“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost? The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 as a non-profit digital library, aiming to provide “universal access to all knowledge”. It started with a ...
Urdu Wikisource launches as a global digital library for Urdu literature, enhancing access to rare texts through ...
On a typical day, public libraries would encourage you to stop by and browse its aisles, peruse its books, and maybe even borrow a few favorites from the circulation desk. But these are not typical ...
The phrase “closed until further notice due to COVID-19” has become all too familiar. And, while we have started to grow accustomed to losing access to many resources that typically define our ...
Last week, a district court judge in New York ruled on Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, a case that is likely to shape how we read books on smartphones, tablets, and computers in the ...
A potentially landmark copyright lawsuit could affect how libraries are able to scan their own book collections. A potentially landmark copyright lawsuit could affect how libraries are able to scan ...
When the Lafayette Public Library switched to a new digital platform Wednesday, patrons who use Kindle e-readers lost access to e-books and audiobooks through those devices. At midnight Wednesday, the ...
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey swept through the Caribbean before making landfall in southern Texas and Louisiana. It led to more than 100 deaths and caused an estimated US$125 billion of damage in ...