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Internet Archive
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The Internet Archive is an American non-profit organization that works to preserve digital materials and make them freely accessible to the public. It matters because it saves copies of websites, books, audio, and video that might otherwise be lost, ensuring that digital information remains available for future generations to access and research.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Archive
- Founded
- 1996
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.435378.e · ISNI 0000 0004 9260 2112
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Encyclopedic overview
Since late 2009, the headquarters of the Internet Archive has been the building that formerly housed the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist in San Francisco, California.
The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge".
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