Everybody's Libraries

Yesterday Donald Trump ordered the Interior Department to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” in its Geographic Names System (GNIS).

Below is the text of the lightning talk I gave at Code4Lib 2026 earlier this week, on March 3.

The catalog of free online books and serials at The Online Books Page continues to grow and improve every week.

I’m glad we’ve reached a new Public Domain Day, and that the works I’ve been featuring in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown, and many more, are now free to copy and reuse.

Ninety-five (or 100) years is a very long time for copyrights to last.

Yale’s 1905 commencement ceremonies included a honorary doctorate for British composer Edward Elgar, and a portion of his first “Pomp and Circumstance” march.

David Seubert writes that more than 2500 records from 1925 digitized by the UC Santa Barbara Library will soon be freely downloadable there.

Marlene Dietrich enjoyed success on stage and screen in 1920s Berlin, but became an international star in 1930.

Struggle over academic freedom in Texas state universities has a long history.

The Penn Libraries, where I work, has first editions of many of the works featured in my #PublicDomainDayCountdown .