Category Archives: Announcements

Internet Archive expands access to millions of books for people with disabilities

Posted on October 11, 2018 by jcg

Now, disabled users that are certified by a growing number of organizations can borrow hundreds of thousands of modern books and download mostly older books all for free. Individuals that are already a qualified user of  NLS-BARD, Bookshare, or Ontario … Continue reading →

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World’s largest collection of Tibetan Buddhist literature now available on the Internet Archive

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Alexis Rossi

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) and Internet Archive (IA) announced today that they are making a large corpus of Buddhist literature available via the Internet Archive. This collection represents the most complete record of the words of the Buddha … Continue reading →

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Don’t Click on the Llama

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Jason Scott

WE HAVE ONE SIMPLE REQUEST…. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LLAMA. Clicking on the Llama will release Webamp, a javascript-based player that mimics, down to individual strangeness and bugs, the operations of the once dominant Winamp, a media player considered to … Continue reading →

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More than 9 million broken links on Wikipedia are now rescued

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Mark Graham

As part of the Internet Archive’s aim to build a better Web, we have been working to make the Web more reliable — and are pleased to announce that 9 million formerly broken links on Wikipedia now work because they … Continue reading →

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Images of Afghanistan 1987-1994

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Alexis Rossi

Journalists and others risk their lives to keep the public informed in times of conflict. War imagery provides us with important information in the moment, and creates a trove of invaluable archival content for the future. Please be aware that … Continue reading →

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Over 1,100 New Arcade Machines Added to the Internet Arcade

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Jason Scott

The Internet Arcade, our collection of working arcade machines that run in the browser, has gotten a new upgrade in its 4th year. Advancements by both the MAME emulator team and the Emscripten conversion process allowed our team to go … Continue reading →

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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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Revised wish list now available: 1.5M books we want

Posted on September 10, 2018 by chrisfreeland

Earlier this year we released our Open Libraries wish list, which brought together four datasets to help inform our collection development priorities for Open Libraries.  After working with the wish list for a few months and reviewing our approach, we … 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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