INTERNET ARCHIVE.

 

About the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.

We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral - but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. Today we have 20+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 450+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages.

As our web archive grew, so did our commitment to providing digital versions of other published works. Today our archive contains:

• 279 billion web pages
• 11 million books and texts
• 4 million audio recordings (including 160,000 live concerts)
• 3 million videos (including 1 million Television News programs)
• 1 million images
• 100,000 software programs

[Keep reading… / On WIKIPEDIA.]

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Internet Archive è una biblioteca digitale non profit che ha lo scopo dichiarato di consentire un "accesso universale alla conoscenza"^[1][2]. Essa offre uno spazio digitale permanente per l'accesso a collezioni di materiale digitale che include, tra l'altro, siti web, audio, immagini in movimento (video) e libri. Internet Archive fu fondato da Brewster Kahle nel 1996 e fa parte della IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium).^[3] In aggiunta alla sua funzione primaria di archiviazione, Internet Archive è un'organizzazione attivista che si batte per una Internet libera ed aperta ed è un'associazione non profit riconosciuta ufficialmente negli Stati Uniti d'America.

Fonte: WIKIPEDIA.