Coherent Digital
@coherentdigital.bsky.social
We uncover critical content overlooked by traditional publishers and make it accessible, enriched, and useful. We specialize in finding and preserving endangered materials—grey literature, primary sources, new media, and voices from the Global South.
Just launched: Pan-African Magazines—a digital archive of rare, regionally distinct African magazines that shaped popular culture and political thought 1954-1991. Produced in partnership with Drum Archive and digitized entirely in Africa by Africa Media Online. coherentdigital.net/products/afr...
September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just launched: Pan-African Magazines—a digital archive of rare, regionally distinct African magazines that shaped popular culture and political thought 1954-1991. Produced in partnership with Drum Archive and digitized entirely in Africa by Africa Media Online. coherentdigital.net/products/afr...
Check out our new Social Justice and Culture Series
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Because the first step toward changing the world is listening to the voices that are already doing it.
#SocialJustice #DigitalArchives #LGBTQ #IndigenousPeoples #Refugees #Migration #Culture #Equity
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Because the first step toward changing the world is listening to the voices that are already doing it.
#SocialJustice #DigitalArchives #LGBTQ #IndigenousPeoples #Refugees #Migration #Culture #Equity
August 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Check out our new Social Justice and Culture Series
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Because the first step toward changing the world is listening to the voices that are already doing it.
#SocialJustice #DigitalArchives #LGBTQ #IndigenousPeoples #Refugees #Migration #Culture #Equity
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Because the first step toward changing the world is listening to the voices that are already doing it.
#SocialJustice #DigitalArchives #LGBTQ #IndigenousPeoples #Refugees #Migration #Culture #Equity
On this International Indigenous Peoples Day, we invite scholars, educators, and institutions to rethink what preservation looks like – and who gets remembered.
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousVoices #DecolonizeArchives #SocialJustice #InclusiveEducation
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousVoices #DecolonizeArchives #SocialJustice #InclusiveEducation
August 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On this International Indigenous Peoples Day, we invite scholars, educators, and institutions to rethink what preservation looks like – and who gets remembered.
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousVoices #DecolonizeArchives #SocialJustice #InclusiveEducation
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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousVoices #DecolonizeArchives #SocialJustice #InclusiveEducation
Urban histories, unlocked.
North American Urban Documents brings decades of overlooked local knowledge to light.
“Social history at ground level,” says Bob Lester.
Students and scholars: dig deeper, ask better questions, connect policy to lived experience.
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North American Urban Documents brings decades of overlooked local knowledge to light.
“Social history at ground level,” says Bob Lester.
Students and scholars: dig deeper, ask better questions, connect policy to lived experience.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Urban histories, unlocked.
North American Urban Documents brings decades of overlooked local knowledge to light.
“Social history at ground level,” says Bob Lester.
Students and scholars: dig deeper, ask better questions, connect policy to lived experience.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
North American Urban Documents brings decades of overlooked local knowledge to light.
“Social history at ground level,” says Bob Lester.
Students and scholars: dig deeper, ask better questions, connect policy to lived experience.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Coherent + Trojman unveil Canadian History & Culture, 1825–1899 with 90K+ pages of rare 19th-c. publications, digitized in Canada for full access. “An act of cultural respect and historical responsibility.”
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#DigitalArchives #CanadianHistory#Trojman
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#DigitalArchives #CanadianHistory#Trojman
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Coherent + Trojman unveil Canadian History & Culture, 1825–1899 with 90K+ pages of rare 19th-c. publications, digitized in Canada for full access. “An act of cultural respect and historical responsibility.”
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#DigitalArchives #CanadianHistory#Trojman
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#DigitalArchives #CanadianHistory#Trojman
Smart Forests uses tech + grey literature to rethink forest governance 🌲
With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design.
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@planetarypraxis.bsky.social
#SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess
With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design.
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@planetarypraxis.bsky.social
#SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess
July 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Smart Forests uses tech + grey literature to rethink forest governance 🌲
With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design.
policycommons.net/orgs/smart-f...
@planetarypraxis.bsky.social
#SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess
With help from Policy Commons, they surfaced 60+ practice-based insights on equity and civic design.
policycommons.net/orgs/smart-f...
