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The Internet Archive has partnered with libraries, archives, cultural institutions, and communities across the globe on thousands of digitization projects—preserving cultural heritage that would otherwise be lost forever. Now, we need your support in continuing this vital work and ensuring no culture is forgotten.

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Backing up an Entire Island: Collecion Aruba

In 2024, the Internet Archive officially partnered with the country of Aruba on a monumental initiative to digitize and preserve the nation's complete history. Working alongside Aruban officials and national libraries, more than 100,000 historical documents, books, images, and videos have been preserved and made available on the Internet Archive.

Since digitization, materials in the collection documenting the history of slavery in Aruba have been designated as a part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MoW) International Register. This achievement underscores the importance of digitization and long-term preservation to ensure that future generations can continue to learn from these vital records.

Aruba was also the first country to sign onto the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions:
- right to collect
- right to preserve
- right to provide access
- right to interlibrary collaboration

Aruba’s National Librarian, Astrid Britten (left), signs the Four Rights, alongside National Archivist, Raymond Hernandez (middle), and Brewster Kahle (right), Internet Archive founder and digital librarian.








Every culture and country’s heritage deserves to be protected for generations to come. Join us in expanding this initiative worldwide.

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Streaming models, licensing restrictions, platform shutdowns, and cyberattacks are reshaping, manipulating, and at times, erasing our records—making it more difficult than ever to preserve important cultural works like these.

In response to this, the Internet Archive released a new book, Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record.

DOWNLOAD & READ TODAY

OR PURCHASE A PRINT COPY from Better World Books, or your local bookstore.


Preserve & Digitize More Collections

Amateur Radio Ephemera

140,000+ materials have already been digitized. With your support, we can add another 100+ boxes of books, magazines, and manuals to the Internet Archive, for generations of radio enthusiasts to enjoy.
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Digital Library of Radio Communications (DLARC)

A Millennium in Image and Word

From horticultural illustration to 14th-century Bibles and maps, this yet-to-be-digitized collection reveals how societies saw their world - and themselves. With your help, we can digitize and preserve the 200+ items in this collection.
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African-American Sheet Music

This collection of 340+ songs from 1894-1952 highlights the talent and achievements of African-American musicians and composers. Support us in ensuring that important works like these remain accessible for years to come.
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African American Sheet Music Contributors Collection

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