If you’re in Austin this weekend for the Society of American Archivists annual meeting, you can take a break from the conference hall for a conversation on archives and racial justice. [via Jarrett M. Drake]
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (and the public) will be beneficiaries of the sale of Ebony and Jet Magazines’ photo archives! [via Hyperallergic]
Since its launch last year, the Library of Congress’s By the People crowdsourcing project has been continuously uploading newly digitized collections for transcription! [via Smithsonian]
A turtle librarian is interviewed. [via School Library Journal]
The Library of Congress has digitized one of the oldest extant Buddhist manuscripts, a 2,000-year-old scroll from ancient Gandhara! [via infoDOCKET]
A summer-long exhibit at American University highlights three black communities in Montgomery County, Maryland. [via WAMU]
Watch an interview with National Air and Space Museum conservator Lisa Young about the recent restoration of Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit. [via Gizmodo]
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