The Internet Archive (
archive.org
) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Founded in 1996, the Internet Archive has an historical web collection (the Wayback Machine) of over 150 billion
web pages
, about 240,000
movies
, over 500,000
audio
items (including over 70,000
live concerts
), over 1,800,000
texts
, 1600
education
items, and over 30,000
software
items. And we’re growing bigger every day!
The Internet Archive’s Collections Team started this blog to highlight new collections and interesting items. We hope you enjoy it!