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SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? (www.kqed.org)
submitted 3 days ago by bignose@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said that while the nonprofit organization has always functioned as a library, this new designation makes it easier to work with the other federal depository libraries. That, he said, is a service to everyone.

“ I think there is a great deal of excitement to have an organization such as the Internet Archive, which has physical collections of materials, but is really known mostly for being accessible as part of the internet,” Kahle said. “And helping integrate these materials into things like Wikipedia, so that the whole internet ecosystem gets stronger as digital learners get closer access into the government materials.”

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Federal government gets no control over the Internet Archive through this designation.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Uh huh. Sure thing.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm not saying Trump wouldn't try to take such a thing, but this doesn't give him any more ability to do so than he had before. Obviously he's willing to be a fascist, so he doesn't need any change in an organization's designation to do something undemocratic toward them. He has exactly as much control as he had before. This doesn't change anything.