@planetarypraxis.bsky.social
#SmartForests #PlanetaryPraxis #ForestTech #OpenAccess
Where do the threads of American history begin?
Sometimes, in a birth recorded in a farming village. A map sketched by hand. A retelling of a storm that changed everything.
American County Histories. The story of America, one county at a time.
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#CountyHistories
Sometimes, in a birth recorded in a farming village. A map sketched by hand. A retelling of a storm that changed everything.
American County Histories. The story of America, one county at a time.
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#CountyHistories
July 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Where do the threads of American history begin?
Sometimes, in a birth recorded in a farming village. A map sketched by hand. A retelling of a storm that changed everything.
American County Histories. The story of America, one county at a time.
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#CountyHistories
Sometimes, in a birth recorded in a farming village. A map sketched by hand. A retelling of a storm that changed everything.
American County Histories. The story of America, one county at a time.
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#CountyHistories
“Every crossroad, every hamlet, village, town, and city…”
The June 23, 1911, edition of The Nashville Globe, preserved in Coherent Digital’s African American Newspapers in the South collection, captures a vivid, emotional snapshot of one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations.
#Juneteenth
The June 23, 1911, edition of The Nashville Globe, preserved in Coherent Digital’s African American Newspapers in the South collection, captures a vivid, emotional snapshot of one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations.
#Juneteenth
June 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Every crossroad, every hamlet, village, town, and city…”
The June 23, 1911, edition of The Nashville Globe, preserved in Coherent Digital’s African American Newspapers in the South collection, captures a vivid, emotional snapshot of one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations.
#Juneteenth
The June 23, 1911, edition of The Nashville Globe, preserved in Coherent Digital’s African American Newspapers in the South collection, captures a vivid, emotional snapshot of one of the earliest Juneteenth celebrations.
#Juneteenth
#bibliocon25 is right around the corner—and we can’t wait to see you there! Join Coherent Digital at Stand C30 at the 9th Library Congress in Bremen for exciting updates on our latest initiatives.
#DigitalArchives #CoherentDigital #Bibliocon2025 #Bid25 #BibliothekenEntschlossenDemokratisch
#DigitalArchives #CoherentDigital #Bibliocon2025 #Bid25 #BibliothekenEntschlossenDemokratisch
June 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#bibliocon25 is right around the corner—and we can’t wait to see you there! Join Coherent Digital at Stand C30 at the 9th Library Congress in Bremen for exciting updates on our latest initiatives.
#DigitalArchives #CoherentDigital #Bibliocon2025 #Bid25 #BibliothekenEntschlossenDemokratisch
#DigitalArchives #CoherentDigital #Bibliocon2025 #Bid25 #BibliothekenEntschlossenDemokratisch
Law Libraries Need to Think Globally — And Act Digitally
In an era where legal issues rarely stop at national borders, law libraries are being asked to do more than ever.
That’s where World Governments comes in.
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#GlobalLegalResearch #LawLibraries #Law
In an era where legal issues rarely stop at national borders, law libraries are being asked to do more than ever.
That’s where World Governments comes in.
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#GlobalLegalResearch #LawLibraries #Law
June 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Law Libraries Need to Think Globally — And Act Digitally
In an era where legal issues rarely stop at national borders, law libraries are being asked to do more than ever.
That’s where World Governments comes in.
coherentdigital.net/products/pol...
#GlobalLegalResearch #LawLibraries #Law
In an era where legal issues rarely stop at national borders, law libraries are being asked to do more than ever.
That’s where World Governments comes in.
coherentdigital.net/products/pol...
#GlobalLegalResearch #LawLibraries #Law
LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture is a digital archive showcasing lived LGBTQ+ experiences. Because progress is not just about what’s won. It’s also about what we remember—and choose to preserve.
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#QueerStudies #PreserveQueerVoices #LGBTQHistory
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#QueerStudies #PreserveQueerVoices #LGBTQHistory
June 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture is a digital archive showcasing lived LGBTQ+ experiences. Because progress is not just about what’s won. It’s also about what we remember—and choose to preserve.
