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Special Collections, Libraries, Archives, (GLAM) Links 7/25/2025 Part 2

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED

The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make governmen

Milwaukee Public Library’s Wisconsin Concert Poster Collection is pretty punk

Milwaukee Public Library's Timothy Rush talks about the Rare Books Room's collection of almost 200 gig posters.

This 26-year-old has a thing for 13th century manuscripts — and a prize to prove it

Rose McCandless says the real win is putting her “hands on something that is old and cool.”

How this 60 year old book shop has created a unique online community for its second hand, and often rare, books

Pune-based Samir Kalarkop’s storehouse, known as Old Books Deccan, has also started a group exclusively for rare books where auctions are he

How Corporate Memory Drives Purpose, Culture And Employee Engagement

Corporate archiving and participatory memory matter more than ever. I spoke with archivists at IBM and Marriott on how they preserve purpose

Watermarks Tell Tales - Preservation Underground

This scribal copy of the Haitian Declaration of Independence will soon travel for exhibition at the Museum of the American Revolution. A dec

Comic Arts Librarian Pamela Jackson’s superpower: driving change | News | SDSU

Pamela Jackson has been named one of Library Journal’s 2025 “Movers and Shakers,” recognized for her leadership and impact in the field of l

Mellon Foundation Funds Two Additional Cycles of CLIR’s Recordings at Risk Grant Program; CLIR Opens Competition to Canadian Applicants

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has been awarded $3,000,000 by the Mellon Foundation to continue its regranting prog

Weekly GLAM news roundup. 7/25/2025 Part 2.

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Hello World

A blog in 2025? How quaint!

Tumblr in 2025? How quaint!

2025 inspires a return to quaint, I think. Remember the pre-algorithmic internet when we found things by RSS, taking the time to research and write blog posts, and compiled long lists of links on blogs for sharing? For the next year, I intend to bring it back.

What will this accomplish? I'm not sure. But for the next 11 months until RBMS 2026, I will be sharing everything I can here inspired by the conference theme, "Advocacy."

Feel free to follow my BlueSky @librarycolleen.bsky.social‬, but I intend to return to blog days of the pre-algorithmic internet and share a weekly summary of the library, archives, special collections and museums news links that I share there. I hope that it can help give us better information about the field and how we are advocating for ourselves internally in these times of scarcity, and as part of outreach to our constituents.

I know that many of you do not have control over your websites or social media anymore, if you ever did. If you do not have a place to write about your collections, feel free to reach out to me and I'm happy to host posts about any special collections or archives, or any interesting bit of research you have done about a collection item. Please use this as a space for you to share your work.

What else will it be? We'll find out as it grows.

Colleen

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Made in Wisconsin: Behind the scenes at Miller Brewing as brewery marks milestone

From a historic brewery dating back to 1855 to producing 279 million gallons annually, Miller's Milwaukee operation continues its legacy whi

Here's a great feature about the archives at the Miller brewing company's archives in Milwaukee, WI and features archivist Dan Scholzen.

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RBMS 2026 Conference Theme Advocacy: Finding Your Voice

Next year’s RBMS Conference theme is Advocacy: Finding Your Voice, and the conference will take place June 23-26, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Here is the longer description: 

Special collections and archives are in a time of transition and rethinking, asking questions about who we serve, what we collect, and how we reach our communities and share our story. Change, however, often requires changes in resources, from budget to staffing. How can we bring alignment between our work and the support it needs? This can mean self-advocacy in places where slower librarianship is needed, or it can mean advocating for a concept, a vision, a unifying mission, for our colleagues.

Our work is made possible because we care deeply about what we do, and advocacy is how we make sure we can get it done. The goal is for attendees to walk away inspired, with ideas for how to make their voices not just heard but also acted upon.

The conference planning is underway, but there is still need for more local arrangements committee members. Use the "ask" on this blog, or find me by email to get connected and join the fun in planning for next year's event.