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How to recover your Yahoo! Groups from the Internet Archive
It's not too late to recover your old Yahoo! Groups. Read on to find out how to navigate through the Yahoo! Groups collections on the Internet Archive!
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Help Archive Team Save Yahoo! Answers!
Yahoo! Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021, taking nearly 15 years worth of content with it! Archive Team is trying to save as much of it as possible,…
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Why Do We Need Proactive Archiving? Yahoo! Answers
Yahoo! Answers might be shutting down in a few days, but internet archivists are already prepared!
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October Status Update on the Save Yahoo Groups! Project
Last Winter when shut down Yahoo Groups there was a major project to rescue data, lead by Archive Team and fandoms who traced their origins to Yahoo Groups. So let's talk about what has transpired since...
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Farewell and Best Wishes, End of The National Emergency Library; NEL History pt. 3
After the initial turbulence, the NEL continued to operate as the Internet Archive worked to reconcile with those who had felt offended by the program. Alas not everyone was satisfied, on 1 June 2020 four major publishers would sue IA culminating in a premature shutdown of the NEL...
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Take Off, The Controversial Launch of Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library; NEL History pt. 2
The National Emergency Library launched on March 24. At times praised as a wonderful opportunity for accessibility, other times it was slammed as an infringe of author’s and publisher’s rights. But the real question was “Could the Internet Archive handle this much attention?”
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The Background of Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library; NEL History pt. 1
The National Emergency Library was one of the Internet Archive's most controversial features. Waitlists on a large collection of books were suspended with the aim of aiding displaced learners across the US...
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A Timeline of The National Emergency Library Controversy
The National Emergency Library was an initiative launched by the Internet Archive, as a response to US libraries shutting down due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak.
It lasted from 23 March 2020 to 15 June. This is a timeline of events leading up to the formation of the NEL and its premature cancellation.
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Weekly Summary 06/08/2020
Updates Unable to settle their differences peacefully, a number of publishers have decided to take legal action against the Internet Archive for their National Emergency Library initiative. https://datahorde.org/?p=693 If anything…
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Weekly Summary 06/01/2020
It's the first day of June. Some might see today as an opportunity to turn over a new leaf, others as just another Monday... Either way, we can only wish…