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Locking the Web Open, a Call for a Distributed Web

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Roger Macdonald

Presentation by Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive Digital Librarian at Ford Foundation NetGain gathering, — a call from 5 top foundations to think big about prospects for our digital future.  (More detailed version) Hi, I’m Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Chronicle profile (Page 1!)

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

  We are honored for Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive to be profiled in today’s San Francisco Chronicle on page 1. Thank you, Chronicle! http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Brewster-Kahle-s-Internet-Archive-3946898.php

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Open Library Buying e-Books from Publishers

Posted on April 16, 2011 by pattiehaubner

The Internet Archive is on campaign to buy e-Books from publishers and authors; making more digital books available to readers who prefer using laptops, reading devices or library computers.  Publishers such as Smashwords, Cursor and A Book Apart have already … Continue reading →

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All Icelandic literature to go online?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by jeff kaplan

Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson, formerly of the National Library of Iceland, had a big idea:  digitize all Icelandic literature all the way to the current day and make it available to everyone interested in reading it. The Internet Archive was eager to … Continue reading →

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Meeting with the Prime Minister of Greece

Posted on January 20, 2011 by jeff kaplan

As an Archive first, Brewster Kahle and June Goldsmith met with the Prime Minister of Greece, the Minister of Culture, and the Minister of Education, and their respective teams as a member of 8 outsiders for 6 hours last friday … Continue reading →

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“The e-book thing isn’t happening, it has happened.”

Posted on January 18, 2011 by jeff kaplan

The ALA Midwinter held its annual meeting in San Diego on January 8, 2011. Moderated by Rick Weingarten, former director of ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy, the panel featured Internet Archive founder and digital librarian Brewster Kahle; Sue Polanka, … Continue reading →

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Brewster Kahle receives the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award

Posted on January 4, 2011 by jeff kaplan

On December 17, 2010 Brewster Kahle received the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award for successfully challenging a National Security Letter (NSL) issued by the FBI that demanded personal information about a user of  Internet Archive’s site, archive.org. You can see … Continue reading →

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