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    Feb 6

    At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We never destroy a book by cutting off its binding. Instead, we digitize it the hard way--one page at a time.

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    3 hours ago

    Our Library Leaders Forum is just around the corner! Join experts from the library, copyright & information policy fields for a series of virtual events exploring issues related to digital ownership & the future of library collections.

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  3. 56 minutes ago

    Just when we thought it was safe... PG&E (our power company) is reporting a power outage at one of our data centers. As such, the and our various services, e.g. and are down right now. Will let you know when we are back!

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Our Library Leaders Forum is just around the corner! Join experts from the library, copyright & information policy fields for a series of virtual events exploring issues related to digital ownership & the future of library collections.

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    Sep 19

    Power outage at an datacenter that is knocking out and . No estimated time of repair yet. :(

    reporting that more than 28,000 customers are without power in the Bay Area. The outages are weather related due to fog and mist. In the Richmond area more than 10k customers are without power. Crews are working to restore power.
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  6. Sep 17

    🖥️What would you include in your group's web archive? What about your personal archive? With our subscription service , we've helped more than 800 intern'l organizations to curate their own archives

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  7. Sep 17

    ICYMI: the first time the archived the World Wide Web, which at a few terabytes in size seemed infinitely vast in 1996.

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    🖥️In Oct 1996, the entire World Wide Web took up only a few terabytes. That's when the 's launched its 1st crawl. Today? The archives 588+ billion web pages. Watch the moment it all began.
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  8. Sep 17

    Amazing examples of the “graphic method” circa 1914, when the human hand and ingenuity were the only data visualization tools available.

    Some amazing data visualizations, and critiques, in this 1914 book, Graphic methods for presenting facts by Willard Cope Brinton, on . A few at random:
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  9. Sep 17

    What people find using the & : Lord of the Rings, Kermit version

    During production of The Two Towers, WETA Digital (who did the CGI) used a model of Kermit the Frog as a stand-in for Gollum for several scenes. I would GLADLY watch The Kermit Cut 😂 (Fleshing out Middle Earth: Weta Digital Creatures, GDC 2003)
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  10. Sep 17

    A great way to travel thru time & library history via the

    Time travel through our library homepage over the years as we join in celebrating 20 years of the . This GIF goes all the way back to 1997! !
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  11. Sep 17

    A “save page now” for local political campaigns. Preserve your school board candidate, your city supervisor…part of local & political history that might otherwise be lost.

    This website is now working! You can enter URLs for local candidate websites. All data will go to the !
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  12. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    is now allowing physical materials to be lent digitally. For more information on controlled digital lending (CDL), watch this panel from :

    Boston Library Consortium to implement controlled digital lending for interlibrary loan
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    Sep 16

    speaking of , my review of the 's awesome collection of the former is up in : -- it's a free resource that I hope other media historians and journalism studies scholars can take advantage of

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  14. Retweeted
    Sep 16

    Shared some tunes over the internet last month 🎶 Thank you for having me!!

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  15. Sep 17

    Are we counting right, ? 10+ terabytes of cultural data you’ve preserved via ? What are some of the highlights?

    A pile of hard drives, the top one labeled “archive.org uploaded 2021”
    Another 2TB hard drive completely filled with stuff I’ve uploaded to .
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    Sep 17

    today's books are by the fabulous Tololwa Mollel : The Orphan Boy AND The Princess Who Lost Her Hair ...plus the blog post has links to other books by Mollel, including Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper

    book covers of Orphan Boy, Rhinos for Lunch, and The Princess Who Lost Her Hair
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  17. Sep 16

    "With new books added almost every day, is the perfect place to find your next light read. Their collection has both new & old books, as well translated works. The best part? It lets you track, bookmark, & list everything you’re reading"

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  18. Sep 16

    Eurogamer Forums: gone but not without a trace...

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  19. Sep 16

    You should know that...There Are Such Things.

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    there are such things (1952) - ray anthony and his orchestra
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  20. Sep 16

    🖥️In Oct 1996, the entire World Wide Web took up only a few terabytes. That's when the 's launched its 1st crawl. Today? The archives 588+ billion web pages. Watch the moment it all began.

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  21. Sep 16

    🥳What's an anniversary without a party? Wherever you are in the world, YOU'RE INVITED to our virtual celebration on Oct. 21: "From Way Back to Way Forward: The Internet's Library for 25 Years."

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