💡 Why is archiving web pages only a kludge, and why do we need forkable, git-style architecture for websites?

📹 Watch @brewsterkahle share his vision at the DWeb Meetup at @cbase, and come to discuss it with him at #DWebCamp on July 8–12!

https://archive.org/details/dweb-meetup-berlin-20260228-brewster-kahle

#DWeb #camp #Web #WebDev #archive #InternetArchive #archiving #library #digitalLibrary #digitalPreservation

Yale's Archives Unveil Medieval "Magic" Texts, Digitized for Public Access

Yale University now lets anyone view 20 rare medieval magic manuscripts online. Learn how these texts changed science and history for the elite in the past.

#yaleuniversity, #medievalhistory, #digitallibrary, #magicmanuscripts, #historyfacts

https://newsletter.tf/yale-digitizes-medieval-magic-manuscripts/

Yale University has digitized 20 rare medieval texts about magic and science. This collection is now free for everyone to view online for the first time.

#yaleuniversity, #medievalhistory, #digitallibrary, #magicmanuscripts, #historyfacts
https://newsletter.tf/yale-digitizes-medieval-magic-manuscripts/

#AbSciCon26
Today, Wed May 20 is last day for Exhibit hall

Come before 5 PM CDT for #SciX demo
accelerate your #science
discover more open resources (data, software, papers)
make your work more citable

SciX Shield illustration courtesy Y Che 2025
#openscience #NASAscience #astrobiology #digitallibrary #planetaryscience

What's New @SciXCommunity

- #Astrobiology blog
- #legacy data queued for digitization
- @univofmaryland.bsky.social talk recap
- #Earth 's crust electrical resistance modeled

#astrophysics #heliophysics #planetaryscience #Earthscience #NASAscience #openscience #digitallibrary #interdisciplinary #digitaltransformation

https://scixplorer.org/scixhelp/whats_new/

Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better

https://www.gutenberg.org/

#HackerNews #ProjectGutenberg #DigitalLibrary #OpenAccess #Books #Literature #Community

Calibre 9.8 update adds local AI support and practical fixes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/calibre-9-8-update/

Introducing Vanishing Culture: A New Book on the Loss of Our Digital Memory | #InternetArchive Blogs by #ChrisFreeland
At the same time, #libraries, #archivists, #preservationists are working to push back against this loss. The Internet Archive and its partners continue to build a #digitallibrary for the web: capturing, preserving, providing access to materials that might otherwise vanish

https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/23/introducing-vanishing-culture-a-new-book-on-the-loss-of-our-digital-memory/

What's New @SciXCommunity

ADS & #SciX founder Mike Kurtz retires
#APSsummit26 recap
#HistSci literature survey
#AIML workshop recap

#astronomy #heliophysics #planetaryscience #Earthscience #digitallibrary #digitaltransformation #NASAscience #openscience

https://scixplorer.org/scixhelp/whats_new/