Category Archives: News

Peter Schumann and his critically acclaimed Bread and Puppet Theater to Tour the West Coast

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

For the first time in fourteen years, artist Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theater will tour the West Coast, from Los Angeles to Seattle, with a series of performances, workshops, lectures, exhibits and parades. In the Bay Area … Continue reading →

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Library Leaders Forum 2015 — Exploring the Future of Digital Libraries

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

From October 21-23, the Internet Archive will convene our annual Library Leaders Forum 2015 in San Francisco. We’re bringing?together an intimate?group?of ?leaders from the library world to explore how together, we can build the digital libraries of the future.? It’s … Continue reading →

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2016 Political TV Ad Tracker: with Analysis & Fact-checking Citizens Can Trust

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Roger Macdonald

The Internet Archive is honored to receive today a Knight News Challenge grant to support our collaborative efforts to help citizens make sound?decisions?in the 2016 U.S. elections;?for the best interests of themselves, their communities and future generations. Experts are predicting … Continue reading →

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Tracking Politics on Television: Campaign Advertising and the State of the Union Going Viral

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Kalev Leetaru

Today the GDELT Project and the Internet Archive debut two exciting new interactive visualizations of the TV News Archive, one tracing the flow of money through campaign advertising in Philadelphia in the 2014 election cycle, and the other introducing a … Continue reading →

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You are invited: SF Premiere of “Life on Bitcoin” Documentary

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

Join us Wednesday,?July 22nd from 6:30-10:30 p.m. for a the San Francisco Premiere?of the documentary film “Life on Bitcoin,” at the Internet Archive. The film covers the experience of newlyweds Austin and Beccy Craig who struggle for 100+ days to … Continue reading →

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NEW at the Archive Store! MS-DOS “Game Not Over!” T-Shirt

Posted on June 5, 2015 by internetarchive

Designed by Jason Scott, the new “Game Not Over!” T-shirt is a celebration of the over 2,000 MS-DOS games that are once again available to play on archive.org. The shirt is currently available in a number of sizes at the … Continue reading →

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Experiment with One Million Album Covers

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Jason Scott

As might be expected, the Internet Archive has lots of data in its virtual stacks. Besides the books, movies and stored webpages, there are datasets provided from the Internet at large or from individual contributors. But datasets are just big … Continue reading →

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The first Netlabel Day – Join the event

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Jeff Kaplan

The Internet Archive has a large (over 58,000 items) and growing collection of netlabels. Recently we received a message asking to help announce a new global event, Netlabels Day. Please support it if you are part of the netlabels world. … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Robert Miller, for 2.5 million Books for Free Public Access

Posted on May 8, 2015 by brewster

I am both sad and happy that Robert Miller has accepted another position so will be leaving the Internet Archive after 10 years of fantastic achievements. He joined to help create a mass movement of libraries bringing themselves digital by … Continue reading →

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Help Free PACER–Cast your Vote for Free Court Records at the Internet Archive this Friday!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by internetarchive

? Internet activist and founder of Public.Resource.org, Carl Malamud is launching a national campaign to free millions of court documents in PACER–Public Access to Court Electronic Records–the technologically backwards federal electronic system that charges Americans?10 cents?per page to access court … Continue reading →

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The Evolving Internet Archive

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Alexis Rossi

The new version of the archive.org site has been evolving over the past 6 months in response to the feedback we’ve received from thousands of our awesome users. If you haven’t been following along, you can review a little bit … Continue reading →

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Will We Let Congress Vote to Fast-Track Secret Trade Deals?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Chris Butler

Yesterday, legislation was introduced in the US Senate that would enable Congress to fast-track approval of secret trade agreements by Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Ron Wyden. The timing is important because the President is currently pushing for the approval … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive and CADAL Partner to Digitize 500,000 Academic Texts

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Jeff Kaplan

The Internet Archive and the Chinese Academic Digital Associative Library (CADAL), are pleased to announce that 500,000 English-language, academic books will be digitized through a partnership that leverages strengths from both organizations. This furthers an initiative begun in 2009, The … Continue reading →

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Sharing Data for Better Discovery and Access

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jeff Kaplan

The Internet Archive and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) are pleased to announce a joint collaborative program to enhance sharing of collections from the Internet Archive in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The Internet Archive will … Continue reading →

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You are invited to a Party for GETDecentralized–Wednesday April 1 at the Internet Archive

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

    Help Us Lift the Fog on Decentralization! The GETDecentralized community wants to do something fundamental: “To transform bureaucratic hierarchies into technology-driven networks” (Fred Wilson). The Internet Archive and Jolocom invite you to GETDecentralized! An evening of conversation, celebration … Continue reading →

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Political Ads Win Over News 45 to 1 in Philly TV News 2014

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Roger Macdonald

[press: Columbia Journalism Review, USA Today, BloombergPolitics, Washington Post] Study finds 842 minutes of political Ads compared to 18.7 minutes of political news stories in large sample of Philadelphia TV news programs archived by the Internet Archive in a joint … Continue reading →

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Open Source Housing for Good

Posted on March 17, 2015 by brewster

This is from a talk given by Brewster Kahle,? Founder and Digital Librarian of the Internet Archive, at Commonwealth Club panel titled Open Source Housing for Good on March 9th.? [covered by KQED public radio] Our employees are being driven … Continue reading →

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You are Invited to a Party: Victory for the Net

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Wendy Hanamura

The event was a success, with resulting video and press.               Dear Friend?of the Open Internet,   JOIN US! FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, wants to do something monumental: reclassify broadband access providers under Title … Continue reading →

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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. Hi, I’m Brewster Kahle, Founder of the Internet Archive. For 25 … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive Supports Critical Updates to Electronic Privacy Law in California

Posted on February 10, 2015 by internetarchive

The California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA), a newly introduced bill in California, would help bring state law up to date and require law enforcement to get a warrant before searching private online accounts or personal electronic devices. The Internet … Continue reading →

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