in February, but the #AutumnEquinox is the time to enjoy it. 👀 Watch the full fall 🍁 sh…
Meet Alison Frantz (1903–1995)—a true polymath whose camera lens and intellect helped shape history! From pioneering archaeological photography in Athens (including capturing the famous Linear B table…
Care work is often invisible and undervalued, leaving an important part of our history at risk of disappearing. Amanda Gray Rendón examines how social media can preserve caregiving work and the commun…
@JeroenBaten better to avoid long and expensive legal battles
How I Learned to Love My Dog By Observing His Behavior Anna Heyward: “If I watched and waited, open to what Freddie could show me, something would become clear.” https://lithub.com/how-i-learned-to-lo…
My new essay about Samuel Johnson I am unashamed to call him a great man, to say that he is my hero. I can never write of him without strong feeling. by Karen Swallow Prior and Henry Oliver https://ka…
Forgotten Mozart notebook reveals how a young woman learned to compose The notebook preserves something that composer-centred histories often miss: the musical work taking place around Mozart, in this…
Government records are part of the public record, but digital information can be difficult to preserve, find, and use. The Internet Archive has received an IMLS grant to develop ATLAS, a national prog…
“Digital ghosts” are traces of online life that evolve, disappear or behave unpredictably. How can we make these fleeting traces visible? The upcoming webinar, CARTA Presents: “DIGITAL GHOSTS - ACCESS…
@RosaCtrl Agree and read the book instead...
Why Willa Cather Is America’s Most Underrated Storyteller The renowned author built her career telling stories about the people who carved a life for themselves in the brutal landscape of the Great Pl…
Stop adapting Jane Austen! Five other 18th-century writers perfect for the screen From Eliza Haywood to Anne Radcliffe, there are other great 18-century writers whose work would be great on screen. by…
Worth a Thousand Words: The Literary Map Painting Collection by: Julie Stoner https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/09/worth-a-thousand-words-the-literary-map-painting-collection/ Books about Cartography at…
What Is the Pawpaw? North America's Lost Fruit The pawpaw fruit was a favorite of George Washington. It helped save the lives of the Lewis and Clark expedition. And it tastes sort of like a mango-bana…
@JeroenBaten I’m afraid not, still under copyright law protection
Why the places we love in books can never quite be found in real life by Rebecca Hutcheon From Hardy’s Wessex to Brontë country, literary tourists may be chasing places that never quite existed as the…
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines by Ian…
Hello 👋 Our Fall Fundraising Campaign has started. You can get 999 daily 😊 Recent updates: 📚 My Library: new “My Uploads” filter, updated Quotes section and Interests expanded, and much more; 🖥️ New De…
📚 What happens when a library doesn’t just preserve knowledge, but gives people the tools to use it, build with it & participate in creating what comes next? Find out at Democracy’s Library: Tools for…
@JeroenBaten Thanks for sharing!
