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Three of North America’s flagship library organizations have thrown their weight behind the movement to protect memory institutions’ digital rights.
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) just joined the Statement on Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions Online. Together, they represent thousands...

We invite filmmakers, artists, and creatives of all skill levels and backgrounds to celebrate Public Domain Day, by creating and uploading a 2-3 minute short film to the Internet Archive.
This contest offers a chance to explore and reimagine the creative treasures entering the public domain, especially works from 1930 that will enter the public domain on January 1—classic literature, early sound films, cartoons, music, and art. Participants...

In the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis, journalist John-Manuel Andriote was struck by how the gay and lesbian community mobilized, and how many in the general public responded with an outpouring of volunteerism and support.
He wrote about this pivotal time in his book, Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1999 and updated in 2011....

The movement for Our Future Memory is getting bigger, with yet another library leader endorsing memory institutions’ digital rights.
The Boston Library Consortium (BLC), comprised of twenty-six research libraries in the New England area, has signed the Statement of Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions Online. BLC joins more than forty other signatories from around the world...