Archiving and Preservation The Digital Library at Risk: The Battle to Save the Wayback Machine and the Future of the Historical Record July 8, 2026 Evan Lee Salim For nearly three decades, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has served as the digital equivalent of the Library of Alexandria. It has functioned as a neutral, non-profit steward of the…
Archiving and Preservation The Silent Crisis: How the National Summit on Local News Preservation is Racing to Save Our Collective Memory July 5, 2026 Sagoh The landscape of American democracy is undergoing a quiet, seismic shift. As local newspapers vanish from town squares and digital newsrooms struggle to maintain their archives, the primary record of…
Archiving and Preservation The Digital Abyss: Why Our Collective Memory Is Evaporating and How We Can Save It July 1, 2026 Laily UPN In the early days of the internet, the prevailing ethos was one of permanence. We were told that "the internet is forever"—a comforting sentiment that suggested our collective history, once…
