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Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are stored – CNN Business
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved By Hadas Gold, Updated 23 hr ago See inside the old San Francisco church that houses nearly all of the internet’s history… San Francisco — Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge,…
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One Trillion Web Pages Archived: Internet Archive Celebrates a Civilization-Scale Milestone | Internet Archive Blogs
Internet Archive Blogs, Updates from the Internet Archive One Trillion Web Pages Archived: Internet Archive Celebrates a Civilization-Scale Milestone Posted on October 31, 2025 by Caralee Adams One trillion! There was no mistaking the number that was center stage at the Internet Archive in San Francisco on October 22. “We are celebrating a major goal…
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Trump takes a wrecking ball to the White House in on-the-nose metaphor – US news – The Guardian
Editor’s Note: Featured image by WP AI. Trump takes a wrecking ball to the White House in on-the-nose metaphor The start of construction on the president’s $250m ballroom marks a regression to his property wheeler-dealer days David Smith in Washington, Wed 22 Oct 2025 15.42 EDT The press corps crowded into the East Room –…
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Can anyone stop Trump’s teardown of the East Wing? – The Washington Post
Can anyone stop Trump’s teardown of the East Wing? Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too. Editor’s Note: The featured image is by WP AI. October 22, 2025 at 2:49 p.m. EDT, Yesterday at 2:49 p.m. EDT, 12 min Demolition crews…
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Brewster Kahle, the internet’s librarian | California Sun
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, housed in a former San Francisco church with Greek columns that echo the ancient Library of Alexandria, discusses his three-decade mission to preserve humanity’s digital knowledge and culture. Now facing unprecedented challenges, including a major cyberattack and legal battles with publishers over the site’s distribution of copyrighted materials,…
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“Return of the Jedi,” Mark Hamill and the 2021 National Film Registry | Library of Congress Blog
December 14, 2021 by Neely Tucker Video of announcement: https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10132/ The National Film Registry’s 2021 class is the most diverse in the program’s 33-year history, including blockbusters such as “Return of the Jedi,” “Selena” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” but also the ’70s midnight-movie favorite “Pink Flamingos” and a…
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The September 11, 2001 Web Archive: Twenty Years Later | Library of Congress | The Signal
Published September 22, 2021, by Carlyn Osborn Today’s guest post is from Tracee Haupt, a Digital Collection Specialist in the Digital Content Management section at the Library of Congress. On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, I asked four individuals who were part of the creation of the September 11, 2001 Web…
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The Best Book Repair Tape for Maintaining Your Tomes
A list of the best book repair tape for keeping your collection in top shape. A broken spine, loose covers, and ripped pages are unwelcome sights in anyone’s library. Thankfully, a simple roll of tape can assist with repairs. While it might be tempting to reach for whatever masking tape or cellophane tape you have…
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Library of Congress National Film Registry Turns 30 | Library of Congress
“Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today the annual selection of 25 of America’s most influential motion pictures to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s film heritage. These films range from Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and Paul Newman’s…
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Issaquah bookbinder among handful at libraries nationwide still operating a ‘mendery’ | The Seattle Times
Donald Vass works at restoring a book at the King County Library System’s central service center in Issaquah. Public libraries’ automated sorting machines, whirring conveyor belts and hard bins can break a book and shorten its life. Vass has spent the past 26 years mending and tending to books for the county library system. (RUTH…
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Reinventing the Library – The New York Times
If we change the role of libraries and librarians, we must be careful to preserve the centrality of the book. Source: Reinventing the Library – The New York Times
