Author Archives: internetarchive

Maintenance for Archive.org -Wednesday, March 2

Posted on March 2, 2011 by internetarchive

The archive.org site will be “read only” for approximately 24-48 hours starting early tomorrow morning (PST), Wednesday, March 2. We also expect it to be slow and somewhat error prone during this time. All archive.org items are stored on at … Continue reading →

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K12 Web Archiving Program

Posted on February 28, 2011 by internetarchive

If you were a student which websites would you want to save for future generations? What would you want people to look at 50 or even 500 years from now? These questions are central to the K12 Web Archiving Program, … Continue reading →

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In-Library eBook Lending Program Launched

Posted on February 22, 2011 by internetarchive

Internet Archive and Library Partners Develop Joint Collection of 80,000+ eBooks To Extend Traditional In-Library Lending Model San Francisco, CA – Today, a group of libraries led by the Internet Archive announced a new, cooperative 80,000+ eBook lending collection of … Continue reading →

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Jules Verne

Posted on February 8, 2011 by internetarchive

A colleague here at Internet Archive suggested that I post on the birthday of the French author Jules Verne.  He wrote about space, air and underwater travel before practical means of those types of travel had been invented. He is … Continue reading →

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All Icelandic literature to go online?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by internetarchive

Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson, formerly of the National Library of Iceland, had a big idea:  digitize all Icelandic literature all the way to the current day and make it available to everyone interested in reading it. The Internet Archive was eager to … Continue reading →

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Meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece

Posted on January 20, 2011 by internetarchive

As an Archive first, Brewster Kahle and June Goldsmith met with the Prime Minister of Greece, the Minister of Culture, and the Minister of Education, and their respective teams as a member of 8 outsiders for 6 hours last friday … Continue reading →

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“The e-book thing isn’t happening, it has happened.”

Posted on January 18, 2011 by internetarchive

The ALA Midwinter held its annual meeting in San Diego on January 8, 2011. Moderated by Rick Weingarten, former director of ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy, the panel featured Internet Archive founder and digital librarian Brewster Kahle; Sue Polanka, … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted on January 17, 2011 by internetarchive

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day I found a number of items of interest. I’ve included some descriptions written by the uploaders. “I Have A Dream” speech from August 28, 1963 Often referred to as one of the greatest … Continue reading →

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Montana State Library Adopts the Internet Archive As Its Institutional Repository

Posted on January 14, 2011 by internetarchive

The Montana State Library (MSL) has just completed moving 3,070 born-digital state publications from OCLC’s CONTENTdm to the Internet Archive.  This is a key piece of the Montana State Library’s institutional repository for state publications now hosted by the Internet … Continue reading →

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Brewster Kahle receives the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award

Posted on January 4, 2011 by internetarchive

On December 17, 2010 Brewster Kahle received the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award for successfully challenging a National Security Letter (NSL) issued by the FBI that demanded personal information about a user of  Internet Archive’s site, archive.org. You can see … Continue reading →

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How Montana State Library Uploaded Batches of Digital Objects to the Internet Archive

Posted on December 30, 2010 by internetarchive

by Chris Stockwell for Montana State Library, 12/29/2010 Introduction The Montana State Library (MSL) last year moved a copy of its collection of 3000 born digital state publications to the Internet Archive (IA). Since MSL will be continuing to upload … Continue reading →

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1790-1930 U.S. Census Records Available Free

Posted on December 22, 2010 by internetarchive

With the U.S. Census Bureau beginning to release statistics from the 2010 census. It seems a good time to mention that Internet Archive has a complete set of the available U.S. Census back to the first one in 1790: From … Continue reading →

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Go Books in Browsers from Google!

Posted on December 22, 2010 by internetarchive

We are excited to see commercial books from many publishers being made available through web browser technology from Google eBookstore. As a standards based system, reading in a browser offers an opportunity for many more people to actively participate in … Continue reading →

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Holiday Flicks

Posted on December 15, 2010 by internetarchive

Internet Archive Forum contributors are a diverse bunch. A recent post by The_Monkey_Master in the Movies Forum had a timely list of films for the holiday season. With his permission I thought I’d share it. (He requested that credit for … Continue reading →

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New BookReader!

Posted on December 10, 2010 by internetarchive

By mang We’re pleased to announce the release of our freshly re-designed BookReader on the Internet Archive. The updated BookReader has these great new features (links will take you to a live example): Redesigned user interface that maximizes the amount … Continue reading →

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New BookReader!

Posted on December 9, 2010 by internetarchive

The Open Library team announced the release of a new version of our online BookReader software with lots of new features to explore. Please read more on the Open Library blog at http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/12/09/new-bookreader/.

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Ted Nelson and Zigzag

Posted on December 8, 2010 by internetarchive

One of the great things about the Internet Archive is the sense of adventure. There are always creative ideas bouncing around. Many of them come to fruition and occasionally some fail. In the spirit of innovation the inimitable Ted Nelson … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Internship at the Archive

Posted on November 29, 2010 by internetarchive

I’ve been working as an intern here at the Archive since the end of August–a requirement of my Library Technology program at Diablo Valley College. Since I was a professional cook for 20 + years, I undertook consolidating the cookbook … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive Online BookReader Usage

Posted on November 9, 2010 by internetarchive

At our recent Books in Browsers 2010 event Brewster Kahle and Michael Ang gave a great presentation on the future of the BookReader. Michael just showed us some stats that are being gathered on BookReader usage. We’re excited to have … Continue reading →

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Books in Browsers Keynote Speech, by Brewster Kahle

Posted on October 22, 2010 by internetarchive

[wpvideo q5r6AylD] Video of the Books in Browsers presentation, October 21, 2010.  If you prefer to read about the contents of this speech, please see below.  (You can get the high quality version of this video on the Internet Archive.) … Continue reading →

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