Happy Holidays from the Internet Archive! See our team’s favorite items for the holiday season: blog.archive.org/2024/12/02/s.... If you’re a fan, help provide Universal Access to All Knowledge: archive.org/donate/?orig...

Internet Archive is looking for some new musicians to play at our twice-weekly all-hands Zoom meetings! It's a great way for musicians to make a bit of money, introduce themselves to our music-loving employees, and support the Archive! Please DM me if you're interested.

🎄❄️🎁 Unwrap Sierra On-Line's 1986 "A Computer Christmas" this holiday season! It's a retro slice of software history, showcasing early home computer graphic design.⁠ Preserving software allows us to relive our 8-bit digital heritage.⁠ Enjoy the full pixelated classic ➡️ archive.org/details/sier...

Did you catch the spot on the recording industry lawsuit against our library? www.nbcnews.com/now/video/re...

everybody needs to leave the internet archive alone

Hundreds of musicians are speaking out against the recording industry’s lawsuit against our library for preserving 78rpm records 👉 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... (🚫🧱) Want to show your support? ⬇️

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Big record labels claim to be helping musicians by destroying the ! We organized a letter with over 500 musicians who are speaking out about how this couldn't be further from the truth:

Vanishing tech is one of the oddest problems in historical preservation... the 20th century saw a mass proliferation in means to record so much of existence from every day ordinary to the epic yet that evidence of events is vanishing for myriad reasons... which is why the Internet Archive matters.

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The Dumont Archives being dumped in the Hudson is my “sad about the Library of Alexandria”

One of my favorite tales

📺 From pioneering sci-fi & sitcoms to groundbreaking shows led by women of color, the DuMont Network was ahead of its time—but much of its legacy is now lost to history...possibly lying in a watery grave beneath New York Bay. 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/12/11/v... 🕳️ ⁠#VanishingCulture

"The Archive also includes Okay, Mother, a game show that premiered in 1948, and one of the earliest daytime network TV shows, with one surviving episode available to watch."

And why is it important to preserve 78s? According to audio archivist George Blood, "To remember half of recorded history, it is important to preserve 78rpm discs." Read the rest of George's essay on 78 preservation: blog.archive.org/2024/08/26/v... 🕳️

➡️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

No paywall: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

In all my years as a musician, I've never heard anyone say we're struggling because of the Internet Archive.

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Donated to today as a thanks for preserving my blog posts, which have seemingly disappeared from the site they were originally published on. (No my own site.) I appreciate the Wayback Machine!

in 1812. Leigh Hunt is tried and convicted of libel for calling the Prince Regent "a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace" in The Examiner on March 22. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_H... Original files are available at

Ever wanted to help advance the Internet Archive's mission of "Universal Access to All Knowledge"? We are hiring the manager of our Patron Services team. For more information please see this job listing ⤵️ app.trinethire.com/companies/32...

The concert I went to with my boyfriend in 1979 is here! What a treasure the Internet Archive is! archive.org/details/gd19...

🌹 This weekend, the Grateful Dead will be honored at the Kennedy Center. Join in the celebration by listening to one of the 17,000 concert recordings preserved at the Internet Archive: blog.archive.org/2024/12/05/c... What's the most popular recording? 👇

1. No surprise to Dead fans, the legendary concert at Barton Hall, Cornell University, on May 8, 1977, has the most views. 👀 BUT... 🎧👇 archive.org/details/gd77...

2. The show at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium on June 10, 1973, has the most favorites. ⭐ 🎧👇 archive.org/details/gd73...

The Malware Museum is pretty neat. archive.org/details/malw...

Attention software enthusiasts! Check out hidden gems handpicked by Internet Archive staff: blog.archive.org/2024/12/02/s... Also, consider supporting Universal Access to All Knowledge: archive.org/donate/?orig...

Looking for music? We’ve got you covered! Check out our staff picks on our blog: blog.archive.org/2024/12/02/s... Plus! Support Universal Access to All Knowledge and preserve open access to cultural treasures. archive.org/donate/?orig...

Meet Elliott Adkins, a 23-year-old singer-songwriter breathing new life into old songs. Inspired by a collection of sheet music from his grandmother, Elliott records and shares music that was never previously recorded—unlocking a world of forgotten music. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/12/03/v...

Bring Public Domain Movie Nights home with our staff’s selection of holiday favorite films, many of which are screened at our HQ: blog.archive.org/2024/12/02/s.... Support Universal Access to All Knowledge: archive.org/donate/?orig...

