If we lose this, it’s our fault

It’s time to gear up to face the unique challenges of the 21st century. [Right now, we have a 2-to-1 matching grant, tripling your impact! Your $5 donation results in $15 for the Internet Archive.]( [Brewster Kahle]( Dear Internet Archive Community Member, The Internet Archive depends on individual donations to survive, thrive, and grow. We have a year-end 2-to-1 Matching Gift Campaign that ends in a few weeks. [Will you support a library you can trust?]( [CHIP IN]( If we lose this one, it’s our fault. Everyone’s fault. The Internet enables access to information like never before—yet it’s being crowded out by spin, distortions, and false statements. The best, most vetted information is often not even available online. It’s our opportunity—our duty—to make this knowledge available and protect it for generations to come. The good news is that people aren’t just content with their bubbles; they’re looking for verified information. There are readers who want access to it; the tools exist for searching it; the infrastructure is in place to share it. All the lights are green: collecting, recording, and digitizing at scale is just a matter of funding. It’s time to gear up to face the unique challenges of the 21st century and a fully digital world. This is our day. Now. Today. To bring the best, most vetted information to millions—to all Internet users. That’s why the Internet Archive: - Fixed 11 million broken links in Wikipedia using the Wayback Machine - Lends 17,500 books per day with complete reader privacy - Made 1.8 million television news programs available for closed caption search The key is to keep improving—and to keep it free. We could charge money but then we couldn’t achieve our mission: providing universal access to all knowledge. The Internet Archive is a bargain. Our budget is a small percentage of a major public library’s. We run one of the world’s top 300 websites for a fraction of the cost. We rely on donations to fund our preservation of information. It costs us $20 to digitize a book and make it permanently available on the Internet, bringing it to researchers, Wikipedia readers, and school kids. It costs us $1,500 to keep a terabyte around forever. Help us secure this treasure trove of knowledge for decades to come. [If you find our site useful, please consider contributing $5, $10, $25 or whatever you can afford to help us build the web we deserve.]( Plus today, your donation will be matched 2-to-1, tripling your impact! Together we can fight disinformation and put the best information in the hands of millions. I promise you, your money will be well spent. I care because I’m a donor, too. Thank you for joining me. Brewster Kahle Founder & Digital Librarian [CHIP IN]( P.S. Our goal is to bring 1 million new books online in 2020 and link them directly to Wikipedia citations. [Please give generously this month, so that your gift will be matched 2-to-1, for triple the impact.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Our mailing address is: Internet Archive 300 Funston Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.