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Revised wish list now available: 1.5M books we want

Posted on September 10, 2018 by chrisfreeland

Earlier this year we released our Open Libraries wish list, which brought together four datasets to help inform our collection development priorities for Open Libraries.  After working with the wish list for a few months and reviewing our approach, we … Continue reading →

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SAVE THE DATE! — Building a Better Web: Internet Archive’s Annual Bash

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Caitlin Olson

Please save the date and join us for our annual bash on October 3rd, 2018! This year we’re working to build a better web, one that is useful and reliable, and we hope you will come to celebrate with us! … Continue reading →

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The 2018 Internet Archive Artist in Residence: Pickling the Past for Future Edibility

Posted on August 20, 2018 by amir@archive.org

Exhibition Overview on the Archive for download or viewing here: https://archive.org/details/2018ArtistInResidence or on YouTube: Article Written by John Held, Jr. The Internet Archive is near and dear to my heart. First: a disclaimer. When the website provider Geocities went under and … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Helping Back up the Public Web

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Mark Graham

Over the past couple of years the Wayback Machine has been written about, or referenced, by journalists, researchers, academics and students in more than a thousand published news articles. This week a CNN article used the Wayback Machine to bring … Continue reading →

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Are you Ready? Decentralized Web Summit 2018 is almost here

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

They are coming from Helsinki and Tokyo, Berlin and Niteroi, Brazil.  We’ve invited archivists and activists, policy wonks and protocol builders to join us at the Internet Archive and SF Mint for the Decentralized Web Summit, July 31-August 2, 2018.  … Continue reading →

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Decentralized Web FAQ

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

Baffled by blockchain? Decentralization left you dazed and confused?  We’ve answered some frequently asked questions to help you make sense of this new area of technology. Q:  Why create a Decentralized Web? A:  The way we code the Web shapes how … Continue reading →

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Archive hosts Decentralized Web Meet-Up

Posted on July 21, 2018 by kevinsilverman

On June 13, nearly a hundred developers, technologists and decentralized web enthusiasts met up at the Internet Archive to learn from each other and share their progress towards building towards a new, decentralized web. Fueled by pizza and beer, the … Continue reading →

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Library Coalition Letter on Music Copyright Bills

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Lila Bailey

On Monday, the Internet Archive joined a coalition of the library and archives community, including the Society of American Archivists, The Archive of Contemporary Music, the Music Library Association, and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections among others, in sending a letter to … Continue reading →

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With ShapeShift, Now You Can Donate Your Favorite Altcoin

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Katie Barrett

For all of our donors who prefer Clams to Monero, Ripple over Dash, Dogecoin over Litecoin or vice versa, do we have good news for each and every one of you. The Internet Archive now accepts donations in them all! … Continue reading →

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REGISTER NOW: Decentralized Web Summit 2018

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Katie Barrett

There’s a special feeling at the start of something new. Excitement.  Hope. That glimmer of what might be. We felt it in 2016 at the Internet Archive’s first Decentralized Web Summit.  Two years later, we’re gathering to celebrate the working … Continue reading →

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