Author Archives: junegoldsmith

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

Posted on December 12, 2014 by junegoldsmith

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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Invitation to Aaron Swartz Day Nov. 8 in SF

Posted on October 30, 2014 by junegoldsmith

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave San Francisco, CA 94119 The Internet Archive is hosting an Aaron Swartz Day Celebration on what would have been Aaron’s 28th birthday: November 8, 2014, from 6-10:30 pm. RSVP TO THIS … Continue reading →

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Rick Prelinger: NO MORE ROAD TRIPS! – Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30PM

Posted on May 7, 2014 by junegoldsmith

Tuesday, May 13  NO MORE ROAD TRIPS!  Internet Archive, San Francisco 6:30 reception / 7:30 screening ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE HIGHLY ADVISED.  Ticket link here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/671840 This is the second Bay Area screening of Rick Prelinger’s new film, which showed last year … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes of Oakland, movie in SF Tuesday April 8

Posted on April 3, 2014 by junegoldsmith

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:30 pm Reception 7:30 pm Film Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 Please RSVP here Join film archivist Rick Prelinger for the first-ever East Bay-focused presentation in his lauded series of ‘Lost Landscapes’ … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco: Fundraiser Benefitting Internet Archive Dec 18th

Posted on December 2, 2013 by junegoldsmith

Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco is a movie happening that brings old-time San Francisco footage and our community together in an interactive crowd-driven event.   Showing in the majestic Internet Archive building,  your ticket donation will benefit the … Continue reading →

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NSA Comedy Tour with Will Durst! A Night of Comedy, Ethics & Tech on Dec. 11th in SF

Posted on November 21, 2013 by junegoldsmith

EthicsInTech presents a fun night of Comedy, Ethics & Technology to help protect the Fourth Amendment and our constitutional rights and freedoms. The goal of the event is to entertain, educate and bring to light issues concerning ethical use of … Continue reading →

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Arcadia Foundation funding Tape and Disk Preservation

Posted on August 15, 2012 by junegoldsmith

We are thankful to the Arcadia Foundation for funding a project derive and evaluate digital tape and hard drive preservation practices.    We have used DLT tapes and offline hard drives for over a decade to cost effectively store video files.   … Continue reading →

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“Many Libraries: As the world’s books go online, we must resist centralization” Technology Review, published by MIT

Posted on May 11, 2012 by junegoldsmith

The Internet has put universal access to knowledge within our grasp. Now we need to put all of the world’s literature online. This is easier to do than it might seem, if we resist the impulse to centralize and build … Continue reading →

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