Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering millions of free books, movies, & audio files, plus billions of saved web pages in the Wayback Machine.
We’re fighting to restore access to more than 500,000 books in court on Friday. You can show your support in a number of ways - learn more: blog.archive.org/2024/06/26/w...
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️
Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead
👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...
Our Monthly Giving Circle can access exclusive virtual events. Next up: Mark Graham, Director of the Wayback Machine, for a conversation around the Internet Archive & journalism!
To access this event & other perks, join our Monthly Giving Circle: blog.archive.org/2024/06/03/j...
If only the DDoS attack we faced looked as intriguing as the viruses in our Malware Museum...
Check out the collection, as featured in our Best of the Archive newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
🌐 Ever wonder what happens to .gov websites before & after presidential elections? We archive them!
Help our team preserve US government info by nominating sites today 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...#EOTArchive
When the Harkness Eye Institute moved after 90+ years, the fate of the library within was in question. Some materials moved, but not the large runs of bound, print journals. That's when our donations team sprang into action to help preserve these useful materials 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/05/06/e...
🗣️ Free range archivist Jason Scott takes Whisper, the open source speech recognition project, out for a spin on 5+ years worth of his weekly podcasts, preserved on archive.org ▶️ blog.archive.org/2024/04/28/t...
In the Archive, embracing your inner child is always encouraged! Give it a try by parsing through this collection of Chuck E. Cheese merchandise from the 90s and early aughts. This and more in our April Best of the Archive Newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Move over Mickey...Let's give a round of applause to Tigger, who also moved into the public domain this year, thanks to his debut in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner" 📚🐯 Read, remix, and share for free! archive.org/details/the-...
Today, we filed our final brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers’ lawsuit against our library. For four years we've been fighting for library rights—what our founder, Brewster Kahle, calls “a battle for the soul of libraries in the digital age.” 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/04/19/i...
Internet Archive's founder & digital librarian, Brewster Kahle, reflects on last week's move by the island nation of Aruba to endorse digital rights for memory institutions. Why is it so important for libraries to own, not lease, their collections? 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/04/18/a...
“Give them the opportunity to search for the truth.”
That’s what the Prime Minister of Aruba, Evelyn Wever-Croes, said about the next generation of digital learners in a conversation yesterday with our founder, Brewster Kahle. Aruba is leading the way! blog.archive.org/2024/04/09/a...
Aruba leads the way as the FIRST nation to sign a statement safeguarding the digital rights of memory organizations online. 🌐 This historic move sets a powerful precedent for protecting our digital heritage. Read more: blog.archive.org/2024/04/09/a...
When we all went remote 4 years ago, our staff struggled to stay connected. After some trial & error, we landed on something we're still doing to this day—we hire musicians to perform before our weekly zoom staff meetings! And yes, they're archived: blog.archive.org/2024/04/01/e...
Learn how Forbes Library used Internet Archive's Community Webs program to help curate a more inclusive historical record about the history of Black lives in rural New England: blog.archive.org/2024/03/20/a...
If you've toured the Internet Archive with Brewster Kahle, there's always a stop to play "Prince of Persia" on our emulator. So you can imagine the fun when PoP game designer Jordan Mechner stopped by to talk about software preservation! Chat with Jordan tomorrow: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Don't worry if you missed the curtain call. 🎭 We've got you covered with 85 years of preserved playbills from Sumter Little Theatre, dating back to 1939. Check them out in this month's Best of the Archive newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Last night's showing of LOST LANDSCAPES at the Internet Archive was a powerful reminder of the magic that happens when community comes together. 📽️ Library spaces help foster connection, nostalgia & preservation of memories. Thank you to all who joined us! Link to watch in comments ⬇️
JUST IN: Librarians and copyright scholars Kyle K. Courtney and Dave Hansen give their first impressions of the publishers' reply brief, released today, in the lawsuit against our library: kylecourtney.com/publishers-r...
The stakes of the lawsuit against our library are clear: Libraries must have the right to innovate and adapt to new technology, so that we can continue preserving knowledge in the digital age. eff.org/document/hac...
When Beth Noveck donated her father's library to the Internet Archive for preservation & digitization, she used the DONATE BOOKS app to identify books that we didn’t already own.
Learn about the app: help.archive.org/help/donate-...
Learn about the Noveck donation: blog.archive.org/2024/03/11/t...
The Book Collector’s Legacy 📚 We are honored to share the story behind the donation of the personal library of Rabbi Simon Noveck & his wife, Doris. Learn how the Noveck family worked with our donations team to preserve this unique collection: blog.archive.org/2024/03/11/t...
The 90s are back! Relive the decade with this publicly available version of popular drawing software, Kid Pix! As featured in our monthly collections highlight email: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
LOST LANDSCAPES OF SAN FRANCISCO: The City & Bay in Motion
3/18 @ 6:30pm PT
Internet Archive
Featuring footage drawn from a vast repository of >3,000 newly scanned archival films, including home movies, government productions, industrial reels & unexpected gems.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-lands...
Do you have a dodgy dishwasher? A broken Bug? Thanks to the right to repair movement & the fair use doctrine, you can use one of the millions of preserved & digitized manuals in our Manual Library to repair your appliance or car. Learn more: blog.archive.org/2024/03/01/f...
How does fair use help libraries? Internet Archive's senior policy counsel, Lila Bailey, outlines how the fair use doctrine has helped us build our library, including web archives with The Wayback Machine & a growing collection of manuals: blog.archive.org/2024/03/01/f...
There’s nothing more punk than the public library—however, our collection of vintage punk rock flyers from the 70s & beyond comes close. Take a look at these flyers, which document the resistance movement. Featured in this month’s Best of the Archive newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Don’t knock it till you try it! ❄️ Recipes like ‘Snow Pudding’ may be among the least surprising in this book of unusual recipes from the Oakton School PTA— featured in our monthly collections highlight email. Read more here: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Join us for a VIRTUAL book talk with author Joanne McNeil. In WRONG WAY, McNeil examines the treacherous gaps between the working & middle classes wrought by the age of AI.
Come for a reading, stay for a thoughtful conversation about the labor implications of AI.
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
