โฐ Thereโ€™s still time to join todayโ€™s #booktalk! ๐Ÿ“– THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explains why safeguarding shared cultural material is crucial for creativity, innovation & free expression. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. ๐Ÿ“† TODAY, Thursday Dec 18 ๐Ÿ•™ 10 AM (1 PM ET) ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ @npub1umd6...wfr7 image
Celebrate vintage winter style with these "The American Girl" magazine covers, published by the Girl Scouts. Left: December 1929 cover depicting three young women in colorful winter clothing. Right: December 1928 cover depicting a young woman with a billowing scarf, walking a dog as snow falls around them. View more in this holiday collection โคต๏ธ #HolidayArt #PeriodicalArt #Archives #CulturalMemory #ChristmasHistory #PrintCulture image
Amazon once โ€œpulled a book off your library shelfโ€โ€”Vint Cerf, a pioneer of the internet, calls it shocking. How did the web drift so far from its roots? Hear Cerf (Google), Cindy Cohn (EFF), Jon Stokes (Ars Technica) & the Internet Archiveโ€™s Brewster Kahle explore the past, present & future of the web on the Future Knowledge podcast. โ€จ๐ŸŽงListen & Subscribe โคต๏ธ #OpenWeb @npub1ftlr...3e6s
๐Ÿšจ #Booktalk tomorrow! ๐Ÿšจ Learn why the public domain matters & how we can defend it in THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, an urgent conversation with James Boyle & Molly Shaffer Van Houweling about defending cultural commons & creative freedom. Co-hosted with @Auths_Alliance. ๐Ÿ“† Thurs Dec 18 ๐Ÿ•™ 10 AM โ€“ 11 AM PT (1 PM ET) ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ @npub1umd6...wfr7 image
โ„๏ธ โ€™Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Lineโ€™s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." โ„๏ธ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. ๐ŸŽ„ See all the animated sequences โคต๏ธ #DigitalArchive #TechHistory #retrocomputing #retrogaming
On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. ๐Ÿ•Ž The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. ๐Ÿ“ธ #History #Preservation #Holidays #Veterans image
๐ŸŽฌ The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing & reimagining the pastโ€”using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on January 1, 2026 in your 2โ€“3 minute film submission. by using at least one public domain item from 1930 in a 2โ€“3 minute short film that shows off your creative vision. ๐Ÿ“… Deadline: January 7, 2026 ๐Ÿ’ฐ First prize: $1,500 โ„น๏ธ Contest details: @npub1umd6...wfr7 #contest image
๐ŸŽฌ Jeremy Floyd earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for MOVING PICTURES ARENโ€™T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. The film draws from early talkies, celebrating the brief, unruly moment when films ran free of censorship. Show us your take on public domain history in the 2026 contest. Open now! ๐Ÿ“† Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 ๐Ÿ’ฐ First prize: $1,500 โ„น๏ธ Details ๐Ÿ‘‰ #PublicDomain #Filmmaking #Contest @npub1umd6...wfr7
Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! ๐Ÿ“– THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explores how we can protect the โ€œcommons of the mindโ€ & why itโ€™s as vital as intellectual property. ๐Ÿ“† Thurs Dec 18 ๐Ÿ•™ 10 AM โ€“ 11 AM PT ๐Ÿ“ Online ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Co-hosted with @npub17kr5...p88t @npub1umd6...wfr7 image