Category Archives: News

Knight Foundation to Support Toolsets for Building Libraries Together

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

Last September, the John S. and James L Knight Foundation issued this challenge:  “How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?” Today we are proud to announce that the Internet Archive’s plan for “Building Libraries … Continue reading →

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Community Wireless

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Ralf Muehlen

The Internet Archive’s mission is universal access to knowledge.   For us, that access happens over the Internet. In many places, there are two or few providers of fast Internet access, which tends to lead to high prices, bad service and … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker: The Cobweb–Can the Internet be archived?

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer, Jill Lepore, has crafted a remarkable history of Web archiving–and the role of our own Brewster Kahle and the Wayback Machine. My favorite passage: Where is the Internet’s memory, the history of … Continue reading →

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University of California Libraries to partner with Archive-It

Posted on January 15, 2015 by internetarchive

This week, the University of California California Digital Libraries and the UC Libraries announced a partnership with Internet Archive’s Archive-It Service. In the coming year, CDL’s Web Archiving Service (WAS) collections and all core infrastructure activities, i.e., crawling, indexing, search, … Continue reading →

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Update to Terms of Use

Posted on December 30, 2014 by internetarchive

Internet Archive’s terms of use were written in March of 2001, and they haven’t changed once – until today.  The terms were written before the Wayback Machine was launched (in October 2001) when we had 4 billion web pages with … Continue reading →

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Burning Brewster’s Bitcoin

Posted on December 25, 2014 by brewster

[Guest post, hope you enjoy. -brewster] Burning Brewster’s Bitcoin First Installment – Coinbase offers a service that is contrary to everything the company professes to hold dear Internet Archive Morgen E. Peck This fall, Brewster reached out to me with … Continue reading →

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Crusading librarian for openness passes: Cathy Norton

Posted on December 23, 2014 by brewster

A live wire in the library field, and a firebrand for openness, Cathy Norton helped keep libraries free and open during this current digitization wave. Fun and opinionated, we learned that she had the background and evidence to make the … Continue reading →

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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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Declaration to be ‘Defensive’ for the Defensive Patent License

Posted on December 9, 2014 by brewster

The Internet Archive hereby declares itself ‘Defensive’ by committing to offer a Defensive Patent License, version 1.1 or any later version, for any of its patents, to any DPL User.   The Internet Archive does not have any patents at this … Continue reading →

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Defensive Patent License: Troll Proofed. Innovation Protected.

Posted on December 9, 2014 by brewster

Today the Defensive Patent License is officially released.   It is designed to bring free software ideas to the patent arena by encouraging patent owners to declare themselves “defensive,” and share their patents with others that have declared themselves defensive. … Continue reading →

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430 Billion Web Pages Saved….Help Us Do More!

Posted on December 3, 2014 by brewster

Dear Friends, Today we launch our End-of-Year Campaign.  Once a year, I ask all of you to keep the Internet Archive going and growing stronger.   Please help us reach our goal of raising $1.5 million by the end of the year.  Your support will … Continue reading →

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Partnership Promotes Jobs and Builds Free Global Library

Posted on November 25, 2014 by internetarchive

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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SEEKING: Visual Studies PostDoc for an Exciting New Opportunity at Internet Archive!

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Wendy Hanamura

Today, the Internet Archive and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced a new position: Visual Data Curation Fellow Do you know a recent Ph.D in Visual Studies (film, photography, information sciences, fine art) who would like to … 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 internetarchive

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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Inviting the Internet Over to Play

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Jason Scott

At our Annual Event last week, the Archive announced a variety of new projects and plans, including our new beta interface, our compact book scanner, and our progress in tracking political ads on television. The event (full video is here) … Continue reading →

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Redesigning Archive.org

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Alexis Rossi

Last week we announced a new beta version of the archive.org site.  The beta is the first step toward inviting people to participate in building libraries together. Why redesign the site? The Wayback Machine was launched in 2001, and the current … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 31, 2014 by internetarchive

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

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NYtimes Readers: Try our beta website

Posted on October 31, 2014 by brewster

The NYtimes article on us has our beta website address incorrect as archive.org, but please visit archive.org/v2 instead.  

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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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Building Libraries Together: New Tools for a New Direction

Posted on October 28, 2014 by brewster

(NYtimes on this announcement, video of talks) Let’s work together to save all human knowledge.  Today the Internet Archive is announcing a new beta site and new tools to encourage everyone to lend a hand. We were founded in 1996 … Continue reading →

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