🎬 Meet a winner: THE SITUATIONSHIP by Samara Meyer reimagines a 1920s silent film as a humorous love story, and took third place in the Internet Archive's 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest. Now it’s your turnβ€”create a 2–3 min short using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. πŸ“† Deadline: January 7, 2026 πŸ’° First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details πŸ‘‰ #PublicDomain #Filmmaking #Contest @npub1umd6...wfr7
⏰ There’s still time to join today’s #booktalk! πŸ“– PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET examines how scholar-led, non-commercial approaches can transform open access & build equitable publishing futures. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 4th πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online! FREE! 🎟️ @npub17kr5...p88t @npub1as8x...xlxf @npub1883j...wehx
Cory Doctorow coined the word ENSHITTIFICATION & learned that a minor license to vulgarity can be a key to getting people interested in abstract technical questions. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, he explains what the word means, why the web became frustrating & hostile to users, & how we can make it work for people again. 🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️ @npub1umd6...wfr7 @npub17kr5...p88t
#Booktalk tomorrow! Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based, scholar-led publishing can offer a fair, ethical alternative to commercial systems. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 4th πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online 🎟️ @npub17kr5...p88t @npub1as8x...xlxf @npub1883j...wehx image
Mosaic was the first web browser to hit the mainstream in 1993, built by NCSA at Illinois. 🌐 It integrated text, images, data, audio & video, sparking a web boom. Not the first browser, but the one that made the web usable for millions. Its legacy? Every browser since. Visit its old website using your modern browser using the #WaybackMachine ‡️ #Wayback1T #InternetHistory image
πŸ“£πŸŽ¬ Calling all filmmakers & artists! Celebrate Public Domain Day in January 2026 by making a 2–3 min short film using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. πŸ“† Deadline: January 7, 2026 πŸ’° First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details πŸ‘‰ #publicdomain #contest #filmmaking image
This World AIDS Day, we honor the voices and activism that shaped the global fight against HIV/AIDS. "Victory Deferred"β€”a defining history of the crisis by journalist John-Manuel Andrioteβ€”is now an open access edition, free for all to read on the Internet Archive: image
Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to the list. πŸ“– Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph explore PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET & how collective, scholar-led publishing can reshape open access. Co-hosted with Authors Alliance. πŸ“† Thurs Dec 4th πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online 🎟️ @npub17kr5...p88t @npub1as8x...xlxf @npub1883j...wehx image
Our #livestream never takes a holiday! πŸ¦ƒπŸˆπŸ›οΈ While the microfiche digitization team enjoys their Thanksgiving break, the feed (pun intended) keeps rolling – #lofi beats paired with home movies, silent films, & treasures from the @npub1umd6...wfr7 collections. #LiveNow πŸ“‘ https://www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZYBIUs #Preservation