May 6, 2013

Something Wonderful: The Internet Archive in the Christian Science Church -- "The web is, in fact, infinite..."

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Archive is a documentary focused on the future of long-term digital storage, the history of the Internet and attempts to preserve its contents on a massive scale.

Part one features Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and his colleagues Robert Miller, director of books, and Alexis Rossi, director of web collections. On a mission to create universal access to all knowledge, the Internet Archive’s staff have built the world's largest online library, offering 10 petabytes of archived websites, books, movies, music, and television broadcasts. The video includes a tour of the Internet Archive’s headquarters in San Francisco, the book scanning center, and the book storage facilities in Richmond, California. -- Internet Archive on Vimeo

"It's not a thousand times the size of the Library of Congress.... but it's starting to get there."

Posted by gerardvanderleun at May 6, 2013 3:20 PM
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That's awesome!! And job security for people in my line of work, too.

Posted by: drdave at May 7, 2013 8:44 AM

I hope it's not ALL in the earthquake zone!

Posted by: bebula at May 7, 2013 2:25 PM