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2️⃣/2️⃣ What you have might be useful to someone else, and worth preserving for the future. #ToolsYouCanUse

Event flyer for "Democracy's Library: Tools for Participation," with the title at the top and a colorful abstract line drawing of a library building rendered in interlocking yellow, pink, and blue lines below. Text reads "Wednesday, October 21st, 5pm - 10pm, Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco."

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You can help build the library. 🏛️ Have digital materials you’re allowed to share? Upload them to the Internet Archive so other people can discover and use them. 📷 A photograph. 🎙️ A recording. 📄 A document. 💾 A piece of digital history. Upload your first item 👇 archive.org/upload 🧵

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📚 This free audiobook is part of the LibriVox Audio Collection on the Internet Archive, with tens of thousands of public domain recordings spanning mysteries, adventures, poetry, history, science fiction, and more. 🎧 Find your next audio adventure. #Books

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026

🌁 San Francisco gets tangled in murder, deception, and a missing statuette in this LibriVox recording of Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 public domain classic, THE MALTESE FALCON. 🕵️‍♂️ Follow the trail to the full audiobook 👇 archive.org/details/libr... 🧵

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Lila unpacks the tension between traditional intellectual property, commercialization, and the foundational human drive to create, share, and remix ideas. @edutobehuman.bsky.social

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026

Who gets to own what we create? In WHO OWNS KNOWLEDGE, host Lisa Petrides talks with Internet Archive Senior Policy Counsel Lila Bailey about knowledge as a shared cultural commons & knowledge controlled through copyright, licensing, and corporate platforms. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/09/2026

🤘🌐 “Everybody! Everybody!” Homestar Runner has barely changed! Launched in 2000, the beloved web cartoon site has kept its decidedly retro look, so today’s homepage could easily be mistaken for a page from the Flash era. Explore web history with the Wayback Machine ➡️ web.archive.org

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Now" then "HOMESTARRUNNER.COM". Below are Wayback Machine captures of the Homestar Runner web page from October 15, 2000, and September 13, 2026.

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🗂️ Ever seen those tiny images of old documents on sheets of film? That’s microfiche! So, how do they go from film to the Internet Archive? See how these and more are digitized at the Physical Archive tour! 📆 Tues, Oct 20 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 IN-PERSON: Richmond, CA 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1997613506...

Maeve Iwasaki demonstrates microfiche digitization at the Internet Archive's physical archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.

Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with pallets visible inside.

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The Internet Archive building is 103, but it still looks like it did in 1923. 🏛️ Built as the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, the Internet Archive purchased it in 2009. Same building, different mission. 📚 See more at Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon ⤵️ richmondsunsetnews.com?s=then+and+now

Screenshot of the Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon website, dated Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026, showing its masthead with a Golden Gate Bridge banner photo and navigation menu, above a "Then and Now" article titled "Clement Street and Funston Avenue." The article shows two side-by-side photos: on the left, a black-and-white 1930 photo of the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist and Reading Room, a Classical Revival building built in 1923 by architect Carl Werner; on the right, a color 2020s photo of the same building, captioned as now home to the Internet Archive, which purchased it in 2009.

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Petrides joins Chris Bourg of MIT Libraries & Charles Watkinson of University of Michigan Press to discuss openness and access in the age of AI. 📚 @mchris4duke.bsky.social @lisapetrides.bsky.social @charleswatkinson.bsky.social

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DWeb @getdweb.net · 22/09/2026

On the Future Knowledge #podcast episode OPEN FOR WHOM?, Lisa Petrides of ISKME shares why open access to knowledge is about equalizing access, advancing discovery & treating knowledge as a public good. 📚 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ope... 🧵

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We have two more speakers in our lineup this Thursday: * Day Waterbury, Openhaven.net — dweb technology navigator * Andre Garzia, Poncho Wonky — decentralized messaging client for SSB We're also bringing back our post-meetup hang out on Gather Town. Come for the talks, stay for the dwebby convos.

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OpenHaven — Building Bridges in the P2P Ecosystem

OpenHaven documents the open protocol landscape and advocates for interoperability. Discover, compare, and choose open tech tools for the decentralized web.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/09/2026

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 🍁 short ⤵️ archive.org/details/autu... #FallEquinox #SeptemberEquinox #Disney #Animation

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/09/2026

Rendón looks at a Facebook community where caregivers shared experiences, empathy, and support, showing how online spaces can become part of care labor history, and considers the challenge of preserving these ephemeral spaces. @Archive.org #Books #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive

Vintage black-and-white photograph of Vintage photo of the author's great-grandmother picking beets in a field while caring for the author's two-year-old grandmother, both standing near a barbed-wire fence. Farmland stretches into the background with a distant building.

