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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 01/07/2026

If you’ve wondered why the ebook issue has seen so little meaningful national policy action in support of libraries, LOOK NO FURTHER: ALA’s former policy lead publishing a defense of the status quo—funded by PRH, the nation’s largest publisher. 😡🤯 www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/t...

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Towards an Equilibrium for Library Access to Digital Books

Providing digital book access via libraries has been a controversy since 2011. Communications initiatives, meetings, convenings, committees, market innovations, legislation, a lawsuit, and research ha...

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 16/06/2026

Check out my book ⬇️ Volume 2 coming in 2027!

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Educating to be Human Podcast @edutobehuman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

A clip from last week's episode w/ @chrisfreeland.com of the @archive.org Tune in to dig into the risks facing libraries today! Spoiler: it’s about more than book bans - it’s about the future of access to knowledge. #bookbans #podcasts #internetarchive podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 29/07/2025

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...

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Educating to be Human Podcast @edutobehuman.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#Libraries are being defunded, attacked, and pushed to license—rather than own—their collections. In our latest episode, @chrisfreeland.com of @archive.org joins us to unpack what this means for access, memory, and the future of knowledge. Tune In: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... #podcasts

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Libraries at Risk: Access, Preservation, and Cultural Memory with Chris Freeland

Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 32m

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Lisa Petrides @lisapetrides.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

New episode of @edutobehuman.bsky.social w/ @chrisfreeland.com from @archive.org - As #libraries face book bans, funding cuts, cyberattacks & digital licensing for materials they can never own, who’s left to protect what we know, what we share and what we remember? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Libraries at Risk: Access, Preservation, and Cultural Memory with Chris Freeland

Podcast Episode · Educating to Be Human Podcast · 07/22/2025 · 32m

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 29/06/2025

From the post: “format-change from print library copies to digital library copies was transformative under fair use factor one” & therefore constituted fair use. It also ruled that using those digitized copies to train an AI model was a transformative use, again qualifying as fair use under US law.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 28/06/2025

There’s a discounted pass for just the exhibit hall.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 06/04/2025

📚🐍 It’s National Library Week. Could this be the last one? As a librarian, I’m putting my energy into the #SaveIMLS movement. I shared my story & sent letters to my reps in Congress using the IMLS MATTERS site at imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/ #NationalLibraryWeek #SaveIMLS #IMLSMatters

DONT TREAD ON LIBRARIES in the style of the Gadsen flag, with a yellow background and a "snake" made from books.

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Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story. forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7... imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

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IMLS Matters

Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Confirmed DOGE is currently inside IMLS headquarters.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 20/03/2025

It's quite clear that when forces come for the Archive/Wayback, they'll be swift and not met with much resistance at the federal level. Don't tell my bosses I'll continue working for free until it's all worked out.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 20/03/2025

I've received IMLS grants. Had to put a sustainability plan together for every one of them. Never thought those plans would outlast IMLS.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 24/02/2025

Absolutely. It’s CC0 - use it however you can/want. Please!

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 24/02/2025

It was me! 🐍📚 Illustrator is Freya Morgan. There’s a good PNG suitable for printing on the Internet Archive. I usually have a stack of stickers on me at conferences. archive.org/details/dont...

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DONT TREAD ON LIBRARIES : DONT TREAD ON LIBRARIES : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

DONT TREAD ON LIBRARIES

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 05/02/2025

🚧 What do "under construction" signs and bubble-gum-blowing Furbys tell us about digital preservation? In the latest #VanishingCulture essay, writer @jdshadel.com explores the rise, fall, and cultural legacy of early Internet GIFs—and why they matter today.⁠ 🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/02/05/v...

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 05/02/2025

You know that thing where you talk about the thing without talking about the thing? Maybe there's more here than emojis...

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 18/06/2024

Librarian here. Libraries, especially research libraries, buy books on the second hand market every day for the scenario you highlighted. I used to work at a large academic library and we actively bought used books for titles that were out of print so that our collection would be comprehensive.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 18/06/2024

Hi - I’m a librarian at the Internet Archive. Our patron services team can help you at info@archive.org. I’d welcome a chance to chat as well, will DM.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 13/03/2024

Hi - librarian at the Internet Archive here. The post explains & shows how we have a physical book for each of the books in our lending collection. They are lent to one user at a time.

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 26/07/2023

👋 I’m a librarian at Internet Archive. Can I help?

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/06/2023

🎯 “The case has highlighted the ongoing tension between copyright law and the need for access to information in an increasingly digital world.” - Ramneet Bhullar openmedia.org/article/item/whats-ha…

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What’s happening with the Internet Archive?

Stand up for access to information!

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 11/05/2023

I deleted the CNN app off my phone this morning ❌ I graduated high school in 1993 (👋 hello fellow olds). CNN was a constant on our HS tvs following the start of the Gulf War & the network’s wall-to-wall coverage. It was revolutionary. I grew up thinking CNN = news 🗞️ Now I understand CNN = trash 🗑️

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 10/05/2023

Right now Bluesky feels like we’re all active in an awesome subreddit but no one knows the topic AND THAT’S FINE

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 09/05/2023

I’m hosting this conversation in 2 weeks. Could be 🌶️🌶️🌶️ blog.archive.org/2023/05/05/lecture…

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Chris Freeland @chrisfreeland.com · 06/05/2023

Hello world 👋 I’m a librarian at @archive.org. You might have seen me on a webinar. I post about digital rights for libraries, digital ownership, and why ebooks are books.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 06/05/2023

Have you read “The Publisher Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s Obstruction of the Library Mission”? We’re hosting a discussion on May 25th with authors Kyle K. Courtney & Juliya Ziskina. Read & register: blog.archive.org/2023/05/05/lecture…

The Publisher Playbook, May 25 @ 10am PT

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