{"product_id":"vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record","title":"Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn today's digital landscape, corporate interests, shifting distribution models, and malicious cyber attacks are threatening public access to our shared cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rise of streaming platforms and temporary licensing agreements means that sound recordings, books, films, and other cultural artifacts that used to be owned in physical form, are now at risk-in digital form-of disappearing from public view without ever being archived. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeb sites like MTV News, Gawker, and others are removed from the live web by their corporate owners, leaving only web archives like those in the Wayback Machine as the last remaining public record of their reporting and cultural impact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCyber attacks, like those against the Internet Archive, British Library, Seattle Public Library, Toronto Public Library and Calgary Public Library, are a new form of digital barrier, impeding access to information at community scale. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal-whether by design or by attack-our collective memory is compromised, and the public's ability to access its own history is at risk. Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record aims to raise awareness of these growing issues, featuring essays from: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigital librarian Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumanities scholar Luca Messarra;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook historian and social media star Allie Alvis;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGame designer Jordan Mechner;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJournalist Philip Bump;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriter and editor Maria Bustillos;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilm archivist Rick Prelinger;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDigital humanities scholar Nichole Misako Nomura;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriter and book artist Eve Scarborough;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe report details recent instances of cultural loss, highlights the underlying causes, and emphasizes the critical role that public-serving libraries and archives must play in preserving these materials for future generations. By empowering libraries and archives legally, culturally, and financially, we can safeguard the public's ability to maintain access to our cultural history and our digital future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juliya Ziskina, Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47604569932012,"sku":"9798995425014","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798995425014.jpg?v=1778099275","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}