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The folks at Protocol Labs really love their rocket ships. And space. So it was no surprise when they launched the FIlecoin decentralized storage network, they called it #FilecoinLiftoff.

In the payload of that rocketship? Some treasures from the Internet Archive. Why are we working with a crypto-backed start-up? Read more--and find out how you can help us determine what to save next.
https://blog.archive.org/…/what-information-should-we-be-p…/

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What happens when a historic college in Detroit is forced to close? What happens to the rich collections of social justice, African American and Detroit books in its library?

This story has a happy ending.

Watch a short doc about the Living Legacy of Marygrove:...
https://archive.org/details/marygrove

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Are you feeling a bit...nervous? compulsive? maybe even a little obsessive? This is the artistic territory mined by IA's Artist in Residence, Dina Kelberman. Her new exhibit, "Nervous" in collaboration with Dazibao, takes small clips of video found in the Internet Archive and transforms them into anxiety-expressive art. Perfect for this Covid-19 era? https://blog.archive.org/2020/05/31/artist-dina-kelbermans-newest-exhibition-features-images-of-compulsive-habits-found-in-the-internet-archive/ https://www.facebook.com/dazibaomtl/
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The Night Before Christmas (1908)
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Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Christmas Pudding (1955)
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