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Discovered on LinkedIn: the Indigenous Collections Care Guide. “The Indigenous Collections Care Guide provides a framework to respect and recenter collections stewardship practices around the needs and knowledge of Native American and Indigenous community members.”

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: Dismantling Disinformation. “Library workers are well aware of the effects of book bans and censorship. Propaganda and disinformation are the flipside of the same coin. Understanding the complex relationships among these interrelated processes is more critical than ever, especially as libraries explore possible solutions and responses. The following books show how […]

American Libraries: 2026 Library Design Showcase. “Welcome to American Libraries’ 2026 Library Design Showcase, our annual celebration of new and renovated libraries across the US and Canada. The word welcome appeared in many of this year’s submissions, reflecting a growing understanding that in anxious times, the library is a place that should feel good: safe, comfortable, well-lit, […]

Drexel University: Preserving the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Legacy and Collections for the Future. “As part of this broader effort and following careful consideration, grounded in deep respect for the Academy’s extraordinary legacy, Academy and Drexel leadership have made the difficult decision to close the Academy’s museum as of September 30. While the museum will close, the Academy […]

Museums Association: Science Museum ends BP sponsorship after 25 years. “The Science Museum and BP have ended their commercial relationship, following years of high-profile protests by environmental groups. In a statement, the chief executive of the Science Museum Group (SMG), Ian Blatchford, said its partnership with the company had “drawn to a close” at the end of the current contract […]

Tulane University Libraries: New Digital Collections Now Available. “Digital Initiatives has recently added three new collections to the Tulane University Digital Collections (TUDC), expanding access to materials documenting Louisiana history, Central American political history, and New Orleans music.”

Portland Press Herald: Biddeford library to archive memorial items honoring ICE shooting victim. “Since [Sebastián] Durán Guerrero’s death on July 13, community members have left cards, flowers, notes, art and other items at two memorial sites. Archiving those items will preserve an important part of Biddeford history, the library said. Archivist and reference librarian Rose Dionne said […]

Adirondack Explorer: The Wild Center commits to net zero emissions, a first of its kind. “The Wild Center has become the first cultural institution in the world to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions. In collaboration with Global Network for Zero, the Tupper Lake natural history museum moved to align its climate-centered values with its actions and outputs.”

Smithsonian: New National Air and Space Museum Video Series Brings Aerospace Learning Into Classrooms. “Each month of the school year, the museum will release a collection of videos focused on a specific topic. Every collection contains four videos under 10 minutes in length and an accompanying educator guide featuring classroom resources, student activities and full lesson plans. The topics […]

Los Angeles Times: In first major ufology acquisition, Huntington puts Integratron’s eccentric history on display. “The collection, announced by the museum Tuesday, is deep and vast, with materials dating from the 1910s through the 1990s. It includes an architectural model and original blueprints of the Integratron, as well as nearly 630 photographs, negatives and slides, more than 250 audio […]

Radio New Zealand: Almost 50 jobs could go at National Library and Archives, PSA warns. “A proposal to cut 12 percent of the workforce at the National Library and Archives NZ will decimate both organisations and have a significant impact on service levels, says the Public Service Association (PSA).”

PEN America: Out of Circulation: Expanding Censorship in Public Libraries. “As pillars of civil society, public libraries are places of voluntary inquiry and should serve as unfettered gateways to the universe of knowledge. But since 2021, they have faced significant pressure to restrict access to information about race, sexuality, and gender as part of a larger movement that is chilling the […]

Reuters: Smithsonian to put Latino museum in existing building, bypassing Congress approval. “The Smithsonian Institution approved on Monday the conversion of one of its buildings into the ​National Museum of the American Latino, which will ‌enable it to bypass congressional approval for a new site.”

BBC: Shipbuilding archive aims to preserve memories. “…people across north-east England have been asked to sit down with loved ones who once worked in the shipyards to contribute to the Shipyard Heritage Museum’s online living archive. The archive is open to stories from the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees.”

PBS News Hour: Descendants of enslaved potter David Drake work to reclaim ancestor’s art. “The descendants David Drake, known as Dave the Potter, have traced their lineage back to the once-enslaved potter and launched an effort to reclaim his work. So far, the family has recovered six pieces of Drake’s highly valued glazed stoneware, and they’re working with museums to bring even more back into […]

From Zamość Museum and machine-translated from Polish: We have completed the project of digitizing the collections of the Zamość Museum in cooperation with the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. “Recently, the Zamość Museum hosted specialists from the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews – Monika Bondarew and Iwo Książek – who supported the digitization of the […]

Rice University: Rice archive of the unexplained gets its own TV series. “More than a million documents, recordings and files on telepathy, near-death experiences and alien encounters have been sitting in a climate-controlled facility outside Houston for years. Starting Oct. 1, they go on national television. ‘Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena,’ a six-part documentary series filmed at Rice […]

Hagley Museum: Hagley Acquires Business Records of New York City Tailor. “Hagley Library recently acquired the Kozinn + Sons Merchant Tailors records, now open for research thanks to archival processing intern Darby Ronning. For over a century, Kozinn + Sons was a New York City–based tailored clothing company led by three generations of the Kozinn family. Kozinn FamilyFounded in 1913 as the […]

Associated Press: Culture and ethics meets tech: UCLA debuts country’s first bachelor’s in digital humanities. “UCLA is launching the nation’s first digital humanities department and bachelor’s degree this fall. The new discipline combines classical humanities with technical know-how to examine a digitized and increasingly AI-enhanced world.”

