Culture
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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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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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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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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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The Analects of Confucius | An online teaching translation – Version 2.21 (2015) | Translated and edited by Robert Eno | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. The Analects of Confucius, translated and edited by Robert Eno, is a free online teaching edition of the classical Chinese anthology traditionally associated with Confucius and his disciples. The work combines the 20 books of the Analects with introductory historical context,…
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How does the First Amendment govern liability for AI?
Drawing on cases like Winter v. G.P. Putnam’s Sons (no liability for a faulty mushroom guide) and New York Times v. Sullivan, this FIRE article argues that First Amendment principles protect AI outputs from broad tort liability. Nearly 100 lawsuits seek to hold developers accountable via products liability or negligence for harmful advice. Courts have…
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Daodejing | An online teaching translation – Version 1.4 (2010–2025) | By Laozi, Translated by Robert Eno | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. Robert Eno’s Daodejing is a free online teaching translation of the 81-chapter Chinese classic traditionally attributed to Laozi. Version 1.4, updated through 2025, presents the Chinese title and text alongside English translation, an extended introduction, and a glossary of key terms.…
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Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education
The House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), convened a hearing titled “Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education” on April 29, 2026. The hearing examined growing concerns over free expression and intellectual diversity on American college campuses. Citing…
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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits Oregon on the Returning Education to the States Tour
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Central Oregon on April 20, 2026, as part of her nationwide “Returning Education to the States Tour.” The 50-state initiative seeks to gather best practices from local schools and colleges to compile a toolkit for distribution nationwide. During her visit, McMahon toured Crook County High School in Prineville,…