A historic milestone was achieved this month- On February 12, (2025) over 1 trillion saved pages and resources were archived on the hallowed Internet Archive. 

Tech BFF and Titan Brewster Kahle began the Internet Archive in May 1996 in San Francisco. While the organization was established and started capturing web snapshots that year, the highly popular Wayback Machine—which allowed the general public to access the archived data—was not launched to the public until October 2001. Kahle has been through many intrusive challenges but the Internet Archive remains what is left of the free sharing days of the early, early Internet. It is best to point out that the original code created by Tim Behners-Lee was given away (not sold!).

Thank you, Brewster Kahle! 

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For Educators Everywhere: How could you curate and use the vast (over 1 trillion) saved pages and media with your students?

References

Kahle, B. (1996. 2001). Internet Archive. https://archive.org
Citation Note: In APA Style (7th edition), there is a notation that folks should not create a formal reference list entry for the entire Internet Archive website itself. Instead, the standard academic practice is to mention the title and the URL directly in the text of your paper.

Hannah Priddle, H.  & Jenny Stodola, J. (2025). Referencing Internet Resources using the Wayback Machine. Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University. Last updated: 12 February 2025