We began a program to digitize books in 2005 and today we scan 1,000 books per day in 28 locations around the world. Not everyone has access to a public or academic library with a good collection, so to provide universal access we need to provide digital versions of books. We work with thousands of partners globally to save copies of their work into special collections.īecause we are a library, we pay special attention to books. ![]() Today our archive contains:Ĥ.5 million audio recordings (including 180,000 live concerts)Ĥ million videos (including 1.6 million Television News programs)Īnyone with a free account can upload media to the Internet Archive. Today we have 20+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 625+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages.Īs our web archive grew, so did our commitment to providing digital versions of other published works. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral - but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. ![]() The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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