CARL and CFLA Release New Guide on the Canadian Copyright Act for Accessible Content librarianship.ca/news/accessi... The guide provides a clear, practical overview of the laws governing access to and use of copyrighted materials for people with perceptual disabilities in Canada.

This October, the #InternetArchive celebrates an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved & available for access via the #WaybackMachine. Join us! 📆 Oct 22 🎟️ IN-PERSON ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133... 💻 VIRTUAL ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011... #Wayback1T

This year the @archive.org birthday celebration will honor the web’s history & future & include recognition for 1 trillion webpages archived. Oct 21 Physical Archive + Scan Center Tour Oct 22 The Web We've Built presentations & Party Registration eventbrite.com/o/internet-archive-17912681148

@internetarchiveca.bsky.social signs the Four Digital Rights Statement & helps us launch a French version of the Statement! 🇫🇷 Want to help translate? Email: [email protected] Our blog: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/09/17/i... #DigitalRights #Libraries #Archives

Protect our digital rights! Join the "Our Future Memory" Campaign. internetarchivecanada.org/2025/09/16/i...

From glassblowing in Tacoma to risograph presses in LA, CARTA preserves today’s art online so future generations can explore, study, and be inspired. Learn about the CARTA program ➡️ carta.archive-it.org/about/

🧵 So much of today’s art world lives online—artist sites, digital exhibits, small galleries. CARTA is a collaboration of 40+ museums & libraries with #InternetArchive to save the web we built before it disappears. Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/09/10/c... #communitywebs

What happens to democracy when government records vanish? James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. 🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm

Can we preserve democracy without preserving the web? Join Brewster Kahle & Marleen Stikker at KB The Hague on 17 Sept. 🎟 Info: www.internetarchive.eu?p=1751 #WebArchiving #DigitalSovereignty

New Episode of EFF's "How to Fix the Internet" Podcast Features a Conversation with Internet Archive Founder and Digital Librarian Brewster Kahle www.infodocket.com/2025/09/10/n... @eff.org @archive.org #libraries #archives #digipres

🎶 "I WANT MY MTV!" 🎶 rocked cable in the 80s. By the time MTV plugged into the web, it was no longer charting, but the beat goes on in the Wayback Machine—1 of a TRILLION captures. 🎸 Take a spin through MTV’s web history ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/20250814... #Wayback1T

The web changes quickly. The Wayback Machine remembers—preserving voices, stories & culture for future generations. 📝 Tell us why the #WaybackMachine is important to you ⤵️ forms.gle/c3XqotHUToKe... 🧵 #Wayback1T

Democracy’s Library, an initiative between FF and @archive.org, is actively preserving government data and making it accessible for all. FF’s @mb.bsky.social explains:

📚 #Libraries aren’t just shelves of books, they’re survivors of fire, war, politics, & reinvention. Andrew Pettegree & Arthur der Weduwen discuss their book THE LIBRARY: A FRAGILE HISTORY on the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 Listen now ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

Wikimedia Commons needs more than just cameras 📸 Uploaders, organizers, translators, reviewers, data experts – you are all part of the mission. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

Let us know 📝, we want to hear from you! #Wayback1T

New post: Brewster Kahle at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen on 4 September https://www.internetarchive.eu/2025/08/28/brewster-kahle-at-the-royal-danish-library-in-copenhagen-on-4-september/

Of course the cautionary tale for digital decay would be… Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s romance. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20231129... #Wayback1T #WaybackMachine

TODAY! Join James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs & Shari Laster for PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION: a timely #booktalk on access, archives & accountability. 📖 Co-hosted by @authorsalliance.bsky.social. 📅 Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303... #opengov #libraries

Collaborative Collecting for the 2022 British Columbia Local General Elections 💚 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Island University, University of British Columbia, and @uvic.ca partnered to archive local election data: archive-it.org/blog/collabo... #DemocracysLibrary

THIS WEEK: Join us for PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION: a vital #booktalk on public access & digital threats, co-hosted by @Auths_Alliance. 📖 📅 Thurs Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303... #opengov #libraries

The internet forgets. You don’t have to. 📥 Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to capture and preserve the sites you care about. 🕰️ Try it here ➡️ web.archive.org/save #Wayback1T #WaybackMachine @Archive.org

The California Local Government Documents Collection of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social (hosted by Internet Archive) is digitizing 10,000+ publications from cities, counties, & regional agencies across California. Explore the collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/igsc...

What's the closest you can get to digital time travel? The #WaybackMachine. 🌐⏳ A trillion pages of history, preserved so the web’s past is never lost. 📝 Tell us why the Wayback Machine is important to you ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/01/w... #Wayback1T #InternetArchive #digitalpreservation

Vanishing records, inaccessible files: the public’s right to know is at risk. 📖 Join our #booktalk, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, with librarians James Jacobs & Jim Jacobs. Shari Laster guides the discussion. 📅 Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...