"I strongly believe that information should be freely and equitably accessible" said one participant in Library Futures' new research report "Keeping an Open Mind: Awareness, Use, and Perspectives of OER in Public Libraries. Do you feel that way too? Read on! www.libraryfutures.net/post/new-res...

Looking for a perfect gift for someone who's into video games, comics, history or intergenerational family sagas? Or who may already have my "Making of Prince of Persia" journals, but NOT YET my new graphic novel memoir REPLAY...?😃📕(Hint, hint!) www.jordanmechner.com/en/books/rep...

I was telling a coworker why I love reading menus of all kind. Menus tell us what was in fashion/trends in cooking at the time, values, socio economics, food memories of the time and of the location. This may not be a traditional Thanksgiving day menu, but it shows a lot about the culture of the era

BLACK FRIDAY FLASHBACK! 🛍️ Archives are the gift that keeps on giving. And our present to you on is this early ’90s Kmart holiday shopping tape packed with sales announcements & nostalgia. Listen here: 🎧 archive.org/details/Kmar...

This is actually very interesting. Auguste Escoffier was a HUGE name in French Cooking, and it's definitely interesting to see some of his work, even if it's a product of it's time. (Gotta love the full-page gelatin ad midway through lol)

I’m thankful for everyone using Bluesky, everyone building on atproto, everyone listening to our message and sharing our dream of a better social media ecosystem that puts people first. We’re going to do this together — thanks for joining us on this journey!

Chef Auguste Escoffier’s "Le Guide Culinaire" (1903) is a cornerstone of culinary arts, but "The Thanksgiving Cook Book" (1911) strays from tradition. Instead of turkey, stuffing & pie, his menu features rabbit, ragout & crawfish! 🦃🥧 🔗 archive.org/details/gri_...

I create & instruct graduate/doctoral level courses at Arizona State University on immersive tech. Classes would be impossible to teach without digital cultural artifacts. Check out this blog post on digital preservation by game design legend .

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"Learning from Harvey Milk" by Jim Rivaldo and Dick Pabich. From The New Gay Liberation Book. Available through .

I purchased my first domain in 1996 and had the opportunity to travel back courtesy of the Internet I think I owe the past an apology.

📚 Don’t miss our final book talk of 2024! ⁠ Join VANISHING CULTURE authors & editors Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland & Juliya Ziskina for a roundtable discussion on the growing threats to preserving our cultural heritage.⁠ 🕳️ 📆 Tues, Dec 3 ⏰ 10am PT / 1pm ET 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

Download the VANISHING CULTURE report today! archive.org/details/vani...

A fantastic piece on why preserving cultural artifacts/media is so critical written by a legend in the video game industry

"But all of the games and books I’ve created were made possible by what came before—including other games, books, movies, and history I could access when I needed it, thanks to archivists and librarians."

This is a good an important piece but let's not overlook the bit where retired French railway workers are casually running a Batcave for train nerds

From salvaging 1914 Orient Express archives for The Last Express to the fight for digital preservation, legendary game designer Jordan Mechner shares why safeguarding our cultural artifacts—like video games—is vital. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/21/v... 🕳️

From “Preserving Gaming History,” by game designer Jordan Mechner, part of the Vanishing Culture report. Read the full report 🔗 archive.org/details/vani... 🕳️

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The interests of authors of works supported by government funds are best served by open access policies that the US government has adopted but not fully implemented

Thanks! For anyone new to Authors Alliance, our mission is to advance the interests of authors who want to serve the public good. Check us out at authorsalliance.org

Congrats to Internet Archive’s Nick Norman, who has won a 2024 Anthem Community Voice Award in the category for Best Use of Technology! 🎉🏆 Learn more about Nick & his work in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/11/19/c...

"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games" from Game Developer: www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epi...

"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal games" from Game Developer: www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epi...

New update from on how the Internet Archive is learning from recent cyberattacks. 🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/11/14/l...

THIS FRIDAY 📽️ For Public Domain Night, Internet Archive invites you to experience Stanley Kubrick's rarely-seen directorial debut, "FEAR AND DESIRE."⁠ ⁠ With introduction by local documentarian, Jason Sussberg. ⁠ 🗓️ Fri, Nov. 15⁠ 🕡 Doors at 7:30pm ⁠ 🎟️ $5 www.eventbrite.com/e/fear-and-d...