The Tribune (India): Charkha, century-old charpai: Punjab village boy turns small room at home into museum. “A charkha (spinning wheel), a century-old charpai (a form of bed predominantly used in rural areas) and age-old coins are some of the contents that can be found in a room at Harnampura village in Sahnewal. The room belongs to Harman, a BA final-year student at a college in Doraha. He has […]

American Alliance of Museums: Museums and AI: Critical Decisions. “Welcome to CFM’s summer series on all things Artificial Intelligence. To catch up with our coverage so far, read three scenarios of potential AI futures—bright, dark, and muddling through—commentary by Nik Honeysett on how AI is changing how people encounter information; and a tour of the National Archives Museum’s new […]

Spectrum News: Speed Art Museum begins repatriation of 24 Native American cultural items. “The Speed Art Museum is returning 24 cultural items to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes as part of a federal repatriation process under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.”

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago History Museum workers ratify first union contract. “Workers at the Chicago History Museum have ratified their first union contract, after what the union representing the workers called ‘some of the worst anti-union retaliation we’ve seen.’ In May, the National Labor Relations Board issued a rare formal complaint, alleging that under the museum’s previous […]

National Library of Argentina, and machine-translated from Spanish: Digital newspaper archive: free access to collections of newspapers and periodicals of provincial or local circulation. “Continuing the review and analysis process regarding access to digital collections, initiated months ago, the Mariano Moreno National Library has decided to provide free access to the issues of some local and […]

Reuters: Museum heists have turned more violent, with thieves hired on social media, Europol says. “Art thieves in Europe are committing more violent robberies focusing on gold and jewels, and specialist gangs have been replaced by ad-hoc ​opportunists recruited through social media, Europol said on Monday. The heist at ‌the Louvre Museum in Paris in October last year was a prime example of […]

SF Gate: SF Public Library launches massive, historical platform free to public. “The San Francisco Public Library announced this week that it has launched a new platform for its digital archive featuring more than 80,000 pieces of historical items that are free to access for the public. The archive, called DigitalSF, includes historical photographs dating back to before the city was founded, […]

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Despite years of confiscations, the Met still holds hundreds of pieces linked to alleged trafficking and looting figures. “Even after authorities seized more than $95 million worth of antiquities from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in recent years, the institution still holds hundreds more pieces linked to alleged looting and […]

Bridge Michigan: Michigan libraries expand beyond books — and walls — by going outdoors. “Libraries aren’t just places to check out books anymore. Across Michigan, they’re expanding into community hubs, offering outdoor spaces, programs, tools and other services designed to meet the changing needs of the people who use them — and are reading less. One trend: StoryWalks, outdoor paths […]

Municipal Dreams: A Good Home Needed Urgently for One of the Most Significant Libraries of Housing and Planning in the Country. “The trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month. The collection comprises the largest discrete library dedicated to housing and planning. The museum is located in Wisbech in the north of […]

The Statesman: Bengal’s revolutionary legacy finds a digital home in BRIL Virtual Museum. “Seeking to preserve Bengal’s revolutionary legacy in an engaging and accessible format, banker and researcher Boddhisatya Tarafdar has launched the Bengal Revolution for India’s Liberation (BRIL) Virtual Museum, a digital archive that traces the state’s defining role in India’s fight against […]

Government of India: Digital Transformation Of Museums And Cultural Institutions. “The Ministry of Culture is taking different initiatives in digital archiving and collection management to preserve our cultural assets through digitization with JATAN software, developed by C-DAC, Pune, for digitization of museum collections and archival resources. A national digital repository has been created […]

Irish Examiner: Jennifer Horgan: What would a museum of an Irish childhood look like?. “Unlike neighbouring countries, we have yet to build a museum of childhood. We do have a wonderfully curated online version but an online museum is not enough. There are plans for an actual one. The OPW is even legally committed to building it, only the funds aren’t forthcoming.”

CKRM: Regina Legion celebrates 100 years with launch of historic digital collection. “The Regina Branch 001 Museum and Archives, in partnership with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Regina, has launched a new online digital collection featuring more than 2,000 historical photographs, letters, documents, and other records documenting military life in Saskatchewan.”

Irish Times: Irish museums hold artefacts from around the world. Should they give them back?. “Not only is there no inventory of Irish objects kept abroad, 90 per cent of Irish institutions do not have a comprehensive online catalogue of what they hold, according to the report. Digitisation levels are generally low and 77 per cent of institutions have no trained provenance staff. Only a […]

Christian Science Monitor: For Ukraine’s museums, Russia’s war gives ‘preservation’ new meaning. “The Kremlin has been waging a long-running ‘Russification’ campaign in parallel with its military efforts – attempting to destroy the very identity and values that are core to Ukraine by repressing Ukrainian language, burning books, and looting artifacts. In response, every cultural […]

Mezha: Russian Forces Steal 23,000 Artifacts from Kherson Regional Museum. “According to the museum, during the city’s occupation by Russian troops, about 23,000 museum items were stolen from the Kherson Regional Museum…. The occupiers tore tablets from the displays, even stealing models of ancient settlements. Late Paleolithic and Neolithic artifacts, unique artifacts of the Early Metal […]

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