The Internet Archive Today
Today, LivesArchived and hundreds of other archives and libraries across the country pair with the Internet Archive. They work to provide a place to store and share history forever!
6 Facts about Internet Archive History
1.The Internet Archive started as a non-profit group– calling themselves the “Internet Library” in 1996 and since then they’ve been helping archiving go digital.
2. The original group was located out of the Presidio of San Francisco (a national park). Today the archive has locations across the United States. You yourself can add your own history and the history of your family to the Internet Archive with help from LivesArchived.
3.The mission’s original goals were to extend preservation of artifacts and documents to the digital world. On their website they site they the founders were inspired by the tragedy of the Library of Alexandria to ensure that history would not be lost again. You can read more about the history of archiving here.
4. The Internet Archive gained recognition from the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress and now works hand in hand to preserve everything from NASA records to 1960s horror films. You can learn more about what the archive has to offer here.
5.To directly access the archive requires programming skills but the archive is working on making their resources more accessible to smaller public libraries and historical societies. LivesArchived can save your archive with the click of a button to the Internet Archive to be safe forever.
6.If you want to know more about the Internet Archive? Read more on their about page.
