Brewster Kahle
@brewster.kahle.org
Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
Internet Archive Europe progress: new network router is now installed in central switching point. Onward!
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Internet Archive Europe progress: new network router is now installed in central switching point. Onward!
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
"In an age of informational chaos, the Wayback Machine feels like one of the few institutions that never lies to us."
Nice comment from Current Affair editor
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
Nice comment from Current Affair editor
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"In an age of informational chaos, the Wayback Machine feels like one of the few institutions that never lies to us."
Nice comment from Current Affair editor
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
Nice comment from Current Affair editor
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
Interview of the new librarian of the British Library :
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Q&As on AI:
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Q&As on AI:
![Can we talk about some of the wider challenges to creativity? We’re living in a world where AI is scraping writers’ creations and the creations of other artists. Do you share the concerns of creators that safeguards are either insufficient or not present?
I absolutely understand that. There’s a current debate in Parliament around legislation on exactly that. 9 We have a proud tradition of intellectual property laws. Alongside that, this explosive technological development age means that we have an extraordinary opportunity of computational power to analyze, to understand, to discover. What I do think is these two should not be set up in opposition.
footnote: 9 Elton John and Dua Lipa are among those urging the UK government to rethink plans to allow tech companies to use copyrighted material to train their AI models.
But they are in opposition, aren’t they? I looked online and discovered that both of my books have been scraped by AI. I didn’t agree to that.
Every country in the world is grappling with this; no country has yet fully cracked managing this boundary. But certainly as groups of libraries, we can both value creative content and put in best-practice ways of how you can get the best of AI in a bounded, ethical way.
Let me give you an example around our historic collections. We have 170 million items in 200 languages — a huge imprint of the world’s authentically created, human-created content. We’ve done a project through all our texts in older Javanese languages to use [the] mass computational power of AI to do machine discovery of what those texts say, and machine-supported curation of how to flag and catalog that. But that’s very different from AI scraping of your books, which as an author I would be really distressed about.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6zcjb6gz4dg3mvjlxhzdlbaa/bafkreic5iuraiopexowmqozk5gd73simtrx23iyig52f5yx7x42nf7mzk4@jpeg)
July 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Interview of the new librarian of the British Library :
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Q&As on AI:
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Q&As on AI:
A Burger King ad on Russian TV (featuring an AC/DC riff from Thunderstruck). Fun, and kind of surprising. (thx roger)
archive.org/details/RUSS...
archive.org/details/RUSS...
June 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A Burger King ad on Russian TV (featuring an AC/DC riff from Thunderstruck). Fun, and kind of surprising. (thx roger)
archive.org/details/RUSS...
archive.org/details/RUSS...
"The Electric-- the simplest of motor cars" ad in Vogue magazine in 1912.
(nytimes has an article about that era of electrics with a cool ad: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/b... )
loving our electric vehicles in 2025.
archive.org/details/sim_...
(nytimes has an article about that era of electrics with a cool ad: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/b... )
loving our electric vehicles in 2025.
archive.org/details/sim_...
May 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The Electric-- the simplest of motor cars" ad in Vogue magazine in 1912.
(nytimes has an article about that era of electrics with a cool ad: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/b... )
loving our electric vehicles in 2025.
archive.org/details/sim_...
(nytimes has an article about that era of electrics with a cool ad: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/b... )
loving our electric vehicles in 2025.
archive.org/details/sim_...
From the microfiche scanning center: www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From the microfiche scanning center: www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...
May 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is coming online @internetarchive ! Thank you Graduate Theological Union.
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is coming online @internetarchive ! Thank you Graduate Theological Union.
US Government Websites: Jan 5th, 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
US Government Websites: Jan 5th, 2025.
President Teddy Roosevelt (R) 1902 on 'national life':
"When all is said and done, the rule of brotherhood remains as the indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind of national life for which we strive." —From Message of President Roosevelt.
archive.org/details/unit...
"When all is said and done, the rule of brotherhood remains as the indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind of national life for which we strive." —From Message of President Roosevelt.
archive.org/details/unit...
March 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
President Teddy Roosevelt (R) 1902 on 'national life':
"When all is said and done, the rule of brotherhood remains as the indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind of national life for which we strive." —From Message of President Roosevelt.
archive.org/details/unit...
"When all is said and done, the rule of brotherhood remains as the indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind of national life for which we strive." —From Message of President Roosevelt.
archive.org/details/unit...
"Bringing Collections to Life" in our libraries the Stichting Internet Archive held a meeting in the beautiful WAAG in Amsterdam to find how to help
New foundational LLM model for a small language was demonstrated
Look at the fabulous room!
@stichtinginternetarchive.nl stichtinginternetarchive.nl
New foundational LLM model for a small language was demonstrated
Look at the fabulous room!
@stichtinginternetarchive.nl stichtinginternetarchive.nl
March 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Bringing Collections to Life" in our libraries the Stichting Internet Archive held a meeting in the beautiful WAAG in Amsterdam to find how to help
New foundational LLM model for a small language was demonstrated
Look at the fabulous room!
@stichtinginternetarchive.nl stichtinginternetarchive.nl
New foundational LLM model for a small language was demonstrated
Look at the fabulous room!
@stichtinginternetarchive.nl stichtinginternetarchive.nl
"Review Spam," or commercially motivated posts, on the Internet Archive spiked to 99.9% (1000-to-1) of our reviews before the election
always cat-and-mouse game, but now with RoboMice
So now the @archive.org has RoboKitties!
