Every day, people around the world use the Internet Archive to learn, research, and discover. Aadarsh Pathak, a scholar in India, called the Internet Archive “a guardian of our collective digital heritage” in a recent note. His words inspire us—and we’d love to hear yours as we celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived.

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I am writing to you as a research scholar to express my profound gratitude for your visionary creation, the Internet Archive. It is not merely a digital library; for academics like myself, it is an indispensable and unparalleled resource.

Your incredible project has preserved countless historical documents, books, and web materials that would have otherwise been lost to time. The ability to access primary sources, trace the evolution of ideas through archived web pages, and find rare texts has been absolutely critical to the depth and authenticity of my research. The Wayback Machine, in particular, has often been my last resort for retrieving crucial online information that has disappeared from the live web.

The Internet Archive is more than just a tool it is a guardian of our collective digital heritage and a powerful democratizing force for knowledge. Your contribution to education, research, and the open access movement is truly monumental and an inspiration to us all.

Thank you for your unwavering commitment to preserving our history and for building a foundation upon which so much future discovery will depend.

With deepest appreciation, 
Aadarsh Pathak 
Research Scholar
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India