Market-driven open access often reinforces commercialism and private control. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph discuss how PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET envisions scholar-led presses, collective governance, and a truly ethical, commons-based publishing landscape. 🎧 Tune in ➡️

Future Knowledge

Future Knowledge | Publishing Beyond the Market

For years, the open access movement has promised a more equitable world for scholarship. But as more of our publishing infrastructure is shaped—o...

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Libraries bring people together—online and in person 📚🎬 These photos by Mia Terracotta capture the fun at the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening & Party held at the @npub1xrj3...9q43 🏛️ Missed it? 📡 Watch the recorded livestream ⤵️ #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

We've teamed up with Automattic to fight link rot on the open web. Check out the new Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress. The free plugin preserves pages, redirects broken links to archived versions, and helps ensure the web keeps its memory. “It’s very important that websites have a memory," said Alexander Rose of Automattic. "When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI,” Learn more ➡️

Preserving the Open Web: Inside the New Wayback Machine Plugin for WordPress  | Internet Archive Blogs

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLESTICKS (1930)! 🐸🎶 🎬 Meet Flip the Frog in his very first cartoon—created by animator Ub Iwerks, who previously animated STEAMBOAT WILLIE and later formed his own studio. Originally produced in a two-color Harriscolor process, the short circulated in black & white in the U.S. Full short ➡️

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Fiddlesticks 1930 Ub Iwerks : Ub Iwerks : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Journalists don’t just report from the web anymore—they report on it. Learn the 9 Ways Web Archives Are Used In Digital Investigations in a new guest post by researchers from King’s College London who analyze 8,600 news articles to identify how journalists use the #WaybackMachine in digital investigations.🕵️‍♀️ Read Follow the Changes 👉

Follow the Changes: 9 Ways Web Archives are Used in Digital Investigations | Internet Archive Blogs

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Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books. Learn more about the collection ➡️

A Community-Curated Nancy Drew Collection | The Open Library Blog

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Welcome to the Public Domain, MY PAL PAUL (1930) 🎷🐰 🎶 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit swings alongside a caricature of bandleader Paul Whiteman in this cartoon tie-in for the King of Jazz (also now in the #publicdomain), featuring music featured in the film. Learn more ➡️

Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive: 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs

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Congrats to @npub1fl6v...kwvj for being named to the Computer History Museum 2026 Fellows! "For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive" More info ➡️

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Congrats "FARINA & THE PERPETUAL SHINE MACHINE" by Ralphie Wilson Third Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥉 Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life. Archival sourcing, intercutting of uplifting & uneasy imagery, and the Hall-Johnson Choir’s spiritual score evoke reflection: “Unease follows.” A thoughtful exploration of fraught history. Full film ➡️

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Farina & The Perpetual Shine Machine : Ralphie Wilson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Congrats “BATTLE LINES ” by Jen Zhao & Aaron Sharp ⚔️🎨 Second Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥈 A tongue-in-cheek doc(mock)umentary tracking the rivalry between Piet Mondrian & Theo van Doesburg over the diagonal line. 22 archival works, Coco Chanel costumes, and perfectly pitched narration. Masterful editing of inspired sources… sends viewers to research further. Full film ➡️

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Battle Lines : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The friendship and rivalry between two painters: Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg.Created for the 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest.Below are...

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