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Internet Archive Europe – Bringing Collections to Life
- axiologist 2y agoApparently this is not a European mirror of the AI but (still?) only a landing page for the announcement of intent of an associated project. No content whatsoever can be browsed (yet).
- frozenseven 2y agoAnnouncement of a project that's been around since 2004? Interesting to say the least.
- beaugunderson 2y agoMy guess is that's a typo and they meant 2024... this is the earliest I can find of it on the web: https://web.archive.org/web/20230419191753/https://stichtinginternetarchive.nl/become-a-partner/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230419191753/https://stichting...
- blmurch 2y agoNo, it is not a typo. We were founded in 2004.
- beaugunderson 2y agoAh, cool, I stand corrected (I also just verified via the KVK number, for anyone else who happens upon this comment and cares). Did nothing happen until recently? Even as of 2023 everything on the website was in the future tense. "It is the intention of SIA to...", "Funding will be provided..."
- barbazoo 2y ago> The Internet Archive is an American non-profit organization Would be prudent to speed up development of "mirrors" in other jurisdictions to protect against rewriting of history. I imagine that's what autocrats will do in the end.
- skyyler 2y agoThere's one in Alexandria, I believe. I agree that there should be more.
- outside1234 2y agoAlexandria Egypt? Or is this a joke comment?
- yawndex 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
- outside1234 2y agoYes, so assuming this was a historical reference, and that some sort of digital equivalent has not been formed there. :)
- jazzyjackson 2y agoBibliotheca Alexandria installed a mirror of the Internet Archive in 2007, it's unclear from a brief googling if the relationship was sustained https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keywords https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keyw...
- mburns 2y agoiirc, Library of Alexandria's collection grew from making copies of books brought into port by sailors. So, there are definitely some loose historical parallels to draw.
- Kim_Bruning 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina Direct link for the New Library of Alexandria.
- outside1234 2y agoIs there a way to download a particular IA archive via torrent or otherwise?
- esskay 2y agoFor anyone confused, this isn't a EU based archiving service like the main Internet Archive. It's a vaguely worded plan of "tools" and "collections", whatever that means. Their BlueSky profile pretty much sums up the program: > Internet Archive Europe, a Dutch non-profit research library, is building collections and tools to bring them to life. Working with libraries, museums, and archives, we share these tools and collections to further everyone’s services.
- beaugunderson 2y agoBrewster Kahle was the founding chairman of their board, though, and remains a board member.
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- blmurch 2y agoHello there! I am the Program Manager for IAE. No we are not a full mirror but are busy building alliances here in Europe.
- pabs3 2y agoPlease do think about a full mirror. The Software Heritage mirror partner ENEA might be good people to talk to. I think grnet might also be a future SWH mirror. https://www.softwareheritage.org/mirrors/ https://www.softwareheritage.org/mirrors/
- blmurch 2y agoWe met with them at FOSDEM - good people! https://bsky.app/profile/internetarchive.eu/post/3lho6kdye5k2c https://bsky.app/profile/internetarchive.eu/post/3lho6kdye5k...