RoboKitties-- Go Eat them RoboMice! (Robokitties are currently winning.)
always cat-and-mouse game, but now with RoboMice
So now the @archive.org has RoboKitties!
RoboKitties-- Go Eat them RoboMice! (Robokitties are currently winning.)
January 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Review Spam," or commercially motivated posts, on the Internet Archive spiked to 99.9% (1000-to-1) of our reviews before the election
always cat-and-mouse game, but now with RoboMice
So now the @archive.org has RoboKitties!
RoboKitties-- Go Eat them RoboMice! (Robokitties are currently winning.)
always cat-and-mouse game, but now with RoboMice
So now the @archive.org has RoboKitties!
RoboKitties-- Go Eat them RoboMice! (Robokitties are currently winning.)
Public Domain movie this friday night in SF: Please come!
Meet John Doe w/Gary Cooper - "regular people faced with fascism"
www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-john-...
review: www.cineaste.com/summer2011/m...
Meet John Doe w/Gary Cooper - "regular people faced with fascism"
www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-john-...
review: www.cineaste.com/summer2011/m...
January 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Public Domain movie this friday night in SF: Please come!
Meet John Doe w/Gary Cooper - "regular people faced with fascism"
www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-john-...
review: www.cineaste.com/summer2011/m...
Meet John Doe w/Gary Cooper - "regular people faced with fascism"
www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-john-...
review: www.cineaste.com/summer2011/m...
From the librarian essay from 1936:
archive.org/details/sim_...
to combat the forces against libraries we must unite,
[gosh, bsky is klunky for this. this was my attempt on mastodon: mastodon.archive.org/deck/@brewst... ]
archive.org/details/sim_...
to combat the forces against libraries we must unite,
[gosh, bsky is klunky for this. this was my attempt on mastodon: mastodon.archive.org/deck/@brewst... ]
December 31, 2024 at 7:18 PM
From the librarian essay from 1936:
archive.org/details/sim_...
to combat the forces against libraries we must unite,
[gosh, bsky is klunky for this. this was my attempt on mastodon: mastodon.archive.org/deck/@brewst... ]
archive.org/details/sim_...
to combat the forces against libraries we must unite,
[gosh, bsky is klunky for this. this was my attempt on mastodon: mastodon.archive.org/deck/@brewst... ]
More warnings from 1936:
<keep reading next>
<keep reading next>
December 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM
More warnings from 1936:
<keep reading next>
<keep reading next>
fiery piece on the future of libraries (from 1936):
...crazed dictator of the future could repeat the holocaust of Alexandria.
archive.org/details/sim_...
...crazed dictator of the future could repeat the holocaust of Alexandria.
archive.org/details/sim_...
December 31, 2024 at 7:09 PM
fiery piece on the future of libraries (from 1936):
...crazed dictator of the future could repeat the holocaust of Alexandria.
archive.org/details/sim_...
...crazed dictator of the future could repeat the holocaust of Alexandria.
archive.org/details/sim_...
Space Oddity by Bowie-- ever seen the film version from then (he was 22 years old)? I hadn't.
It endears the song even more for me. What a velvet punch.
www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/davi...
It endears the song even more for me. What a velvet punch.
www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/davi...
December 29, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Space Oddity by Bowie-- ever seen the film version from then (he was 22 years old)? I hadn't.
It endears the song even more for me. What a velvet punch.
www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/davi...
It endears the song even more for me. What a velvet punch.
www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/davi...
Please consider donating to the Internet Archive this year.
Good news is people are looking for reliable sources to learn from. Lets help them find them! @internetarchive.bsky.social
archive.org/donate
Good news is people are looking for reliable sources to learn from. Lets help them find them! @internetarchive.bsky.social
archive.org/donate
December 23, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Please consider donating to the Internet Archive this year.
Good news is people are looking for reliable sources to learn from. Lets help them find them! @internetarchive.bsky.social
archive.org/donate
Good news is people are looking for reliable sources to learn from. Lets help them find them! @internetarchive.bsky.social
archive.org/donate
Digitization as public performance-- visit the Vancouver Public Library's prominent book scanner!
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
December 21, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Digitization as public performance-- visit the Vancouver Public Library's prominent book scanner!
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
"Bringing Vancouver’s Past to the Present: Digitizing Rare Collections with Vancouver Public Library and Internet Archive Canada". internetarchivecanada.org/2024/12/18/b...
Fun as a Librarian: The Cornhill Magazine coming in, first on microfilm, and now the print archives donated. Love the name. Goin' online for free!
archive.org/details/pub_...
(life's little pleasures)
article [paywalled :( ] about the magazine's early days: www.jstor.org/stable/20083...
archive.org/details/pub_...
(life's little pleasures)
article [paywalled :( ] about the magazine's early days: www.jstor.org/stable/20083...
March 3, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Fun as a Librarian: The Cornhill Magazine coming in, first on microfilm, and now the print archives donated. Love the name. Goin' online for free!
archive.org/details/pub_...
(life's little pleasures)
article [paywalled :( ] about the magazine's early days: www.jstor.org/stable/20083...
archive.org/details/pub_...
(life's little pleasures)
article [paywalled :( ] about the magazine's early days: www.jstor.org/stable/20083...