Category Archives: Past Event

Let’s Celebrate: Building A Better Web!

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

Once a year, the Internet Archive’s community pulls out its fancy hats, quaffs a cocktail or two, and celebrates the latest breakthroughs in building a better web together. Our goal: to bring you knowledge in all its many forms that … Continue reading →

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Identity in the Decentralized Web

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Jim Nelson

In B. Traven’s The Death Ship, American sailor Gerard Gales finds himself stranded in post-World War I Antwerp after his freighter departs without him.  He’s arrested for the crime of being unable to produce a passport, sailor’s card, or birth … 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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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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The Internet Archive’s 2018 Artist in Residency Exhibition

Posted on June 19, 2018 by amir@archive.org

The Internet Archive and Ever Gold [Projects] is pleased to present The Internet Archive’s 2018 Artist in Residence Exhibition, an exhibition organized in collaboration with the Ever Gold [Projects] as the culmination of the second year of the Internet Archive’s … Continue reading →

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The Lost Landscapes of New York: A Benefit for the Internet Archive — Friday, June 15

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Caitlin Olson

by Rick Prelinger Since 2006, film historian and archivist Rick Prelinger has presented twenty participatory urban history events to enthusiastic audiences in San Francisco, Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, and at festivals throughout the world. Now, for the first time, LOST … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive Benefit Concert feat. Moonalice – June 30, 2018

Posted on May 21, 2018 by jeff kaplan

Do you live in the Bay Area and love to groove for a good cause? On Saturday, June 30th the Internet Archive’s very own Jeff Kaplan and his Jefferson Airplane cover band ‘SF Airship Acoustic’ will be playing all the … Continue reading →

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SAVE THE DATE: Decentralized Web Summit 2018

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

In 2016, an early group of builders, policymakers, journalists and archivists gathered at the Internet Archive for the first Decentralized Web Summit to “Lock the Web Open” for good. A lot has happened since then! Today more than ever before, we understand … Continue reading →

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Highlights from the Tribute to Cyberspace Philosopher, John Perry Barlow

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Caitlin Olson

by Lisa Rein On April 7, 2018, more than 500 people gathered at the Internet Archive for a symposium on the life and work of John Perry Barlow. The program included talks, discussions and Q & A sessions with many … Continue reading →

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