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[[File:Christian science church122908 02.jpg|thumb|right| Internet Archive headquarters in San Fransico, California. The building is a former Christian Science Church.]]
[[File:Internet Archive - Bibliotheca Alexandrina.jpg|thumb|right|Internet Archive (Bibliotheca Alexandrina)]]

The '''Internet Archive''' ('''IA''') is a [[non-profit]] organization based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] that has an on-line [[library]] and [[archive]] of [[World Wide Web|Web]] and [[multimedia]] resources. The Internet Archive was founded by [[Brewster Kahle]] in [[1996]].

This archive includes "[[snapshot (computer storage)|snapshots]] of the [[World Wide Web]]" ([[web archiving|archived copies of pages]], taken at various points in time), [[software]], [[movie]]s, [[book]]s, and [[sound recording|audio]] recordings. To make the books available on the [[Internet]], they are first placed into special scanning machines by volunteers and employees of the library. These machines take very high quality pictures of the books' pages, and then images and text of the books are freely available on the Website. This process is called "digitization". The old collections of films and sound are digitized in this way too before being made available online. All of the original books, movies, records and so on are stored in a giant [[warehouse]] in California, just like normal libraries store their smaller collections of books or other records. This collection is called the [[Open Library]] and aims to create "''one web page for every book ever published.''" It was created by [[computer programmer]] and [[activist]], [[Aaron Swartz]].

The Archive also purchases new [[E-book|electronic books]] and loans them out to readers just like any other normal library. These electronic books can be read by viewing the Website, on the reader's own [[computer]] or electronic reading device, and even in special reading areas inside the Archive where the tables have [[touchscreen]]s and computers built into them.

To ensure the stability and endurance of the archive, The Internet Archive is mirrored at [[Bibliotheca Alexandrina]] in [[Egypt]], the only library in the world with a mirror.<ref>[http://archive.bibalex.org/ The Internet Archive at the New Library of Alexandria]</ref> The Internet Archive makes the collections available at no cost to researchers, historians, and scholars. The Internet Archive is a member of the [[American Library Association]] and is officially recognized by the State of California as a library.<ref>[https://archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=121377 " Internet Archive officially a library"], May 2, 2007</ref>

[[File:Scribe Machine Acquisition 3.jpg|thumb|right|One of the scanning machines used to digitize printed books]]

==Related pages==
*[[Alexa Internet]]
*[[Project Gutenberg]]

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{Commonscat|Internet Archive}}
*[https://archive.org/ The Internet Archive] home page
*[http://www.openlibrary.org/ The Open Library] - Digital library index
*[https://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] - historical "snapshots" of the World Wide Web
*[http://blog.archive.org/ Internet Archive Blogs] - ''A blog from the team at archive.org''
*[http://netpreserve.org/ The International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)]
*[https://www.loc.gov/webcapture/ Library of Congress, Web Capture]
*[http://www.digitalpreservation.gov National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program]
*[http://www.petabox.org/ Petabox, a useful invention created in collaboration with the Internet Archive]
*[https://archive.org/web/hardware.php Pictures and descriptions of the Wayback Machine hardware in 2003 (prior to the Petabox), with cost information]
*[http://jnana.wikinerds.org/index.php/Form_990-PF_for_Internet_Archive_%282003%29 Form 990-PF for Internet Archive (2003)]
*[http://www.archive-it.org/press/release1.5.html Archive-It 1.5 Press Release] and [http://www.archive-it.org/faq.php Archive-It FAQ]
*[http://www.cs.odu.edu/~fmccown/research/lazy/warrick.html Warrick] – a tool for recovering websites from the Internet Archive and search engine caches
*[http://www.elektrischer-reporter.de/index.php/site/film/13/ Video interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle] (short intro in German language, the interview is in English with German subtitles)
*[http://www.europarchive.org The European Archive in Amsterdam]
*[http://recoverwebsite.com Recover websites from Web Archive and search engines caches]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_-fgy3EGY ''Internet Archive'' by Deepspeed media] - Short documentary and interview with Brewster Kahle (hosted on [[YouTube]])

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