Makers and Shapers Profile
Details
Name
The Internet Archive
Type
Commissioned Contributor
Dates of Existence
May 1996 - present
History
[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2022, using wikipedia: The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". Brewster Kahle founded the Archive in May 1996. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees one of the world's largest book digitisation projects.]