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pcyx

The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) is in the midst of making the freely acquired software in their collection available to the public. The software titles are stored in Library of Congress Bagit format.

As of May 2025, 105831 applications are candidates to be released.

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s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.comNIST NSRL Free Software LOC Bags
#nist#softwarepreservation#retrocomputing
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Kevin Russell

Every US gov department, the trumpists coup show up and everyone hands over the keys, the FBI, the CIA, the DoJ, but at the Library of Congress, they escorted the Trumpists - OUT OF THE BUILDING.

GO, go now, to DC, and surround the Library of Congress.

#musk#trump#coup
petersuber

Alondra Nelson — of the #OSTP #NelsonMemo on #OpenAccess — just resigned her positions at the National Science Foundation (#NSF) and Library of Congress (#LOC). Read her resignation letter.
time.com/7285045/resigning-nat

"Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional democracy and continues to slash funding for essential social services, it is tempting to hope that the public institutions charged with promoting and protecting knowledge will, nevertheless, soldier on with their mission. I did…[But] perseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity —and the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith— has made the cost of continuing untenable."

#DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
@alondra

TIME · Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of CongressI cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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petersuber

Who will replace #CarlaHayden as Librarian of Congress?

Donald #Trump just nominated #ToddBlanche.
apnews.com/article/trump-libra

Blanche is a lawyer, not a librarian, and defended Trump against charges of falsifying business records. That's the trial in which Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies.

Blanche has also defended Rudolph Giuliani and Paul Manafort.

In 2023 Blanche was a registered #Democrat in New York, and in 2024 became a registered #Republican in Florida.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bla

AP News · Trump names Todd Blanche acting librarian of CongressBy Hillel Italie
#Librarians#Libraries#LOC
Axomamma

"When grant applications are vetoed and whole organizations restructured, the freedom to speak becomes meaningless when disconnected from the possibility of being heard."

"To watch these changes unfold without naming them for what they are is to participate in a collective amnesia about how knowledge infrastructures shape power relations."

#Fascism #Authoritarianism #LoC #LibraryOfCongress #Copyright #NSF #NationalScienceFoundation

time.com/7285045/resigning-nat

TIME · Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of CongressI cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵

Alt National Park Service:
After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, ..... tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
They pushed back immediately, insisting Congress has a say and refused to let two top DOJ officials Blanche picked even enter the Library’s Capitol Hill headquarters.
#librarians #librariansrule #LOC
#ChunderRoad

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