2026 IIIF Annual Conference, The Netherlands June 1-5, 2026 In collaboration with the dutch digital heritage network

The Consortium is delighted to offer two travel scholarship to attend the 2026 #IIIF Annual Conference in the Netherlands. 🚅 🛬 🧳

For more information and how to apply visit: iiif.io/event/2025/l...

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(Thanks to @stwajda.bsky.social for posting this great WWI piece by Dan Smith.)

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.

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.

Argh!

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.

Trump administration dismisses national archivist, Colleen Shogan

A pair of hands holding a tablet displaying a black-and-white image of a snowy landscape with water and bare trees, against the backdrop of bookshelves filled with books. The top of the tablet screen shows text "Getty Research Journal."

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

#USA #Canada #tariffs #Trump

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...