The calm pace of our livestreamed microfiche scanning may not show the scope of the work, so here’s a time-lapse revealing how many pages we can digitize in just one hour. 📡 Watch the real-time stream ⤵️ www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... #Preservation #Digitization #InternetArchive

For Danielle, the Internet isn’t just a tool; it's a community. Some sites are long gone, but the memories remain. She’s not alone. The internet has been a space for connection, creativity, & nostalgia for many of us. 📝 Tell us your history with the web ⤵️ forms.gle/c3XqotHUToKe... #Wayback1T

Digital decay, disappearing data, broken links: why it matters and what we can do. 📖 Join our upcoming #booktalk on PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. Co-hosted by @authorsalliance.bsky.social 📅 Thurs Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303... #preservation

CLIR is now accepting applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices! Grants from $50K to $300K support the digitization of rare materials that center on underrepresented communities. Initial apps due Oct. 20. 🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...

Once the lifeblood of online creativity—from silly games to iconic animations—Flash has all but disappeared from the live web. 🕳️ In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...

Don’t miss the #DWeb Weekend, happening in 10 days at @archive.org in San Francisco! With Prof. Christian Tschudin, Andreas Dzialocha, David Thompson, Ying Tong Lai, @taoeffect.com, Michael Toomim, Eric Harris-Braun, and Duke Dorje. ℹ️ + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-weeke...

🚨 Speaker Spotlight: @civicwhitaker.com Christopher is the Executive Director of the Alliance of Civic Technologists and has spent years growing the civic tech community. Don’t miss Christopher and a lineup of civic innovators who impact how we serve the public. 🎟️ civic-spark.com

What rights do libraries & archives need to preserve our shared cultural heritage in the digital age? We explore the Four Digital Rights statement with global librarians, incl. Stephen Wyber of @ifla.org. 🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/fou... Co-hosted with @authorsalliance.bsky.social

📢 Big news from @internetarchive.eu: 🌍 @ifla.org has signed the Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions, asserting that in the digital age, libraries, archives & museums must be able to: 📥 Collect 🛡️ Preserve 📖 Provide Access 🤝 Cooperate Learn more 🔗 www.internetarchive.eu/2025/07/30/s...

Hi 👋 Librarian at the Internet Archive here. Last week’s announcement that @archive.org is now a Federal Depository Library sparked some great questions—so we put together a new FAQ to explain what this means (and what it doesn’t). 👉 help.archive.org/help/federal...

FAQ from @archive.org on becoming an FDLP. TL;DR it's a feature, not a bug. Onward (next time with fewer acronyms). help.archive.org/help/federal...

Looking for some summer reading? We recently digitized these beautiful and educational issues of Rotunda: archive.org/details/rotu..., the magazine of the Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social.

What tech can people use right now to organize? Find out at this week's DWeb Virtual Meetup. Presentations, demos, & talk on tools for mutual power 📅 Wed, July 30 🕙 10 AM PT / 1PM ET / 19 CET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1510991800... @GETDWeb.net

Interested in how libraries preserve government information? Join us for a conversation with James Jacobs ⬇️ & his co-author—ALSO NAMED JAMES JACOBS (!!)—on August 28: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

📚 “Every citizen should know that libraries are under attack.” In a new interview‬, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system. @cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org vimeo.com/1103555091/8...

Please join us for a virtual book talk August 28th at 10am PST hosted by the Internet Archive (FREE!) to talk about our new book “Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future.” freegovinfo.info/node/14881/

"It is obviously the case that we are creating information, culture, and benchmarks for society faster than we can figure out how we’re going to make sure they’re preserved." - Philip Bump @pbump.com, in a Q&A for the Vanishing Culture report. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/04/v... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

📚 The Institute of Governmental Studies Library at @UCBerkeley has digitized over 5,000 local government documents from California, preserving rare reports & essential records for researchers & the public. Learn more ➡️ archive.org/details/igsc... 🧵 @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Nothing like getting GOOD news on a Friday!

Andrew Ilersich presents on Tuesday about TTCmap.ca, a real-time network status map that shows all the current TTC subway service disruptions in one place Plus our usual project and discussion breakouts, naturally Come join us! 𝟳𝗽𝗺 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in person and online 👍 guild.host/events/civic...

Check out Canadian historian @ianmilligan1.bsky.social and Internet Archive founder @brewster.kahle.org discussing Canada’s role in preserving our digital heritage (moderated by @takarasmall.bsky.social). 🎧 Listen to the Future Knowledge #podcast futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students. Apply here: - Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... - Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Digital ownership matters for preservation of the published record - libraries can’t preserve what we don’t own. Check out what BRIET is doing to help libraries build lasting digital collections ⬇️

@queensu Library has been collaborating with the @internetarchive.bsky.social on a digitization project that uses Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) to make copies of small print-run fanzines or zines of science fiction/fantasy/speculative fiction available. internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/s...

🎙️ If you missed the most recent episode of FUTURE KNOWLEDGE, now’s a great time to listen. Cory Doctorow talks about THE INTERNET CON: his guide to loosening Big Tech’s grip & reclaiming a more open web. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...