Internet Archive Switzerland

input_sh an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Relevant blog post: https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzer...

> Internet Archive Switzerland joins a growing group of mission-aligned organizations, alongside Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada, and Internet Archive Europe. Together, these independent libraries strengthen a shared vision: building a distributed, resilient digital library for the world.

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insom 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That website is really struggling. Very tempting to go to a mirror on archive.org to view it :)

This seems very distinct from Internet Archive in the US, I wonder how separate it is.

Internet Archive Canada (I worked there in 2024) operated like it was a subsidiary, even though I think it was technically an independent organization with some shared directors. Same Slack, same archive.org email domain, etc.

IA.ch has Brewster and Caslon on the board.

I suspect that for the political threats of the current decade the different Internet Archive organisations need to start operating more independently, especially when it comes to funding?

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crossroadsguy an hour ago | parent [-]

They use Slack? I am kind of surprised. But I am sure on the plus side, that would also mean having to worry about one less uptime.

	▲	insom an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Slack, Zoom and Google Apps (but not for email) - otherwise basically everything was internally ran. The Slack has (had?) hundreds of guest accounts due to volunteers and allied organizations. It’s an interesting (and cool) institution!

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red_admiral an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sankt Gallen's more physical archive is worth a visit too: https://www.stiftsbezirk.ch/de/stiftsbibliothek/

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springtimesun 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ah, good, they are also mirroring the page load speed of the internet archive

	▲	trvz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Typical for something made in St. Gallen. A sensible web developer from Zurich interested in the topic would have created this website in just a single HTML and an optional CSS file.

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DeadEye2111 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very proud of my alma mater town to be a place for this. It’s much needed infrastructure for Europe.

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Vasbarlog 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hugged to death? I can’t access the page.

	▲	KomoD a minute ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yep, just loading forever.
	▲	embedding-shape an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Have you tried just letting it load? Took maybe more than 30 seconds for the page to load for me, but it did load eventually.
	▲	Hendrikto 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Same for me. I cannot access it either.
	▲	alessandroberna 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Seems likely, same for me.
	▲	sixie6e an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I am able to.