Gov. Doc. Librarians set the record in The Fight for the Public Record. A chat on accessible public information amid political and technological change. Happening live now, starts ~1hr With @merrileeiam.bsky.social & @freegovinfo.bsky.social & @csmarcum.bsky.social & @authorsalliance.bsky.social

Amsterdam, June 25 Internet Archive Europe is hosting two events: Borrel social, RSVP - o.lu.ma/URS6cNpSn9 And a discussion with Mozilla.ai running open source agents on your terms. RSVP - o.lu.ma/3tXIXyLIGP

🐝 From metallic orchid bees to large carpenter bees, every species plays a part in keeping our ecosystems thriving and our flowers blooming. This #WorldBeeDay, take a closer look at the incredible variety of bees with Assistant Curator of Entomology, Megan Barkdull!

This is a fantastic photo of Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web at a campground in the redwoods taking questions from everyone at @getdweb.net Come join the conversation this summer! Camp will be outside of Berlin

Happy Birthday to my personal website whose home page design is 15 years old this week! 🤯 www.gingerbeardman.com Wayback: web.archive.org/web/20110501...

This is a nice step. The official FOIA committee within the federal government now officially recommends that FOIA should apply to the judiciary, and they cite the bill we have been working on with @fixthecourt.com !

South Korea: National Assembly Restricts AI-Generated #Books in Library Deposit System (via #ChosunDaily) www.chosun.com/english/trav... #AI #libraries #publishing

A 3-minute Radio France segment marking the Internet Archive’s 30th anniversary!

🚀 Liftoff 🏛️🇨🇭 Internet Archive Switzerland

St Gallens is now the home of Internet Archive Switzerland 🏛️🇨🇭

Event Report: Information Stewardship Forum 2026: Creating Community and Purpose Around US Government Information (via @archive.org) blog.archive.org/2026/04/28/i... #libraries #govinfo

The author of Jordi & Oslo has archived one of his books for public access in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/jord... And he is now working on a video game: store.steampowered.com/app/2966330/...

Happy Sant Jordi! A tale of a knight and a dragon in Catalonia, has led to a holiday of gifting roses 🌹 & books 📚 Comic by @jordiolsocomics.bsky.social

I just signed. Review and consider adding your name publicinformationtrust.org

Had a great time in SF recently speaking @archive.org, meeting many folks that @datarescueproject.org has been working with. One outcome is this pledge committing to preserve and expand access to US government data and research. Please read, sign, share, and take action! publicinformationtrust.org

Government information should be freely available to all, but that is not always the case. I'm proud that we are doing our part to change this, especially for a body of materials that is of such high interest, in the US context and beyond.

I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via @archive.org I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection. blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

The Internet's Most Powerful #Archiving Tool Is in Peril (via @wired.com) www.wired.com/story/the-in... #archives #webarchives #digipres #publishers @archive.org

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Thought you guys might be interested in this Apollo 17 sizzle reel from 1973 - the last moon mission prior to Artemis! Captured by NASA, preserved and made available by @archive.org! archive.org/details/Apol... #NASA #artemis #artemisii #democracyslibrary

At publicinformationtrust.org you can read and join others in expressing your ✍️ support for Preserving Government Information

Sign on today to the Preservation of Government Information call to action! This manifesto/call to action grew out of last month's Information Stewardship Forum hosted by @archive.org publicinformationtrust.org

Call to Action: Preservation of #Government #Information publicinformationtrust.org #govdocs #govinfo #libraries #archives

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario! Explore a growing collection of historical newspapers documenting the lived experiences of immigrant and racialized communities across Canada. internetarchivecanada.org/2026/03/31/p...

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

From the "from the libraries-matter dept" of @techdirt.com An important development facing the Internet Archive by @mark.bsky.social, Director of the Wayback Machine

Free Christmas gift: Get a National Library of Ireland card @nlireland.bsky.social stick the extra photos to holiday cards for your fam

Meet Merrilee the new Internet Archive 🏛️ Director of Democracy’s Library. She’s here on Bluesky: @merrileeiam.bsky.social

Vancouver meetup coming up on Dec 18th 2025 for librarians, archivists, and friends of Internet Archive Canada! Follow @internetarchiveca.bsky.social for more information and register at luma.com/csng5hm9

Today starting in a couple hours:

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web, he introduced simple numeric codes to describe what was happening with each request. You might be familiar with: 200 “OK” 404 “Not Found” Among those early web codes was 402, “Payment Required”

If you'd like an informative and interesting conversation to enjoy try "Inside Harvard’s Data.gov Archive – A Conversation with Jack Cushman" @jed.co interviewing Jack Cushman @harvardlil.bsky.social about Data.gov archiving on @source.coop Now live www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYMb...

Calling libraries, librarians and web archive enthusiasts! Here’s a guide on how to celebrate the 1 Trillion Web Pages archived since 1996 blog.archive.org/2025/10/07/c...

Public records, private view. I used to read behind a private shade, alone with ink, no footprints made. Now every page I try to see, demands I share my identity. Login to read, login to learn. Who’s reading me while I read? Whose ledger marks the page I turn?

The Richmond scanning and archive center has been working on microfiche. They have a night shift now so you can tune in to listen and watch the live stream by @sof.is day or night! @archive.org digitizing live

In an hour join @freegovinfo.bsky.social & James A Jacobs for an online conversation about Gov. Data Preservation 12pm CDT, moderated by Shari Laster, hosts @archive.org & @authorsalliance.bsky.social Registration blog.archive.org/event/book-t... And their free book at freegovinfo.info

Today at Noon PT: Will be the launch of the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films - a project of @archive.org & @denshoproject.bsky.social to make 100 films available for teachers, historians & the public. To register 4 launch event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The family of Hollywood reporter Bob Lardine donated audio recordings of celebrity interviews to the @archive.org These were source material for his written articles and were not published. Recently @textfiles.com has been making them digital and available in the Bob Lardine collection.

Flickr users are getting a free value add from flickr.org They've carefully crafted lifeboats that fit not only your photos, but the community generated social metadata associated with the images as well!

"Drop your weird beef & get in motion" -Alicia Garza on community strengthening. Full interview with Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter movement here: open.spotify.com/episode/3KiM...

This is exciting, May just launched "How We Build This" @hwbtpod.bsky.social a podcast on taking action and looking out for one another. open.spotify.com/show/7IAZCbm...

Collection of children's books noted by @cdrini.bsky.social All CC licensed and available. bookdash.org/books/

Sophia Tung @sof.is built the most wonderful livestream of @archive.org microfiche digitization 9to5mac.com/2025/05/21/y...

Great new Wired @wired.com interview by Kate Nibbs speaking with @jay.bsky.team! Why content creators and news websites are noticing the direct traffic and engagement from Bluesky, and how the open ATProtocol is built for everyone. www.wired.com/story/big-in...

Are there any Challenger Feeds on Bluesky? Feeds that actively suggests content from viewpoints differing from your own.

Note you can follow the Library of Congress on Bluesky @librarycongress.bsky.social

This post was made 9 years ago, FB still has not, and Bluesky has. It is why I am on Bluesky now. The best feed for viewing posts from your quiet friends: bsky.app/profile/why....

It's their 4 month birthday, get to know @datarescueproject.org by giving their new interview with @chashub.bsky.social a listen. katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

The BBC visited the Internet Archive to discuss archival efforts and public access! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh98...