Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ARK Alliance Community Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ARK Alliance Community Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

The next ARK (Archival Resource Key) Community Call will take place on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 0800 PDT / 1100 EDT / 1500 UTC.

Zoom registration link: unt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Everyone is welcome to join this 1-hour meeting on using ARK persistent identifiers (PIDs). Includes open discussion.

Invest in Open Infrastructure supports LA Referencia and the dARK initiative Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) announced in November 2025 that LA Referencia will receive up to US$1.5M in funding as one of the inaugural winners of the IOI Network Adoption Fund.

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) announced in November 2025 that LA Referencia will receive up to US$1.5M in funding as one of the inaugural winners of the IOI Network Adoption Fund. arks.org/news/2025-12...

Wrapping up 2025 with 1720 ARK organizations In 2025, the ARK Alliance achieved significant milestones, surpassing 1720 registered ARK organizations.

2025 has been a great year for the ARK Alliance. The 1720+ ARK organizations include 12 national libraries, 215 universities, 254 archives, 144 museums, 124 journals, and 59 scientific centers.
arks.org/news/2025-12...

The Forever Presidency On MSNBC yesterday, I was asked if Donald Trump would try to hold on to the White House after 2028.

The Forever Presidency
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ARK Alliance ARK Alliance: Global community for open, decentralized ARK identifiers supporting research and scholarship. 8.2 billion ARKs created by 1600+ orgs.

The ARK Alliance (arks.org) will convert its documentation practices to align with modern form ARKs, the most visible difference being removal of the slash ('/') at the end of "ark:/", a non-breaking change -- two ARKs that differ only in form are equivalent in perpetuity. arks.org/news/2025-07...

LD4 2025 Conference: ARK persistent identifiers: affordable l... View more about this event at LD4 2025 Conference

Come learn about @arks-org.bsky.social ARK persistent identifiers Monday 28 July 13:30 - 14:30 ET (tomorrow)! It's part of the all virtual LD4 (Linked Data for libraries and archives) conference, and it's free to attend as long as you register. sched.co/26eO7

Someone has put our thoughts into words: Dr. Pru Lee on the Cheney/Kinzinger facebook page. Continues in comments.

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