Author Archives: internetarchive

Over 7,000 Free Audio Books: Librivox and its New Look!

Posted on September 26, 2013 by internetarchive

In 2005, Hugh McGuire asked: “Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?” The answer is yes. Thanks to the help of many, LibriVox, the nonprofit organization he … Continue reading →

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Scheduled outage tonight, Sept 3

Posted on September 3, 2013 by internetarchive

Our backup data center in Richmond, CA will experience an Internet outage some time between 10pm and 6am PST tonight. We should be able to keep the site up during this outage (though the site will be read only), but … Continue reading →

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Job Posting: Web Application/Software Developer for Archive-It

Posted on August 6, 2013 by internetarchive

The Internet Archive is looking for a smart, collaborative and resourceful engineer to lead and do the development of the next generation of the Archive-It service, a web based application used by libraries and archives around the world. The Internet … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive Metadata API

Posted on July 4, 2013 by internetarchive

The Metadata API is intended for fast, flexible, and reliable reading and writing of Internet Archive items. Metadata Read API The Metadata Read API is the fastest and most flexible way to retrieve metadata for items on archive.org. We’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Open Call for tumblr Collaborators

Posted on April 8, 2013 by internetarchive

When it comes to collaborative culture, tumblr is where it’s at – and we’re ready to jump in. We’re not going to just redirect this blog, though, we’re opening up our tumblr URL to anyone interested in messing around with … Continue reading →

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Memorial for Aaron Swartz in SF at Internet Archive Thurs 7pm

Posted on January 15, 2013 by internetarchive

  Dear Friends,Please join us as we gather to remember Aaron Swartz on the evening of Thursday, January 24th. Reception at 7:00pm Memorial at 8:00pm at the Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco 94118 Speakers will include Danny O’Brien, … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive & EFF successfully block Washington State law

Posted on December 7, 2012 by internetarchive

Earlier this year the Internet Archive with EFF’s help joined a suit to challenge the enforcement of a new Washington state law, SB 6251. While the law was intended to curb advertising for underage sex workers, the language was overly … Continue reading →

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Launch of the DigiBaeck Project

Posted on October 15, 2012 by internetarchive

The Internet Archive, working with the Leo Baeck Institute, is pleased to be a part of the Oct 16, 2012 launch of their DigiBaeck project, a massive (formerly print) archival collection of history pertaining  to German speaking Jewry. Robert Miller, … Continue reading →

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Our Ten Petabyte Party: Live Streamed or In Person! Thurs Oct 25th 6-7:30PT

Posted on October 10, 2012 by internetarchive

Please join us for a free reception and short presentations, Thursday, October 25th from 6 to 7:30pm, in person, or live streamed at http://toc.oreilly.com/: Television News Broadcasts are now Searchable (350,000 of them!) All of Balinese Literature now online and … Continue reading →

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Downloading in bulk using wget

Posted on April 26, 2012 by internetarchive

If you’ve ever wanted to download files from many different archive.org items in an automated way, here is one method to do it. ____________________________________________________________ Here’s an overview of what we’ll do: 1. Confirm or install a terminal emulator and wget … Continue reading →

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“Please, sir, I want some more.”

Posted on February 7, 2012 by internetarchive

You want it, you got it!  Happy 200th Mr. Charles Dickens. 1,345 books               a few movies: Oliver Twist Scrooge A Christmas Carol     96 audio items  

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Rick Prelinger’s “Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 6″ Tuesday Jan 24 7:30pm at the Internet Archive

Posted on January 23, 2012 by internetarchive

Rick Prelinger will be presenting his latest version of Lost Landscapes of San Francisco at the Internet Archive. Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 6 (2011) is the latest in a series of historical urban explorations, made from home movies, industrial … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive joins protest of PIPA / SOPA legislation

Posted on January 19, 2012 by internetarchive

San Francisco, CA – On January 18, 2012, Internet Archive joined the thousands of internet websites that went dark in protest of the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation. 12 Hours Dark: Internet Archive vs. Censorship Hackers & Founders organized a … Continue reading →

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Archive-It Team Encourages Your Contributions To The “Occupy Movement” Collection

Posted on December 7, 2011 by internetarchive

Since September 17th, 2011 when protesters descended on Wall Street, set up tents, and refused to move until their voices were heard, an impassioned plea for economic and social equality has manifested itself in similar protests and demonstrations around the … Continue reading →

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Wayback Machine Scheduled Outage Friday through Monday

Posted on October 5, 2011 by internetarchive

Update Wednesday 5:45pm: We spent the day fixing hardware and brought up 7 of the machines that were down.  About 90% of the Wayback Machine data is back online now.  We do still have a few machines that don’t want … Continue reading →

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Volunteer – Help us get 200,000 books on Sunday!

Posted on September 20, 2011 by internetarchive

We have a windfall: the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library are offering all the unsold books from their yearly book sale to the Internet Archive if we can pack them up. The Archive will then move them to … Continue reading →

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Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive

Posted on August 24, 2011 by internetarchive

We are proud to announce the launch of Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive, a library of news coverage of the events of 9/11/2001 and their aftermath as presented by U.S. and international broadcasters. A resource for scholars, journalists and … Continue reading →

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LEARNING FROM RECORDED MEMORY: 9/11 TV News Archive Conference

Posted on August 3, 2011 by internetarchive

LEARNING FROM RECORDED MEMORY: 9/11 TV News Archive Conference Co-sponsored by Internet Archive and New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, Tisch School of the Arts Wednesday, August 24, 4:00-6:00 pm; reception follows New York University, Tisch School … Continue reading →

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Rosetta Project’s Record-A-Thon at the Internet Archive tomorrow

Posted on July 29, 2011 by internetarchive

The Rosetta Project is trying to record 50 or more languages in one day in a Record-A-Thon event.  If you’re in the San Francisco area, stop by the Internet Archive’s offices tomorrow to participate.  The event was covered in the … Continue reading →

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In-Library eBook Lending Program Expands to 1,000 Libraries

Posted on June 25, 2011 by internetarchive

Internet Archive announces 1,000 Library Partners from 6 countries have joined to build and lend a pool of 100,000+ eBooks; Extending the Traditional In-Library Lending Model. San Francisco, CA – Today, the Internet Archive announced that the 1,000th library from … Continue reading →

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