Wordless Woodcut Wonders
Among the 2025 public domain gems, "Gods' Man" by Lynd Ward, uses deft wood cuts to tell the story of an artist who sells his soul for a magical paintbrush.
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Unlock the Past: Public Domain Day 2025
January 8, 2025
Welcoming New Members: December 2024
December 5, 2024
Welcoming New Members to the Board of Governors
November 11, 2024
HathiTrust’s Heather Weltin Selected as New Collections Strategist
October 15, 2024
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We are launching a multi-year project to develop a resource sharing service to expand modes of lawful access to in-copyright works, a key objective in our strategic vision.
December 9, 2024
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A year in U.S. history known more for its failings, 1929 also brought forth literary achievements that have now entered the public domain.
January 8, 2025
Feature Updates
Our commitment to providing access to those with print disabilities means we won't back away from fixing the 96 issues discovered in our recent accessibility audit with our partner, Deque.
August 2, 2024
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Featured Collections
University of Michigan Museums and Herbarium
1,342 items
Materials in this collection were digitized under a CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant allowing digital access to rare and special books in the museum's library.
Typographic Periodicals
1,367 items
Journals, magazines, and annuals with substantial content on typefaces and typesetting, as well as advertisements from type foundries and composing machines.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
30,197 items
This regularly updated collection is one of the largest digitized resources of U.S. Congressional documents.
TRAIL: Technical Report Archive and Image Library
66,195 items
TRAIL identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes and provides unrestricted access to U.S. government agency technical reports.
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