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📚 Internet Archive.org & @EOTArchive.org & FDLP 🏛️ We build tools so the past and future can meet.

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James R Jacobs@freegovinfo.bsky.social · 5d ago

very cool visualization of the federal govt (and SF city govt!). It shows every piece of the govt with who’s connected to what entity and the latest news about that entity. freegovinfo.info/node/15071/

Check out US gov graph network visualization of the US (and SF!) government. Thanks CivLab - Free Government Information (FGI)

Wow check out this very cool visualization of the federal govt (and SF city govt!) called US GOV GRAPH. CivLab has built a complete data model of the United States federal government – entities, posit...

freegovinfo.info

Antoine@ant.bsky.social · 4w ago

For nearly 20 years Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) has allowed the Government to forgive student loans of those who have made all monthly payments for 10 years while employed by the government or a nonprofit.

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Internet Archive Canada 🍁@internetarchiveca.bsky.social · 4w ago

We have digitization centres in the UK, Canada, the US and Asia. For more info about the process: digitization.archive.org/digitization/

Digitization » Internet Archive Digitization Services

Learn how Internet Archive digitizes collections with non-destructive scanning, metadata integration, and global access through Archive.org's open platform.

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Internet Archive@archive.org · 4w ago

We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · last mo.

The USPS has a podcast about free books for the blind featuring Vermont's former state librarian and current head of the National Library Service for the Blind, Jason Broughton. Transcript available. Good for library and postal and accessibility nerds 📚 usps-mailin-it.simplecast.com/episodes/fre...

Why Millions of Books Travel Free Through the Mail | Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast

In this episode of Mailin’ It, we explore one of the nation’s oldest federal accessibility programs, Free Matter for the Blind. For over 90 years, USPS and the Library of Congress’ National Library Se...

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James R Jacobs@freegovinfo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NARA proposing to shut down SF, Chicago, and Seattle facilities. Help us do something about that. Sign the change.org petition from SONA and write letters. @infodocket.bsky.social Petition link and more infor at freegovinfo.info/node/15060/

NARA proposing to shut down San Bruno/San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle facilities. We need YOU to stop it from happening! - Free Government Information (FGI)

The Federal News Network broke the news last month that the "National Archives to transition out of three federal records centers." NARA is proposing to close down the regional facilities in San Bruno...

freegovinfo.info

Antoine@ant.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Gov. Doc. Librarians set the record in The Fight for the Public Record. A chat on accessible public information amid political and technological change. Happening live now, starts ~1hr With @merrileeiam.bsky.social & @freegovinfo.bsky.social & @csmarcum.bsky.social & @authorsalliance.bsky.social

The Fight for the Public Record (Future Knowledge Podcast)

Confronting a growing crisis: Who is responsible for preserving the public record and what happens when it disappears?

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Antoine@ant.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is a fantastic photo of Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web at a campground in the redwoods taking questions from everyone at @getdweb.net Come join the conversation this summer! Camp will be outside of Berlin

DWeb@getdweb.net · 4mo ago

⌛ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆! Today May 15, at 23:59 CEST we are closing both the Call for Proposals and Early Bird ticket sales for DWeb Camp 2026 🏕️ 😲 At Camp it’s not unlikely to wake up and find yourself brushing your teeth next to @timbl.bsky.social, or to chat with @brewster.kahle.org. 🎟️ Buy your tickets now!

Tim Berners-Lee speaking at DWeb Camp 2023, and an overlay graphic with the caption: “Last day to buy // Early Bird Tickets”
Free Law Project ⚖@free.law · 5mo ago

This is a nice step. The official FOIA committee within the federal government now officially recommends that FOIA should apply to the judiciary, and they cite the bill we have been working on with @fixthecourt.com !

Fix the Court@fixthecourt.com · 5mo ago

The official proposal, "Recommendation 07: Congress should create new, FOIA-like disclosure laws to ensure public access to records controlled by legislative and judicial branch agencies" www.archives.gov/files/ogis/d..., which cites our Judicial Open Records Act, has passed unanimously.