Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, with ‘Sold’ topping the list By HILLEL ITALIE April 20, 2026 Leer en español The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, and efforts to remove titles have become more coordinated and politicized. (AP Production: […]
Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes. Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices. (Illustration by Natalie Vineberg/The Washington Post; Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post; Federal District Court for the District of […]
The Archive That Treats Protest Buttons Like Rare Books Hundreds of pins document a century of progressive causes and cool typography. by April WhiteJanuary 12, 2022 The University of Connecticut is home to a collection of approximately 1,000 buttons from a century of protest. All photos: Courtesy Alternative Press Collection, Archives […]
Universo Abierto Blog de la biblioteca de Traducción y Documentación de la Universidad de Salamanca El 49% de los libros editados registran venta cero Álex Sàlmon. (2026, 14 de febrero). Cuando un libro vende cero ejemplares [Artículo]. El Periódico. https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/libros/20260214/libro-vende-cero-ejemplares-126714609 El sector editorial vive una paradoja inquietante: mientras las ventas globales de libros siguen […]
Killers without a cause: The rise in nihilistic violent extremism “The message is there is no message.” Yesterday at 6:00 a.m. EST Illustration by Emma Kumer/The Washington Post; iStock By Peter Whoriskey Amid a wave of high-profile killings and political violence in the United States, investigators have been confounded regularly by the […]
Web Archiving at the Library After 25 Years January 12, 2026 Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer This post is co-written by Abbie Grotke (Section Head), Amanda Lehman (Digital Collections Specialist), and Melissa Wertheimer (Senior Digital Collections Specialist) of the Web Archiving Section to close our 25th-anniversary celebration year with some highlights of […]
Universo Abierto Leer en el blog o Lector La Biblioteca Pública de Newark conserva un archivo único de bolsas de compras como memoria de la vida cotidiana de la ciudad De Julio Alonso Arévalo en enero 9, 2026 Lichterman, Courtney. 2018. “At the Newark Public Library, Shopping Bags Carry Local History.” Atlas Obscura, 25 de septiembre de […]
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John F. Kennedy George Tames/The New York Times Contact sheets By Jodi Rudoren I oversee newsletters at The Times My daughter, who likes to note that she was born the same year as the iPhone — 2007 — took disposable cameras to her senior prom in June and on a road trip […]
Trump fires Library of Congress chief Carla Hayden, citing DEI © Joshua Yospyn/For The Washington Post President Donald Trump on Thursday fired the head of the Library of Congress, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to lead the world’s largest library. She was informed of the decision in […]
The Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE? By Julian Lucas March 14, 2025 The deletions began shortly after Donald Trump took office. C.D.C. web pages on vaccines, H.I.V. prevention, and reproductive health went missing. Findings on bird-flu transmission vanished minutes after they […]
CBS Politics Trump fires archivist of the United States, official who oversees government records By Kathryn Watson Updated on: February 7, 2025 / 9:50 PM EST / CBS News President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records.Sergio Gor, […]
Washington Post, Book Club Reviews and recommendations from critic Ron Charles. Presented by Blackstone Publishing By Ron Charles Email Customers wait for the new Barnes & Noble to open in Georgetown, D.C. on Nov. 6, 2024. (Ron Charles/Washington Post) Washingtonians woke up the day after the election to find a familiar name […]
In Colonial Williamsburg, Thieving Rats Save History Historians owe a debt of gratitude to these furry pilferers. BY AMY CRAWFORDAUGUST 10, 2023 A tiny, whiskered archaeologist (aka a common black rat) emerges from its nest. SANTIAGO URQUIJO/GETTY IMAGES In This Story SOMETIME DURING OR JUST AFTER the Civil War, a black rat […]
Quem entra pelo lado esquerdo estão as janelas da Hemeroteca. As obras que se vão realizar no edifício da Biblioteca estão a gerar controvérsia pelo óbvio prejuízo dos que precisam de lá ir investigar, e há um abaixo-assinado a circular. Por outro lado, admito que o edifício precise de renovação […]
New York Today Brooklyn Library’s ‘Books Unbanned’ Team Wins Accolade The five staff members were recognized as librarians of the year for their efforts to reach readers in places that censor books. By James Barron Jan. 4, 2023, 12:04 a.m. ET You’re reading the New York Today newsletter. Local reporting on the stories […]
The ObserverLibraries ‘Our mission is crucial’: meet the warrior librarians of Ukraine Left on the shelf: Russian troops deliberately shelled this library in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, in April 2022. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock When Russia invaded Ukraine, a key part of its strategy was to destroy historic libraries in order to eradicate the […]
(Pastas de correspondência em português, espanhol, inglês e russo.) O ARQUIVO EPHEMERA tem também um programa de transcrições, um pouco abandonado nos últimos tempos por nossa responsabilidade e falta de oportunidade. Com voluntários podemos retomá-lo criando um local com documentos, principalmente manuscritos, com resolução elevada para ser mais fácil a […]
Your Personal Archiving Project: Where Do You Start? May 11, 2016 by Mike Ashenfelder “Simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden. Before and After: the Herbert A. Philbrick Papers. Photo by Laura Kells, the Library of Congress. Most of us comb through a lifelong collection of personal papers and photos either when we have […]
… e que pela natureza dos nossos fundos podemos perfeitamente fazer. Em bom rigor, já fazemos para a gastronomia, o desporto antigo, as “capsulas do tempo”, etc. Untold lives. da British Library.
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