Notices by Brewster Kahle (brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org)

Good article on the @internetarchive and "library" in the 21st century.

https://insidestory.org.au/what-is-a-library/

@via WAYMO! so good.

6/6

and a colleague related:

"A number of libraries in my social groups have reported this as well. Some were asked to repeat titles such as, 'I’d like to change my provider.' "

yuck.

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Document the call by noting the caller's name, the time of the call, and the nature of their request.
If the conversation feels suspicious or out of the ordinary, it's important to keep the interaction brief. Do not share specific book titles or any internal information if the request seems unusual.
Even if the call feels like a prank, document it and report the details to your supervisor

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We ask that you remain vigilant and take the following steps when handling suspicious calls:

If a caller asks you to repeat unusual phrases or requests information that doesn't seem related to normal library services, politely ask for their name and their relationship to the library—whether they are a student, researcher, or another type of patron.

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Attackers may ask you to repeat phrases for several reasons, including recording your voice for fraudulent activities like voice authentication systems or testing whether they can extract information for future attacks. These tactics can subtly build rapport, lower suspicion, and gather useful details for more advanced schemes.

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For example, in one case, a caller asked a staff member to repeat phrases like "improve HR analytics," "by email," and "6-12 months." When asked for more details, the caller became evasive and requested additional information such as the staff member's name, library hours, address, and phone number—typical signs of a social engineering attempt.

More bad behavior towards libaries. This from a library partner: 1/

We've recently received several suspicious calls asking for book titles and specific information to be read aloud. These requests, which do not appear to be for real book titles, raise concerns about potential social engineering. Social engineering refers to malicious attempts to manipulate people into divulging confidential information or performing actions that compromise security.

Interlibrary loan is back on: @internetarchive is lending/borrowing through RapidILL again.

hurrah for small successes!

"Liverpool library torched by far-right rioters raises repair funds

Appeal for donations to repair fire damage caused to Spellow Hub library has raised more than £120,000 in two days"

The bad news and good news.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/06/liverpool-library-torched-by-far-right-rioters-raises-repair-funds-spellow-hub

The @internetarchive’s Wayback Machine resumed in a provisional, read-only manner.

Sorry, no Save Page Now yet.

Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again.

Please be gentle https://web.archive.org

More as it happens.

http://Archive.org sub services coming back up when they can, safely. e.g. Email working.

Now contract crawls for National Libraries (important to keep collections whole)

Thank you for the patience. More as it happens. @internetarchive

"Calgary Public Library branches still closed Saturday due to cybersecurity breach

The library's security team was working to determine the scope of the breach, it said"

❤️ for libraries.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-public-library-closed-cybersecurity-breach

How MIT copes without Elsevier

MIT leaders describe their experience of not renewing the largest journal contract as “overwhelmingly positive”.

“For MIT to continue to pay millions of dollars to corporations that lock up the scholarship that comes out of our own campus was just inconsistent with MIT’s history of supporting open education and research,” said Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at MIT.

...MIT Libraries estimates annual savings at more than 80%....

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

@corbet

Archive.org is up for helping...

The original URL shorteners thought about this, and archived their links with archive.org .

https://archive.org/details/301works?tab=about

I hope google joins now, and gives us the host domain so we can make them continue to work (redirect into the wayback machine that would archive the redirect).

please.

Democracy's Library kicked off with Canada and the US. Canadian govdocs are under "Crown Copyright" which makes things less clear.

The Libraries in Canada have just written a Best Practices to make it more clear on how to build Democracy's Library Canada.

Go Canada!

http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Code_of_Best_Practice_Crown_Copyright-May2024.pdf

"Saved

MTV News Is Back (Kind Of) Thanks to the Internet Archive

After Paramount Global yanked over 20 years of music journalism, the non-profit Internet Archive created a searchable index of MTV News via its Wayback Machine"

rolling stone.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-news-saved-internet-archive-1235051776/

@martin @internetarchive ouch.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-wayback-machine-a-time-machine-for-the-web/ is the main link, and a glitchy version is in the tvnews archive:

https://archive.org/details/KPIX_20240623_140000_CBS_News_Sunday_Morning/start/4774/end/5071

"Saving the First Draft of History:

When news sites suddenly shut down and former URLs are sold to the highest bidder, saving a publisher's archive becomes a time-consuming and rigorous full-time job in the digital age."

nice piece featuring @mark of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine!

https://niemanreports.org/articles/saving-the-first-draft-of-history/

@billseitz

he seems to say 50% of the published books sell fewer than 12 books *per year*, maybe 99/year. Thank you for pointing this out.

But the problem stands that these ebooks are not for sale at any price, and are kept from library collections.

big publisher's saying they are like venture capitalists of silicon valley mistreats our cultural legacy -- old books are valuable. unlike dissolved companies.

Locking up books does not help the public. it is simple-- sell ebooks.