Internet archivist has modest goal: Store everything

Anonymous Patron writes “Matt Marshall of the Mercury News Covers Brewster Kahle, founder of San Francisco’s Internet Archive. He wants to ensure universal access to all human knowledge. And now he thinks that goal is within our grasp.

The emergence of cheap data storage technology has made what once seemed a pipe dream distinctly possible — digitizing and storing the entire Web, the world’s 100 million books, 2 or 3 million audio recordings and millions more software programs, TV shows and videos.


Whither libraries?”