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Internet Archive Canada and BC + AI Launch the AI Builders Fellowship

Internet Archive Canada (IAC) is partnering with BC + AI to launch the AI Builders Fellowship: a $5,000 award for anyone, anywhere in the world, to spend six weeks turning a massive Canadian public archive into something new. The archive in question is IAC’s Government Publications collection, part of the larger Democracy’s Library project: over … Continue reading Internet Archive Canada and BC + AI Launch the AI Builders Fellowship

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What Canadian Libraries Have Been Building — and Why It Matters

Canada Day is a good moment to take stock of what we’ve built together, and to celebrate a collection that reflects Canada’s extraordinary depth and diversity. This Canada Day, we’re celebrating twenty years of digitization partnerships, and the remarkable collection we’ve built together. More than one million items totaling 390 terabytes of text, music scores, … Continue reading What Canadian Libraries Have Been Building — and Why It Matters

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Preserving Voices: Internet Archive Canada at Hamilton Public Library

On June 17, the Hamilton Public Library (HPL) hosted an event emphasizing the critical role of digital preservation in safeguarding the cultures, languages, stories, and histories of marginalized communities worldwide. Representatives from the Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada, Woodland Cultural Centre, the Liberian Learning Center and McMaster University gathered at HPL’s Central Library to discuss … Continue reading Preserving Voices: Internet Archive Canada at Hamilton Public Library