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500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the library for damages, wouldn’t you think that would be a major news story? Wouldn’t you think many people would …

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blplaybills.org: Leveraging Open Data From the British Library

The blplaybills.org website provides a way to search for, view and download archival playbills from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1902, as curated by the British Library (BL). The website is independently produced using assets made available by the British Library under a Creative Commons licence as part of an open data initiative. The playbill data Playbills were promotional …

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(+) Are You Eligible for Dual Citizenship?

The following is a Plus Edition article written by and copyright by Dick Eastman.  Are you eligible for citizenship in the country where your ancestors were born? You might not have to give up your American citizenship. Many Americans may be surprised to learn that they are eligible for dual citizenship. With today’s political upheaval …

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