VANISHING CULTURE is out now! From Internet Archive, this book looks at what is disappearing online. 🌐 Websites vanish 🗞️ News archives go offline 🎮 Games become unplayable 📼 Personal media breaks & be…
@iDGS this edition is also available in our catalog: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59112
News shouldn’t disappear. 🕳️ Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine, putting the public record at risk. Journalists are speaking out. Add your name. Stand for preserving the news. ✍️ https://w…
Congrats to "UN MONTAGE OF THE SUNDAY SCARIES" by Antonio Mendez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬 An excellent remix of 1920s & 1930s observational films w…
This Week in Literary History: Edna St. Vincent Millay Loses Her Manuscript in a Hotel Fire Did She Ever Truly Recover? https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-edna-st-vincent-millay-loses-he…
There's still one week left to enter the 2026 Public Song Project 🎶 WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the public domain—remix, reinterpret, or reimagine anything and be heard on WNYC &…
Fires in Berlin Destroyed Hundreds of Paintings During World War II. Now, a Museum Will Publish Photo Archives of the Lost Artworks Online by Christian Thorsberg https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n…
Cicero’s Unsentimental Education Making it in Ancient Rome by Ryan S. Olson https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/humanism-in-a-posthumanist-age/articles/ciceros-unsentimental-education Cicero at PG: http…
Why should people care about preserving regional cookbooks? 🕳️ In VANISHING CULTURE, essayist Katie Livingston explains why the humble home extension cookbook, often produced by churches or social grou…
#OTD in 1933 "Nessie" Reported for the First Time (1933) "... Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in the UK by volume. This makes it the perfect hiding place for a prehistoric creature—or so beli…
The Fairytale Language of the Brothers Grimm By Chi Luu How the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of sc…
The Moral Beauty of Middlemarch George Eliot’s masterpiece teaches us to live faithfully a hidden life. By George Scialabba https://www.plough.com/en/topics/life/beauty/the-moral-beauty-of-middlemarch…
Public Libraries Jump On Board the Our Future Memory Movement The Our Future Memory movement was already building momentum with flagship library organizations like IFLA, ALA, and SPARC. But now, local…
@dandylover1 no problem, we’re not in a hurry. Search for August 1748 where there are some tables. Take your time! Thanks!
Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." Not the MTV News archive. Not Gawker. Not the penny press of the 1800s. 🕳️ Maria Bustillos argues that keeping the receipts is about more than nostalgia. It's abou…
“It Had to Be You” by Kate Chaston 🎙️ gives the jazz standard a fresh heartbeat ❤️ Adapted from the 1924 classic by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn, this entry for the 2025 WNYC Public Song Project transforms th…
Arguments in Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia show how courtroom openness relates to fairness, accountability, and public trust in justice, insights not visible in the ruling itself. The U.S. Supreme C…
This month's Distributed Proofreaders (DP) blog "Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels" This was a book by Wolfgang von Goethe which was translated into English by Thomas Carlyle. https://blog.…
The Life and Legacy of Hertha Sponer Get a behind-the-scenes look at materials on Hertha Sponer, including a newly discovered lecture, recently featured at the March Trimble Lecture. by Karina Cooper …
What is the bitter surprise in this painting? ☕️|#SHORTS | National Gallery Join art historian Jacqui Ansell as she brings to life the sensory experience of Lancret’s painting, ‘A Lady in a Garden havi…
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