Author Archives: jeff kaplan

Partnership Promotes Jobs and Builds Free Global Library

Posted on November 25, 2014 by jeff kaplan

As part of their Building Libraries Together initiative the Internet Archive is testing a new socially-responsible jobs model with Bay Area Rescue Mission (BARM) of Richmond, California. The Internet Archive has been digitizing books for nearly 10 years, but needed … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco: Fundraiser Benefitting Internet Archive — Friday, December 19, 2014

Posted on November 11, 2014 by jeff kaplan

Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco is back for one final performance this year!   Now you can catch this perennially sold-out show and your ticket donation will benefit the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library which hosts the Prelinger Collection. Please give … Continue reading →

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New York Times: The Internet Archive, Trying to Encompass All Creation

Posted on October 31, 2014 by jeff kaplan

Thanks to the New York Times for doing a great write-up of our annual celebration.  Check it out!  

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Archive of Contemporary Music and the Internet Archive Team up to Create a Music Library

Posted on October 28, 2014 by jeff kaplan

When the personal record collection of music producer Bob George hit 47,000 discs, he knew something had to be done.  “I wanted to give them away, but they were mostly punk, reggae and hip-hop,” he recalled, “and no established library … Continue reading →

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Archive-It: Crawling the Web Together

Posted on October 27, 2014 by jeff kaplan

A post by the Archive-It team Today Phase 1 of the 5.0 release of the Archive-It web application was released for use by the 326 partners using the Archive-It service. In 1996 when the Internet Archive was founded, we used … Continue reading →

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Invitation to the Internet Archive Annual Event

Posted on October 6, 2014 by jeff kaplan
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Millions of historic images posted to Flickr

Posted on August 29, 2014 by jeff kaplan

by Robert Miller, Global Director of Books, Internet Archive “Reading a book from the inside out!”. Well not quite, but a new way to read our eBooks has just been launched. Check out this great BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28976849 Here is … Continue reading →

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Zoia Horn, librarian and activist, dies

Posted on July 15, 2014 by jeff kaplan

July 12, 2014 marked the passing of an extraordinary librarian, Zoia Horn. Ms. Horn was best known in library circles for spending three weeks in jail in 1972 for having refused to testify before a grand jury regarding information relating … Continue reading →

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Happy Hour at The Interval, Tuesday July 8 at 6pm

Posted on June 30, 2014 by jeff kaplan

The Long Now Foundation works to encourage long term thinking in our increasingly “now” oriented culture (read more about them and their projects below). Long Now just opened a new cafe, bar and event space called The Interval at Fort Mason Center. … Continue reading →

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It’s a Party at the Archive’s new Warehouse!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by jeff kaplan

The new  50,000 square foot warehouse will be used to house 160 shipping containers to hold over 6 million books, but for now is ours to play in! Come celebrate with us!  Food will be served and we will host … Continue reading →

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