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Will universities let Trump dictate what their libraries can do?
As has now been widely reported, the White House has sent a number of universities, including the one I work at, a set of terms it wants them to agree to, which indicate that not doing so may mean they … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, crimes and misdemeanors, libraries
Tagged Books, education, history, library, politics
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Support the IMLS
If you’ve found useful the many mid-20th century serials that are now freely readable online through The Online Books Page, you can thank the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS (as it’s generally known) funded the completion in … Continue reading
Not by accident, but by action
I didn’t mean to create a sexist library collection when I set out to build one. But in 1994, when I showed Mary the catalog of online books I’d started the previous year, one of her first questions was “Where … Continue reading
Posted in libraries, online books, people, Uncategorized
Tagged Books, reading, writing
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Some important library values
In challenging times, it’s good for organizations to remember what they exist to do, and what values drive what they do. They may be expressed in a variety of ways, but there are often common threads going through them. There … Continue reading
Readings for people working for the government
A key reason I got involved in digital libraries years ago was the promise of reliable information empowering people to be more knowledgeable and responsible in their actions. One of the oldest digital library sites on the Web is Cornell’s … Continue reading
Posted in libraries, people
Tagged constitution, history, law, politics, supreme-court
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Milestones for the Deep Backfile project
Back in 2020 and 2021, while the Penn Libraries were largely closed, many of our librarians worked from home on the Deep Backfile project that I’ve written about here before. Faced with more demand than ever for online access to … Continue reading
July 4 and the power of words
The history of online books is intertwined with the history of Independence Day. It was on July 4, 1971 that Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, was inspired to enter into a computer a copy of the Declaration of … Continue reading
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Tagged america, constitution, declaration-of-independence, history, politics
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Building a new banned books exhibit for a new era
When I first created Banned Books Online over 25 years ago, I wasn’t primarily worried about book censorship. I was worried about Internet censorship. It was 1994, and the world at large was just getting to know the Internet, which … Continue reading
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Welcome to everybody’s online libraries
As coronavirus infections spread throughout the world, lots of people are staying home to slow down the spread and save lives. In the US, many universities, schools, and libraries have closed their doors. (Here’s what happening at the library where … Continue reading
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