- Perfect time of year to take a tour of D.C.'s secret gardens, including the Smithsonian's! [via Shakespeare Theatre Company]
- The State Library of Virginia asked residents for Civil War mementos, and they delivered (and they are now online). [via Centre Daily Times]
- Hear about the massive undertaking to save wartorn Sudan's archives. [via National Geographic]
- Cambridge Dictionary has declared paranoid the 2016 word of the year. [via Info Docket]
- The state of the Web ARChive file format, 2016 edition. [via Archive-It]
- Just in time for the holidays, a new exhibit at our National Museum of American History looks at the history of giving in America. [via NPR]
- The only known footage of Mark Twain, taken by Thomas Edison. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- NYPL is taking measures to protect privacy of their patrons. [via Info Docket]
- The exhaustive process of preserving a map found in a chimney donated to the National Library of Scotland. [via Gizmodo]
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