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Empowering Anthropological Research in the Digital Age
As a doctoral student in anthropology at Yale University, Spencer Kaplan often relies on the Internet Archive for his research. He is an anthropologist of technology who studies virtual communities....
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Citizen Journalist Traces the Science to Debunk Public Health Misinformation
Sarah Barry wanted to become a fighter for something—but she didn’t know exactly what. Citizen journalist Sarah Barry “I was frustrated with all that was going on in the world. I knew I couldn’t wave...
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Without Access to a Local Library, Freelance Translator Turns to Internet...
Graeme Currie, Freelance translator & editor. Photo: gcurrie.de When Graeme Currie was working at a university, he went to the campus library for research and often lingered in the stacks just to...
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Student’s Use of Internet Archive Expands from High School to College
Rachel Simmons first used the Wayback Machine for research projects at her Sacramento, California, high school. Now a senior at UCLA, she’s discovered even more ways to find material not available...
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From Fake News to Open Data: Studying the Histories of Digital Media Using...
As scholars of digital media studies, Liliana Bounegru and Jonathan Gray say the Internet Archive preserves artifacts that are integral to their work. Jonathan Gray and Liliana Bounegru The two...
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Internet Archive Celebrates Research and Research Libraries at Annual Gathering
At this year’s annual celebration in San Francisco, the Internet Archive team showcased its innovative projects and rallied supporters around its mission of “Universal Access to All Knowledge.”...
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Grad Student Finds Nostalgic ‘Treasure Trove of Goodies’ Through the Internet...
As Elena Rowan researches the ways that activist archivers gather and make sense of data, she often relies on the Internet Archive. She is a graduate student in sociology at Concordia University in...
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Moving Getty.edu “404-ward” With Help From The Internet Archive API
This is a guest post from Teresa Soleau (Digital Preservation Manager), Anders Pollack (Software Engineer), and Neal Johnson (Senior IT Project Manager) from the J. Paul Getty Trust. Project...
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Using the Wayback Machine to Understand the Cultural Roots of New Technologies
As an academic librarian helping connect students and faculty with the research materials they need, Sanjeet Mann has turned to the Internet Archive many times. “I really value having the Wayback...
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Genealogist uncovers family histories with help of Internet Archive
In tracing her family history, Taneya Koonce discovered stories about her African American ancestors in records going back to the late 1700s. Many were enslaved. She followed the path of some...
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Fair Use in Action at the Internet Archive
As we celebrate Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, we are reminded of all the ways these flexible copyright exceptions enable libraries to preserve materials and meet the needs of the communities they serve....
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Digital archives: a time machine for the web
This post was originally published in a newsletter by Project Liberty, February 20, 2024. Image by Project Liberty. In the summer of 2023, the New York Times ran an article titled “Ways You Can Still...
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