Internet Archive Europe

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Internet Archive Europe, a Dutch non-profit research library, is building collections and tools to bring them to life. Working with libraries, museums, and archives, we share these tools and collections to further everyone’s services.

Mission Aligned organization to the @internetarchive
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Homepagehttps://www.internetarchive.eu
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Internet Archive Europe1d ago

Most of the Renaissance has never been read.

Around 90% of Renaissance Latin has never been translated into a modern language. Source Library is helping change that, making thousands of historical works accessible to readers worldwide.

Read more: https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/17/most-of-the-renaissance-has-never-been-read-source-library-is-opening-it/

#OpenAccess

Most of the Renaissance Has Never Been Read. Source Library Is Opening It. - Internet Archive Europe

Ninety percent of Renaissance Latin has never been translated into a modern language. More Latin was written after 1500 than survives from all of ancient Rome, and almost none of it has been read outside a specialist library. At the current pace of human scholarship, completing that translation work would take approximately 12,000 years. On

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Internet Archive EuropeJun 12

Where your data lives matters.

We've moved our Bluesky account to a European Personal Data Server hosted by Eurosky. Same profile, same content, different infrastructure.

A small step towards a more decentralized, resilient, and publicly accountable web.

https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/12/blue-sky-thinking-european-infrastructure-internet-archive-europe-has-moved-to-eurosky/

Blue Sky Thinking, European Infrastructure: Internet Archive Europe Has Moved to Eurosky - Internet Archive Europe

We've moved our Bluesky presence. Our account looks the same. Our data now lives somewhere different, on European infrastructure, under European law. Here's why we made that choice. What changed and what didn't When you use Bluesky, your posts, followers, and interactions live on a server. By default, that server belongs to Bluesky. Moving to

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Internet Archive EuropeJun 9

Today is International Archives Day. As publishers block the Wayback Machine over AI concerns, 250+ journalists are urging them to reconsider. Preserving the public record matters.

https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/09/the-wayback-machine-holds-30-years-of-the-web-news-publishers-are-blocking-it/

Sign: savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders #ArchivesForJustice

The Wayback Machine holds 30 years of the web. News publishers are blocking it. - Internet Archive Europe

International Archives Day falls today, Tuesday 9 June. The theme for this year's International Archives Week is #ArchivesForJustice: Rights, Memory, and Futures. The timing is pointed. As reported by Nieman Lab and WIRED, a growing number of publishers have moved to block the Internet Archive's web crawlers from preserving their content. For a full account

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Internet Archive EuropeJun 8

Maps are infrastructure too.

At a recent Internet Archive Europe workshop, we explored how OpenStreetMap and MapLibre are building open, community-governed alternatives to proprietary mapping platforms.

Who decides what stays visible, preserved, and accessible?

https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/08/maps-are-infrastructure-too/

#OpenStreetMap #MapLibre #OpenSource #DigitalInfrastructure

Maps Are Infrastructure Too - Internet Archive Europe

Not all infrastructure looks like a server room. Some of it looks like a map. On 19 May, Internet Archive Europe hosted a workshop at our Amsterdam space with Bart Louwers, one of the core maintainers of MapLibre, and Tommi Marmo, OpenStreetMap contributor. The conversation moved between the technical and the political in a way

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Internet Archive EuropeJun 4

This piece by @mmasnick is 🔥 I kept nodding along more and more. Bravo.

Come to Germany next month (July 8-12) for @dweb Camp to continue to build the decentralized web. This year it's in Europe instead of Cali because... reasons...

https://www.liberalism.org/p/enshittification-despotification-and-the-open-internet

Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet

It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.

Liberalism.org
Internet Archive EuropeJun 1

https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/06/01/let-libraries-be-libraries-knowledge-rights-21-joins-the-our-future-memory-movement/

Knowledge Rights 21 has signed the Our Future Memory Statement. "Nearly three decades later, the law has not caught up."

Add your voice: ourfuturememory.org.

Read the KR21 Library Action Plan: https://knowledgerights21.org/library-action-plan/

“Let Libraries be Libraries”: Knowledge Rights 21 Joins the Our Future Memory Movement - Internet Archive Europe

Internet Archive Europe (IAE) is pleased to welcome Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) as the latest signatory to the Our Future Memory Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions. KR21 is a pan-European advocacy coalition working to ensure that copyright and information law serves the public interest. Their signature adds one of the most

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Internet Archive EuropeMay 27
Two events in Amsterdam last Friday. One asked us to grieve the networks we've lost. The other marked 15 years of open government. Both asked the same question: who decides what gets remembered?
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/05/27/resurrecting-networks-on-eulogies-dead-tech-and-fifteen-years-of-open-government/
Resurrecting Networks: On Eulogies, Dead Tech, and Fifteen Years of Open Government - Internet Archive Europe

On Friday 22 May, Internet Archive Europe's Amsterdam space hosted two very different events that, in retrospect, belonged together. A Funeral for the Networks We Lost The afternoon began with Resurrecting Networks, a workshop led by Sevgi Tan that asked participants to do something rarely granted in tech culture: slow down and grieve. Tan's practice

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Internet Archive EuropeMay 20

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@openstate/116595855341513458

Join us this Friday to celebrate OpenGovWeek with @openstate . Please RSVP on luma so we have an accurate headcount. Look forward to seeing you there! 🎉🎂

Internet Archive EuropeMay 18

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@openstate/116595855341513458

Come celebrate the 15th anniversary of OpenGovWeek at @internetarchiveeurope in conjunction with @openstate this Friday at IAE HQ in Amsterdam! 🎉 🍰

Please RSVP so we have an accurate headcount.

Internet Archive EuropeMay 15
Tommi 🤯May 14

Together with @bart, I am hosting the workshop Take control of your Maps! Create, host and share your own maps with OpenStreetMap and MapLibre at @internetarchiveeurope next Tuesday May 19 at 18:30.

We will be tinkering with interesting and exciting tools, join us! Free attendance, RSVP required.

Cc: @maplibre @openstreetmap #MapLibre #OSM #OpenStreetMap #mapTiles #Amsterdam #workshop

Workshop: Take control of your Maps! Create, host and share your own maps with OpenStreetMap and MapLibre · Luma

Maps are an essential part of digital infrastructure. For a long time, if you needed a map in your article, on your website or as part of a software product,…