Category Archives: Announcements

Boston Public Library’s Sound Archives Coming to the Internet Archive for Preservation & Public Access

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Wendy Hanamura

Today, the Boston Public Library announced the transfer of significant holdings from its Sound Archives Collection to the Internet Archive, which will digitize, preserve and make these recordings accessible to the public. The Boston Public Library (BPL) sound collection includes … Continue reading →

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Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

[press: boingboing] The Internet Archive is now leveraging a little known, and perhaps never used, provision of US copyright law, Section 108h, which allows libraries to scan and make available materials published 1923 to 1941 if they are not being … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive’s Annual Bash this Wednesday! — Get your tickets now before we run out!

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Caitlin Olson

UPDATE: Tickets for the 20th Century Time Machine are officially Sold Out! If you would like to join our waitlist, we’ll release tickets as they become available and let you know via email. Click here to join the waitlist — … Continue reading →

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History is happening, and we’re not just watching

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Which recent hurricane got the least amount of attention from TV news broadcasters? Irma Maria Harvey Thomas Jefferson said, “Government that governs least governs best.” True False Mitch McConnell shows up most on which cable TV news channel? CNN Fox … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: 1,340 fact checks collected and counting

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. In an era when social media algorithms skew what people see online, the Internet … Continue reading →

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Wayback Machine Playback… now with Timestamps!

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Mark Graham

The Wayback Machine has an exciting new feature: it can list the dates and times, the Timestamps, of all page elements compared to the date and time of the base URL of a page.  This means that users can see, … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Wayback Machine saves deleted prez tweets

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. In this week’s TV News Archive roundup, we explain how presidential tweets are forever, show … Continue reading →

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MacArthur Foundation’s $100 Million Award Finalists

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Wendy Hanamura

Today, the MacArthur Foundation announced the finalists for its 100&Change competition, awarding a single organization $100 million to solve one of the world’s biggest problems. The Internet Archive’s Open Libraries project, one of eight semifinalists, did not make the cut … Continue reading →

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Face-o-Matic data show Trump dominates – Fox focuses on Pelosi; MSNBC features McConnell

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

For every ten minutes that TV cable news shows featured President Donald Trump’s face on the screen this past summer, the four congressional leaders’ visages were presented  for one minute, according an analysis of Face-o-Matic downloadable, free data fueled by … Continue reading →

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Why Bitcoin is on the Internet Archive’s Balance Sheet

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

  A foundation was curious as to why we have Bitcoin on our balance sheet, and I thought I would explain it publicly. The Internet Archive explores how bitcoin and other Internet innovations can be useful in the non-profit sphere– … Continue reading →

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