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Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the @waybackmachine.

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Aug 25
We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books:
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🏛️ Government websites can change or disappear overnight, taking public records with them. 🕳️ That’s why libraries have collaborated on the End of Term Web Archive since 2004, preserving U.S. government websites at every presidential transition. 📚 The latest crawl captured
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What does it mean to participate in a library? 🔖 You could save a webpage before it disappears. 📚 Improve a book record. 🔎 Discover a government document. 📣 Share a collection. 🏛️ Help preserve your community’s digital history. The Internet Archive has tools to do all this
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Aug 27
What if the rules meant to stop AI scraping also stopped us from saving the web? The future of the open web is being debated this week in a conference room in London. How can you help? Get informed ⤵️
Will the Open Internet Survive the War on Bots? Mapping the Debate Over “AI Preferences”
From cdt.org
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Aug 27
Negativland’s infamous U2 parody sparked a landmark fight over fair use & artistic freedom. Hear the group whose work helped shape that conversation, live at the Internet Archive! 📅 Wed, Sept 16, 6 PM 📍 IN-PERSON @ Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, SF 🎟️