Internet Archive Switzerland

input_sh•about 1 hour ago

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.

red_admiral•about 1 hour ago

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

insom•about 2 hours ago

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?

crossroadsguy•about 1 hour ago

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•about 1 hour ago

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!

springtimesun•about 1 hour ago

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

trvz•about 1 hour ago

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.

DeadEye2111•about 1 hour ago

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

Vasbarlog•about 2 hours ago

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

embedding-shape•about 1 hour ago

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•about 2 hours ago

Same for me. I cannot access it either.

alessandroberna•about 2 hours ago

Seems likely, same for me.

sixie6e•about 1 hour ago

I am able to.

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