Re:How Can You Help the Internet Archive?
by Good_Karma on Sunday June 14, 2020 @07:50PM
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tl;dr :
> While your donations during this time have been appreciated, there’s actually many things you can do beyond that, which will have a lasting effect.
> Take a walk through our stacks, browse, meander… enter a search term of something that interests you and see what pops up and what collections it’s part of.
> Become a Patron
> Curate and Upload to the Archive
> Tell People That the Internet Archive Exists
> Get Involved In Our Many Projects, Including The Wayback Machine
> But Most of All, Please Help Yourself First.
> We’re touched by everyone who has spoken of their love and support of the Archive and its many missions, but this is also a time of much general uncertainty: economic, health concerns, and upheaval in society.
> The Internet Archive is our job and mission. Your job and mission is to take care of yourself and those closest to you. Without you, we’re a bunch of hard drives on the Internet.
> While your donations during this time have been appreciated, there’s actually many things you can do beyond that, which will have a lasting effect.
> Take a walk through our stacks, browse, meander… enter a search term of something that interests you and see what pops up and what collections it’s part of.
> Become a Patron
> Curate and Upload to the Archive
> Tell People That the Internet Archive Exists
> Get Involved In Our Many Projects, Including The Wayback Machine
> But Most of All, Please Help Yourself First.
> We’re touched by everyone who has spoken of their love and support of the Archive and its many missions, but this is also a time of much general uncertainty: economic, health concerns, and upheaval in society.
> The Internet Archive is our job and mission. Your job and mission is to take care of yourself and those closest to you. Without you, we’re a bunch of hard drives on the Internet.
> We’ll be here when you’re ready.