Category Archives: News

Helping us judge a book by its cover: software help request

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Brewster Kahle

The Internet Archive would appreciate some help from a volunteer programmer to create software that would help determine if a book cover is useful to our users as a thumbnail or if we should use the title page instead. For … Continue reading →

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A Public Peek into 1923

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Alexis Rossi

Commercial radio broadcasting began in the 1920s, bringing entertainment, news and music into people’s homes. Now, instead of needing to play a 78rpm disc on your phonograph, you could just tune in to listen to popular songs. And in 1923 … Continue reading →

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CRYPTO CHALLENGE: 3 Donors will match any Crypto Donation this week, 3-to-1!

Posted on December 27, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season … Continue reading →

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The 12 Games of Christmas (And Nearby Holidays)

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive has had thousands of games available to play in your browser for over five years now, but the joy of booting up these items immediately never seems to grow old. In fact, the main issue is there’s … Continue reading →

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The Lost Landscapes of San Francisco: A Benefit for the Internet Archive — Monday, January 7

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Caitlin Olson

Internet Archive is excited to present the 13th annual event in Rick Prelinger’s series of LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO, which just filled the Castro Theater for two nights in December. Get Tickets Here Combining favorites from past years with … Continue reading →

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New Views Stats for the New Year

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Alexis Rossi

We began developing a new system for counting views statistics on archive.org a few years ago. We had received feedback from our partners and users asking for more fine-grained information than the old system could provide. People wanted to know … Continue reading →

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Documentation for Public APIs at the Internet Archive

Posted on December 13, 2018 by John Gonzalez

Internet Archive is well-known for our interactive user services. These include the Wayback Machine, the archive.org website, and OpenLibrary. Less well known are the programmatic, or API (Application Program Interface) tools that can allow users and computer programs to access … Continue reading →

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Working to Keep Positive Copyright Provisions in Canada

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Lila Bailey

We have said previously that Canada is doing a relatively good job of achieving the appropriate balance in its laws between user rights and the rights of authors and publishers. The Internet Archive joined the Internet Archive Canada today in … Continue reading →

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Stories that Move Us

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

I have always been a storyteller. It’s how I make sense of the world and share what I value most. And it’s why I have come to love December. Because during this month, when we ask our community to support … Continue reading →

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Archiving as Activism: Environmental Justice in the Trump Era

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

By the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative In November 2016, the U.S. elected a new president who had sworn to roll back important environmental protections, dismantle the EPA, and who had once called climate change a “hoax.” In the context of … Continue reading →