Category Archives: Announcements

TV News Record: State of the Union, past and future

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Nancy Watzman

A round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. When President Donald Trump takes the podium to deliver his first official State of the Union address to … Continue reading →

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Digital Books on archive.org

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Brewster Kahle

Many people think of the Internet Archive as just the Wayback Machine or just one collection or another, but there is much more.  For instance, books! As a nonprofit library we buy and lend books to the public, but we … Continue reading →

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Building Digital 78rpm Record Collections Together with Minimal Duplication

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Brewster Kahle

By working together, libraries who are digitizing their collections can minimize duplication of effort in order to save time and money to preserve other things.  This month we made progress with 78rpm record collections. The goal is to bring many … Continue reading →

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The Lost Landscapes of San Francisco: A Benefit for the Internet Archive — Monday, January 29

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Caitlin Olson

by Rick Prelinger Internet Archive presents the movie 12th annual Lost Landscapes of San Francisco on Monday, January 29 at 7:30 pm at our headquarters in San Francisco. The show will be preceded by a small reception at 6:30 pm, … Continue reading →

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Why We Do What We Do

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

This month we were powered by 75,000 donations big and small.  One supporter in Zimbabwe even sent us Twenty Billion dollars!  But what keeps us going is, quite simply, you.  Your words of encouragement and support remind us why we … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Stuff

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Jason Scott

Jason Scott, free-range archivist, reporting in as 2017 draws to a close. As part of our end-of-year fundraising drive, I thought it might be fun to tweet highlighted parts of the vast stacks of content that the Internet Archive makes … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: The year in TV news visualizations

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Thanks for being part of our community at the TV News Archive. As 2017 draws to a close, we’ve chosen six of our favorite visualizations using TV News Archive data. We look forward to assisting many more journalists and researchers … Continue reading →

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Pineapple Fund Gifts $1M in Bitcoin to the Internet Archive!

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Katie Barrett

This year, Christmas came early to the Internet Archive. On Saturday, the generous philanthropist behind the Pineapple Fund gave $1 million dollars in Bitcoin to the Internet Archive. This anonymous crypto-philanthropist explains, “I saw the promise of decentralized money and … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Face-o-Matic on Trump, McConnell, and Pelosi; PolitiFact picks “2017 Lie of the Year”

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A biweekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. This week we take a dive into nearly six months of Face-o-Matic facial recognition data. We also display the news clips behind PolitiFact’s top … Continue reading →

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Dreaming Open, Dreaming Big

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

Disheartened by anti-NetNeutrality moves in the US, but inspired by the reddit poster offering to donate $87million in bitcoin (5057BTC) to good causes (including the awesome EFF)? It got us dreaming open and dreaming big: What could we do if … Continue reading →

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