Screenshot of a social media photo post by Cindy Ann, showing two women posing together framed by heart and Valentine's Day sticker overlays, including an 'I Love You' balloon and a rose. Cindy Ann's caption reads she always made a point to buy her Mom Valentine's Day flowers and balloons and misses her so much. A comment below shows a red heart emoji.

Screenshot of a social media post by Cindy Ann dated October 20, 2018, captioned 'How I miss you Mom.. today I walk in memory of you!! You faught till the end..' with purple heart emoji. The post includes Alzheimer's awareness graphics reading 'I Wear Purple For My Mom' next to a purple ribbon, and a collage of three photos, including one of an older woman holding a doll. The post shows 82 reactions, 10 comments, and 1 share.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/09/2026

Care work is often invisible and undervalued, leaving history at risk of disappearing. Amanda Gray Rendón examines how social media can preserve caregiving work and the communities that support it in VANISHING CULTURE. 📚 Read for free or purchase in print: archive.org/details/vani... 🧵

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Educating to be Human Podcast @edutobehuman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Who owns knowledge in the #DigitalAge? In S3E2 of our #podcast, Lisa Petrides & @archive.org's Lila Bailey tackle the myth of the "lone genius" and discuss why #knowledge & #AI must remain a shared public commons. Tune in: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... #copyright #AI #publicknowledge

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Who Owns Knowledge with Lila Bailey

Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 22 September · 34min

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/09/2026

ATLAS will support 100 government and partner institutions with training and access to Archive-It and Vault. It will also develop an access portal and toolkit. The Internet Archive is partnering with the Council of State Archivists on the two-year project. #Archives #PublicRecords @archive.org

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/09/2026

Local and state government records help communities understand their history and participate in public life. But digital records can be hard to preserve and access. The Internet Archive’s new ATLAS program will help address that. Learn more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/09/10/a... 🧵

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/09/2026

“Digital ghosts” are traces of online life that evolve, disappear or behave unpredictably. The webinar, CARTA Presents: “DIGITAL GHOSTS,” explores how visual design can reveal patterns of digital disappearance & how cultural memory is shaped. Weds, Oct. 7, 8 AM PT 🎟️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Photo of a panel discussion at a "Digital Ghosts" event. Four panelists sit in red and gray chairs against a wall with projected text reading "Digital Ghosts" and "Dorsey, Kaufmann & Feeling Data." A large seated audience fills the foreground, with blue lighting throughout the gallery-like space.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 19/09/2026

📚 What happens when a library doesn’t just preserve knowledge, but gives people the tools to use it? Find out at Democracy’s Library: Tools for Participation, an IN-PERSON Internet Archive event. 📅 Wed, Oct 21 • 5–10 PM 📍 Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, SF 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1998015902...

Event graphic for "Democracy's Library: Tools for Participation," Wednesday, October 21st, 5pm–10pm, at Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco. On cream graph paper, a schematic line drawing of a classical library building (columns and pediment) is rendered in overlapping pink, blue, yellow, and orange lines with dot joints, beside bold black and pink text.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 19/09/2026

📖 There’s still time to support the Internet Archive and Better World Books “For the Love of Books” campaign! 📖 By donating to the Internet Archive through October 31, you'll support literacy and preservation. Join Us: donate.archive.org/campaign/838...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 18/09/2026

The report connects to broader questions about preserving the web. In “Digital Ghosts,” Dr. Andrea Kocsis used interactive and visual works to examine link decay, curatorial bias, crisis archiving, and disappearing online music cultures. #LocalNews #WebArchives @ire.org @saa-official.bsky.social

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 18/09/2026

Local news preservation takes ongoing collaboration. 📰 The Internet Archive’s National Summit on Local News Preservation brought journalists, librarians, archivists, and researchers together to develop recommendations for preserving local news. Learn more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/l... 🧵

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🏛️ Once a year, the Physical Archive opens its doors for a rare behind-the-scenes tour! On Oct. 20, see preserved collections up close, visit demo stations & join Brewster Kahle for tours of the facility. 📆 Tues, Oct 20 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Richmond, CA 🎟️ & Details ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1997613506...

Brewster Kahle gives a tour at the Physical Archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.

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The panel examines how government websites, datasets, public health guidance & other records can be altered, removed or lost, & the role of libraries, archives & civil society in safeguarding public knowledge. #democracyslibrary #InternetArchive @merrileeiam.bsky.social @csmarcum.bsky.social

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Government information was meant to be distributed, & libraries play a key role in making the public record available. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Merrilee Proffitt, James Jacobs & Christopher Marcum discuss why preserving it matters. 🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the... 🧵

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