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The Internet Archive has been fighting for 25 years to keep what's on the web from disappearing – and you can help

  • Written by Kayla Harris, Librarian/Archivist at the Marian Library, Associate Professor, University of Dayton
The Internet Archive has been fighting for 25 years to keep what's on the web from disappearing – and you can helpPeople are warned that what they post on the internet will live forever. But that’s not really the case.3alexd/E+ via Getty Images

This year the Internet Archive turns 25. It’s best known for its pioneering role in archiving the internet through the Wayback Machine, which allows users to see how websites looked in the past.

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