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Public Librarians Partner with Internet Archive to
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Oct 06, 2025
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Thank you for your unwavering commitment to preserving our history and for building a foundation upon which so much future discovery will depend.
Since 2017, Internet Archive’s Community Webs program has been empowering public libraries and similar organizations to preserve and provide access to the unique culture and digital heritage of their communities. Members of the program receive Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service and Vault digital preservation service, coordinate on funded digitization projects to bring local history collections online, and engage in training, collaboration, and professional development opportunities. The program started with 26 public libraries and has since expanded to over 270 members from across 46 US states, 7 Canadian provinces, and a growing number from outside of North America.
Collectively, these members have preserved tens of thousands of websites totaling over 200 terabytes of data. From local news and politics to arts and culture and neighborhood blogs, these websites provide evidence of how history is unfolding in local communities. As this evidence has increasingly moved online, it has become crucial for community-focused cultural heritage organizations to ensure they have the proper training and tools for preserving and providing access to web-based content.
“Local history is all about creating meaning in people’s lives by providing a context for understanding how every resident fits into the continuum that is the history of our town. To fulfill this promise, I am working to diversify our contemporary holdings so that they more accurately represent our town’s current character and demographics. But I am continually thwarted by format,” said Anthony Vaver of Westborough Public Library in Massachusetts. “I can ask organizations to donate or scan any print materials that document their history, but because their activity is mostly web-based, the print records may not even be the most important for that organization. The Community Webs program helps us collect meaningful materials across all formats.”
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