The Internet Archive welcomes Merrilee Proffitt as director of Democracy’s Library, US! With decades in digital libraries & open knowledge, she’ll expand free, online access to government research, supporting transparency, equity, and democratic engagement. Learn more at our blog ⤵️
Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US | Internet Archive Blogs
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Erin Malone — author, design historian, and Chair of Interaction Design at CCA — discusses building Kodak’s first website in the mid-1990s and gives a look at that site, now preserved in the #WaybackMachine. 📝 More ⤵️
Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages: Erin Malone on Designing Kodak’s First Web Site in 1994 | Internet Archive Blogs
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Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history. 👀 Pay your respects in full resolution ⤵️
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IN MEMORIAM Web Mascots : Internet Archive : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Every awards show has its “In Memoriam” segment. Why should the internet be any different? Join the Internet Archive for a look back at...
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The Winged Monkeys in Baum’s Oz weren’t followers of the Wicked Witch – they were compelled by the magical Golden Cap, which could summon them three times. The Witch used it first, then Dorothy, who had them carry her friends across Oz. Mischievous rather than evil, they obeyed only the commands given. Glinda the Good later gave them three final tasks and handed the cap to their King, freeing them forever. 🐒🪽 🐒🪽More Oz in the #publicdomain ⤵️
The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz | Internet Archive Blogs
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Before Hollywood turned her green, L. Frank Baum’s Wicked Witch of the West looked very different… & she appears only briefly in the 1900 book. 📚 🧙🏼The Wicked Witch's only specific physical trait in the book is her single, telescopic eye. It was W. W. Denslow’s iconic illustrations that first visualized her in the public imagination. Check out her earliest depictions in these images, & explore more Oz history on our blog ⤵️
The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz | Internet Archive Blogs
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📢 Don't miss today's #booktalk with Cory Doctorow on his new book ENSHITTIFICATION. Join us & Authors Alliance to learn why the internet broke & how we can fix it. 🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 📍 Online 🎟️
Book Talk: Enshittification with Cory Doctorow
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We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed. We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
Long before rainbows, there were longing musical laments in Oz. 🎧 Check out this 1913 recording from the stage musical “THE TIK-TOK MAN OF OZ” — a charming slice of early Oz history. Learn more about Oz in the public domain at our blog ⤵️
The Wonderful Public Domain of Oz | Internet Archive Blogs
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