Colección Aruba Documents Added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register

PLUS! Brewster Kahle honored with Project Uil Award, brush-forms from the 1900s and more.

View this email in your browser Archive    Donate     Blog     Jobs     Volunteer     April 2025 Browsing the Archive Aruba's Digitized Slavery Documents Added to UNESCO's International Memory of the World Register Documents pertaining to the history of slavery in Aruba have been officially added to UNESCO's Memory of the World (MoW) International Register. The digitized documents have been preserved and are now accessible online through the Colección Aruba and the Internet Archive. With this official recognition, these globally significant documents are more accessible than ever. READ MORE Brewster Kahle Accepts Project Uil Award from Dutch Wikipedia Community Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, accepted the 2024 Project Uil award on behalf of the Internet Archive from the Dutch-language Wikipedia community. The award ceremony took place last month at an event held at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This gathering included prominent figures from the Dutch open knowledge movement, such as librarians, archivists, scholars, and representatives from national cultural institutions. The WikiUilen awards have been presented since 2015 by the Dutch Wikipedia community in recognition of the dedicated efforts of Wikipedia volunteers and organizations. READ MORE ABOUT THE RECOGNITION From Our Collections Brushing Up This quaint book, designed for elementary schools, introduces students to basic brush strokes by showing how to fill a brush with color and apply it to paper. In "Brushwork: Elementary Brush-Forms" (1903), six colors are used for the lessons, with two required for each exercise. This approach provides students—and any aspiring painters—with opportunities to experiment with pigments and achieve desired hues. Ford the River The Oregon Trail remains a beloved classic in our software collection. In this nostalgic game, you take on the role of the leader of a wagon train, tasked with journeying along the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Willamette Valley, Oregon. The game combines strategy and luck, making it enjoyable for players of all ages, whether they are newcomers or veterans. The Monthly Giving Circle is a community of our patrons who donate each month. To find out more about the program, perks and upcoming events, visit here or contact donations@archive.org. In addition to sustaining our work, Monthly Giving Circle members enjoy exclusive events, benefits, and discounts! The average donation is just $8. Join over 20,000 members by making a recurring monthly donation today. What We're Reading IIEE: How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole THE NATION: 9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now BBC: Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion THE NEW YORKER: Bluesky's Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media SEARCH ENGINE JOURNAL: 25 Alternative Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google MUSIC ALLY: Internet Archive wants record labels to 'drop your lawsuit' If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Internet Archive, we would greatly appreciate your support. You can help out by visiting archive.org/donate or by texting ARCHIVE to 44321. Thank you for helping us provide Universal Access To All Knowledge. DONATE TO THE INTERNET ARCHIVE Share Tweet Forward You are receiving this newsletter because of your relationship with the Internet Archive. Review our Privacy Policy Our mailing address is: Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 Want to change how you receive these emails?  You can update your preferences to change what types of notifications you receive, or switch from HTML format to plain text. You can also unsubscribe from this list if you don't want to hear from us again.

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IA’s Artist in Residence Program: An Intersection of Art and Technology

PLUS! Preserving .Gov via Wayback, pulp (science) fiction and more!

View this email in your browser Archive    Donate     Blog     Jobs     Volunteer     March 2025 Browsing the Archive Creating an Intersection of Art and Technology with IA's AIR Program Last November, Swilk, an Oakland-based artist, unveiled an interactive weaving exhibit at the Internet Archive as their final showcase in the Artist in Residence Program. Blending textiles and technology to explore the internet's role during the HIV/AIDS crisis, their mechanized weavings pulsed and breathed in response to user interactions with archived queer health resources. Titled When you're looking for something, it's important to know who was in love, the piece reflects Swilk's personal connection to online history as a queer person seeking truth and community. To learn more about the project and Internet Archive's Artist in Residence program, see below. MORE HERE Efforts to Prevent Vanishing Government Web Pages Continue After the presidential inauguration in January, many federal web pages, including information about climate change, reproductive health, gender identity and sexual orientation have been restricted, altered or completely taken down. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, many of these pages still exist in their original context in the Internet Archive—freely accessible to the public. Learn more about our efforts to preserve federal webpages, and how to support our EOT Crawl project, below.  LEARN MORE From Our Collections Stories from Out of this World Amazing Stories, the American pulp magazine, launched in April 1926 and was the very first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Enjoy the fast-paced storytelling, retro art and advertising of the 20's. In the very first edition (picture above) we get tales like The New Accelerator, The Man from the Atom and The Thing From—Outside. Good to Hear The Internet Archive holds thousands of audiobooks in the LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection, available to all. This month, we recommend Emma (1815) by Jane Austen. Overly confident in her abilities to interfere in the lives of those around her, Emma Woodhouse learns the dangers of meddling and how a wild imagination can lead one astray.  The Monthly Giving Circle is a community of our patrons who donate each month. To find out more about the program, perks and upcoming events, visit here or contact donations@archive.org. In addition to sustaining our work, Monthly Giving Circle members enjoy exclusive events, benefits, and discounts! Join over 20,000 members by making a recurring monthly donation today. What We're Reading NPR: As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them ARS TECHNICA: Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says RICHMOND REVIEW/SUNSET BEACON: Emerging Arts Scene Finds a Home at the Richmond's Internet Archive KQED: What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? THE NEW YORKER: The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump's Purge If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Internet Archive, we would greatly appreciate your support. You can help out by visiting archive.org/donate or by texting ARCHIVE to 44321. Thank you for helping us provide Universal Access To All Knowledge. DONATE TO THE INTERNET ARCHIVE Share Tweet Forward You are receiving this newsletter because of your relationship with the Internet Archive. Review our Privacy Policy Our mailing address is: Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 Want to change how you receive these emails?  You can update your preferences to change what types of notifications you receive, or switch from HTML format to plain text. You can also unsubscribe from this list if you don't want to hear from us again.

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