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#QueerStudies #PreserveQueerVoices #LGBTQHistory
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#QueerStudies #PreserveQueerVoices #LGBTQHistory
Earthquakes shake more than just the ground—they spark curiosity. American County Histories reveals how communities have made sense of seismic surprises, offering lessons from the past.
Sometimes the past doesn’t just echo—it rumbles.
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#Earthquakes #Geology
Sometimes the past doesn’t just echo—it rumbles.
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#Earthquakes #Geology
May 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Earthquakes shake more than just the ground—they spark curiosity. American County Histories reveals how communities have made sense of seismic surprises, offering lessons from the past.
Sometimes the past doesn’t just echo—it rumbles.
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#Earthquakes #Geology
Sometimes the past doesn’t just echo—it rumbles.
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#Earthquakes #Geology
Border policies have human costs.
Across Europe, stricter asylum rules echo hardline approaches seen in the U.S.—uprooting lives and leaving families in limbo.
Coherent Digital’s Refugees, Migration, and Borders brings these voices to light.
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Across Europe, stricter asylum rules echo hardline approaches seen in the U.S.—uprooting lives and leaving families in limbo.
Coherent Digital’s Refugees, Migration, and Borders brings these voices to light.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Border policies have human costs.
Across Europe, stricter asylum rules echo hardline approaches seen in the U.S.—uprooting lives and leaving families in limbo.
Coherent Digital’s Refugees, Migration, and Borders brings these voices to light.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Across Europe, stricter asylum rules echo hardline approaches seen in the U.S.—uprooting lives and leaving families in limbo.
Coherent Digital’s Refugees, Migration, and Borders brings these voices to light.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Indigenous Women are at the forefront of cultural revitalization, land defense, political advocacy, and intergenerational healing. Yet their stories are marginalized or erased from research collections.
We believe these voices must be heard and preserved.
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We believe these voices must be heard and preserved.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Indigenous Women are at the forefront of cultural revitalization, land defense, political advocacy, and intergenerational healing. Yet their stories are marginalized or erased from research collections.
We believe these voices must be heard and preserved.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
We believe these voices must be heard and preserved.
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Policy research is in danger.
Websites wiped. Reports disappeared. Research erased.
Entire fields of study, entire communities, excluded from the scholarly record.
Policy Commons isn’t just a digital product. It’s a vital safeguard.
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#PreserveTheRecord
Websites wiped. Reports disappeared. Research erased.
Entire fields of study, entire communities, excluded from the scholarly record.
Policy Commons isn’t just a digital product. It’s a vital safeguard.
coherentdigital.net/products/pol...
#PreserveTheRecord
April 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Policy research is in danger.
Websites wiped. Reports disappeared. Research erased.
Entire fields of study, entire communities, excluded from the scholarly record.
Policy Commons isn’t just a digital product. It’s a vital safeguard.
coherentdigital.net/products/pol...
#PreserveTheRecord
Websites wiped. Reports disappeared. Research erased.
Entire fields of study, entire communities, excluded from the scholarly record.
Policy Commons isn’t just a digital product. It’s a vital safeguard.
coherentdigital.net/products/pol...
#PreserveTheRecord
Black Americans built libraries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as places of empowerment and resistance.
Newspapers like The North Star (1847–1851) and The Black Dispatch (1917–1922) tell their stories.
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#BlackHistory #LibrariesMatter #PreserveTheLegacy
Newspapers like The North Star (1847–1851) and The Black Dispatch (1917–1922) tell their stories.
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#BlackHistory #LibrariesMatter #PreserveTheLegacy
April 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Black Americans built libraries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as places of empowerment and resistance.
Newspapers like The North Star (1847–1851) and The Black Dispatch (1917–1922) tell their stories.
coherentdigital.net/products/his...
#BlackHistory #LibrariesMatter #PreserveTheLegacy
Newspapers like The North Star (1847–1851) and The Black Dispatch (1917–1922) tell their stories.
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#BlackHistory #LibrariesMatter #PreserveTheLegacy
Deportation isn’t just a modern headline; it’s woven into the fabric of American history. Today’s rhetoric on asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrant crime echo throughout our past. Uncover how the language of exclusion has shifted over time, and how it hasn’t. coherentdigital.net/products/his...
