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Misunderstanding the Genius of Jules Verne – And Why It Matters to Science Fiction "In our cultural obsession with celebrating Verne's technological prescience...we've overlooked the nuanced and insig…
Local news preservation takes ongoing collaboration. 📰 The Internet Archive’s National Summit on Local News Preservation brought journalists, librarians, archivists, and researchers together to develo…
33 New Deal Posters That Helped Lift America Out Of The Great Depression Beginning in 1935, artists for the Works Progress Administration created thousands of posters that promoted the arts and public…
🏛️ Once a year, the Physical Archive opens its doors for a rare behind-the-scenes tour! On Oct. 20, see preserved collections up close, visit demo stations & join digital librarian Brewster Kahle for i…
"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint." #OTD in 1925, 18-year-old Frida Kahlo forgot her umbrella. This tiny oversight changed the trajectory of her life. Frid…
The Unsung Female Authors of English Romantic Literature Read about the remarkable women who took part in the Romantic movement and challenged male-dominated narratives. by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams htt…
JUST ADDED: Tonight’s Negativland concert at the Internet Archive is sold out, but you can still join us online! The livestream begins at 6:30pm PT and will only be available during the show. At the b…
Government information was meant to be distributed, & libraries play a key role in making the public record available to everyone. On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Merrilee Proffitt of Democracy’s Li…
How Did Gutenberg's Printing Press Work? It's one of the most famous inventions of all time: Johannes' Gutenberg's printing press, which birthed the Gutenberg Bible and inspired book-makers around the…
Agatha Christie's 11-Day Disappearance May Not Be Such a Mystery After All Christie herself explained the circumstances behind her legendary disappearance in an interview. By Eden Gordon https://www.m…
Jonathan Swift v. AI Three hundred years ago, the satirist warned of a world in which reading and writing are replaced by the flashy simulation of human knowledge. Can he help us fix it? by Dónal Gill…
GIFs became a defining part of the early web, including the ubiquitous “under construction” signs that marked unfinished pages. JD Shadel looks at what these fleeting images can teach us about preserv…
🌐 The internet doesn’t remember everything. Websites disappear, links decay & digital traces change over time. CARTA Presents: “DIGITAL GHOSTS - ACCESS TO WEB ARCHIVES THROUGH DATA AND CREATIVITY” loo…
"I can't imagine why everybody is always so keen for authors to talk about writing. I should have thought it was an author's business to write, not talk." Dead Man's Folly (1956) ~Dame Agatha Christie…
“Fix the Wayback Machine!” We’ve heard you. The Wayback Machine has been dealing with waves of high-volume automated traffic. Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, explains what’s happening an…
Is Edward Gibbon Still Accurate on the Fall of Rome? Edward Gibbon published his iconic history in 1776, but what do modern archaeologists and historians think of his core thesis on Rome's collapse. h…
"No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law." The American Democrat (1838) ~James Fenimore Cooper #BOTD in 1789 Books by James Fenimore Cooper…
We recently received an inquiry about World War I books (1914–1918) related to YMCA war work. Using a clever combination of keywords, our senior cataloger pulled the following results: https://www.gut…
#OTD in 1321, Dante Alighieri dies. He "was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Bo…
