Friday, January 13, 2017

Brewster Kahle Visiting University of Alberta

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Join us for Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, who will be speaking at the university on January 25, 2017 from 1:30 - 2:20 PM.

The University of Alberta Libraries and the Internet Archive have been partners since 2008.

Kahle, LLD '10, is a passionate advocate for public Internet access and a successful entrepreneur with a rich history of involvement in the development of the internet that dates back to 1989. He founded the Internet Archive in 1996 which now consists of 26 petabytes of data - the books, web pages, music, television, and software of our culture.

Most recently, there have been discussions about creating a copy of the Internet Archive in Canada. For more background, check out these articles and blog posts.

FAQs about Internet Archive Canada - Internet Archive blog
Fears of Trump prompt Internet Archive to make mirror site in Canada by Brady Strachan, CBC.ca

Help us welcome Brewster Kahle to the University of Alberta at CCIS 1-140 on January 25, 1:30-2:20 PM. Introduction by Gerald Beasley, Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian of University of Alberta Libraries.

RSVP by January 23, 2017: http://bit.ly/2izjdWv

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture was not recorded. 

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