April 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Deportation isn’t just a modern headline; it’s woven into the fabric of American history. Today’s rhetoric on asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrant crime echo throughout our past. Uncover how the language of exclusion has shifted over time, and how it hasn’t. coherentdigital.net/products/his...
The complicated history of Canada–U.S. trade is deeply shaped by American tariffs. From protectionism to liberalization, 20th-century U.S. trade policies shaped economics, identity, sovereignty.
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#HistoryMatters #CanadaUSRelations #DigitalArchives #Tariffs
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#HistoryMatters #CanadaUSRelations #DigitalArchives #Tariffs
April 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The complicated history of Canada–U.S. trade is deeply shaped by American tariffs. From protectionism to liberalization, 20th-century U.S. trade policies shaped economics, identity, sovereignty.
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#HistoryMatters #CanadaUSRelations #DigitalArchives #Tariffs
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#HistoryMatters #CanadaUSRelations #DigitalArchives #Tariffs
Long before 24-hour news cycles, illustrated newspapers like Frank Leslie’s Weekly shaped public understanding of world events. They brought tariffs, trade nationalism, and global tensions into living rooms across the country—etched in vivid engravings. #Tariffs
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April 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Long before 24-hour news cycles, illustrated newspapers like Frank Leslie’s Weekly shaped public understanding of world events. They brought tariffs, trade nationalism, and global tensions into living rooms across the country—etched in vivid engravings. #Tariffs
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Heading to Austin?
Visit Booth #402 for the latest news on all things Coherent, including:
Applied Science Commons
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Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection
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Social Justice and Culture Series coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Visit Booth #402 for the latest news on all things Coherent, including:
Applied Science Commons
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Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection
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Social Justice and Culture Series coherentdigital.net/products/his...
March 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Heading to Austin?
Visit Booth #402 for the latest news on all things Coherent, including:
Applied Science Commons
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Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection
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Social Justice and Culture Series coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Visit Booth #402 for the latest news on all things Coherent, including:
Applied Science Commons
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Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection
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Social Justice and Culture Series coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection is our new initiative to identify, preserve, and make openly available government materials at risk of disappearing. It will rescue content from government organizations experiencing the removal of public information and data. coherentdigital.net/open-2025
March 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection is our new initiative to identify, preserve, and make openly available government materials at risk of disappearing. It will rescue content from government organizations experiencing the removal of public information and data. coherentdigital.net/open-2025
This Women’s History Month let’s not only celebrate herstory but also commit to preserving it. coherentdigital.net/products/his... coherentdigital.net/products/his... coherentdigital.net/products/his...
March 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This Women’s History Month let’s not only celebrate herstory but also commit to preserving it. coherentdigital.net/products/his... coherentdigital.net/products/his... coherentdigital.net/products/his...
As federal funding under Title VI faces continued erosion, we're launching two living collections that preserve the voices of communities often erased from mainstream history and scholarship—Indigenous Peoples and Refugees, Migration, and Borders. coherentdigital.net/products/his...
March 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
As federal funding under Title VI faces continued erosion, we're launching two living collections that preserve the voices of communities often erased from mainstream history and scholarship—Indigenous Peoples and Refugees, Migration, and Borders. coherentdigital.net/products/his...
Planning a systematic review? Looking for grey literature?
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If you’re planning a systematic review and would like complimentary access to Policy Commons to find grey literature, please apply using this form.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Planning a systematic review? Looking for grey literature?
If you’re planning a systematic review and would like complimentary access to Policy Commons to find grey literature, please apply using this form.
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If you’re planning a systematic review and would like complimentary access to Policy Commons to find grey literature, please apply using this form.
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History Commons' Top 20 Most Viewed Content of 2024!
Dive into these captivating pieces and uncover the stories that shaped our history. Which one are you most excited to explore?
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Dive into these captivating pieces and uncover the stories that shaped our history. Which one are you most excited to explore?
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January 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
History Commons' Top 20 Most Viewed Content of 2024!
Dive into these captivating pieces and uncover the stories that shaped our history. Which one are you most excited to explore?
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Dive into these captivating pieces and uncover the stories that shaped our history. Which one are you most excited to explore?
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