Update
The fundraiser ended Sunday night, and I’m excited to announce that we received 22 donations totaling $514.79! 
If you still want to contribute, you can! We have items to research and a zine to make (with HTML and PDF versions) - and I’m open to additional art as well as other ideas to include alongside the research items.
A lot of the collaboration is happening on the discord, but art and research are two ways to contribute without joining it!
Art
Art is 8in by 5in for a full page, or 5in by 4in for a half page.
So far we have 2 pieces (a cat illustration and a poster). Let me know if you have any specific ideas, or if you want to make art but need help brainstorming~ We’re looking for stuff that is either made from (public domain) stuff on the Internet Archive (like collages), or pieces that somehow relate to the IA.
Research
We’re finding one cool thing in the Internet Archive per donation (so 22 total). Donors could suggest the topic, and most of them did! So now it’s time to find something cool for each topic to showcase what the Internet Archive has to offer.
To help with research:
- Go to the research spreadsheet and pick 1 or 2 topics you want to research.
- Put your name (or username) in the researcher name column to claim a donation/topic.
- Search the Internet Archive for one (1) cool thing in that topic!
- It can be anything: a book, movie, video, zine, game, music, website, interactive CD, etc.
- Just make sure the item is accessible for everyone (to view, download, or checkout). For example, some books are only available to folks with print disabilities.
- Fill out the spreadsheet with the basic info (title, etc.).
- Write a 1-2 paragraph description of the item.
- Start with describing what it is.
- The rest is mostly up to you, but examples of things you could talk about: why you chose it, why it’s cool, a personal anecdote related to it, its context (historical and/or within the Internet Archive).
For example, I chose The seals and whales of the British seas for the marine mammals topic. I haven’t written my description yet, but I plan on writing a brief description of what’s in the book (illustrations and scientific info), its place in the Internet Archive (ie, it’s one of many public domain books), and its place in history (as part of shift away from thinking about whales as monsters to thinking of them as animals worthy of study, appreciation, and protection).