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Matthew Yang
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digital && media preservationist
@matthew@digipres.club
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A wonderful, timeless slogan.

(Thanks to @stwajda.bsky.social for posting this great WWI piece by Dan Smith.)
April 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.

This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump administration dismisses national archivist, Colleen Shogan
Trump administration dismisses national archivist | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s administration announced it had dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan in a surprise move Friday evening.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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We're thrilled to announce that all 247 backlist articles published in "Getty Research Journal" are now available for free.

You can access the articles via:
Project MUSE gty.art/408czi2 or JSTOR gty.art/40I2tol
February 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM