- Whole new world - The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery to commission murals of climate-threatened birds surrounding the old neighborhood of John James Audubon. [via Colossal]
- Barriers to entry - The exhibition, Y.C. Hong: Advocate for Chinese-American Inclusion, at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Gardens tells us about American-born You Chung ("Y.C.") Hong (1898–1977), one of the first Chinese Americans to pass the California Bar, and, as a prominent immigration lawyer, worked tirelessly for equal rights for Chinese Americans. [via Verso, The Huntington Library]
- The Digital Preservation Coalition's latest report related to individuals who are concerned about how best to manage and preserve their own personal digital archives is now available online. [via Digital Preservation Coalition]
- A closer look at how the National Museum of African American History and Culture is documenting the "Black Lives Matter" movement. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- In the news - A bill was introduced in the House to make the U.S. Copyright Office an independent agency separate from the Library of Congress. [via InfoDocket]
- In related news - The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office has affirmed that photographs of public domain art are Fair Use. [via Hyperallergic]
- A fun exercise: The evolution of cameras told through eleven portraits. [via PetaPixel]
- Researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, in partnership with Cornell University, have for the first time breed domestic dogs using frozen embryos and in vitro fertilization. [via PBS NewsHour]
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