Archival
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UCLA Library funds 30 international cultural preservation projects
The UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP) has awarded 30 grants to its eighth annual cohort. Selected from a record 250 applications, the projects span 21 countries and focus on safeguarding at-risk archival collections documenting community memory and history. Since launching in 2018 with support from Arcadia (a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and…
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At the Mountains of Madness | By H. P. Lovecraft | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. In this classic H.P. Lovecraft novella (written 1931, first serialized in Astounding Stories February–April 1936), geologist William Dyer of Miskatonic University recounts the 1930–31 Antarctic expedition he led in order to deter a planned follow-up venture by the Starkweather-Moore party. The…
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Democracy’s Library: Government Information Freely Accessible
Democracy’s Library (part of Internet Archive) brings together more than 1000 collections from over 50 government organizations. We feature ongoing digitization from local government documents–with more than 10 million documents (and counting) from local, regional, and national governments. Democracies depend on an educated citizenry, which in the 21st century requires easy online access to reliable…
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Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report
Democracy’s Library, a project of the Internet Archive, aims to make U.S. government publications and information broadly accessible while also building community among those who work with it. In March 2026 the Internet Archive hosted the Information Stewardship Forum, a three-day convening of 120 participants from libraries, archives, journalism, research, policy, philanthropy, nonprofits, technology, and…
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On War | By Carl von Clausewitz | Translated by J. J. Graham | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. On War by Carl von Clausewitz examines the nature of armed conflict, the relationship between military action and politics, and the practical demands of command. The linked Arsinoe Library edition presents J. J. Graham’s English translation, with an introduction and notes…
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook)
The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, edited by Paul Halsall, is a major free online collection of primary source texts for the study and teaching of medieval history. Hosted by the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies as part of the larger Internet History Sourcebooks Project, it has been online since 1996 and remains actively maintained. Its…
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The Ghost of the Slain | By R. L. Outhwaite | Drawings by Joseph E. Southall | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. The Ghosts of the Slain is a 1915 antiwar work by R. L. Outhwaite, illustrated by Joseph E. Southall and published by the National Labour Press in Manchester. It imagines the aftermath of war and argues that lasting peace requires political…
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ITHAKA Fall 2026 Community Letter: AI at JSTOR
In the ITHAKA Fall 2026 Community Letter dated September 23, 2026, Kevin Guthrie addresses how artificial intelligence is transforming research and learning while reaffirming that ITHAKA’s mission remains unchanged. AI is altering how people discover, evaluate, and engage with scholarly resources. Researchers and learners increasingly begin with questions rather than keyword searches. They seek conversational…
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New Resources from FADGI on Content Authenticity and Provenance for AI-impacted Content
The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) released two new draft resources open for public comment: “TCR4CAP: Tiered Community Recommendations for Content Authenticity and Provenance, with a focus on LAM collections content impacted by artificial intelligence” and a supporting technical assessment report on audiovisual collections. These aim to help libraries, archives, and museums document authenticity…
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HathiTrust: Digital Library
HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries that preserves and provides lawful access to the published scholarly and cultural record. Founded in 2008 by the 12 universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (now the Big Ten Academic Alliance) and the 11 libraries of the University of California, it has grown into…
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New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received a $60 million anonymous donation, the largest in its history, timed to its 60th anniversary. The funds will support a five-year effort to digitize, preserve, and catalog its 15-million-item archive of rare recordings, manuscripts, production photos, and other materials. Priority will go to fragile…
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HathiTrust receives grant to deliver AI-enabled access to digital books
HathiTrust received a $5 million, five-year Mellon Foundation grant, partnering with Northeastern University Library and Authors Alliance, to develop responsible AI tools for discovering and analyzing its 19 million digitized volumes. The Transparent Books project will improve metadata, enable interactive search, and provide verified resources for scholarly and public-interest use. https://www.hathitrust.org/press-post/hathitrust-receives-grant-to-deliver-ai-enabled-access-to-digital-books/