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Brewster Kahle

Brewster Lurton Kahle (/keɪl/ KAYL;[4] born October 21, 1960)[2] is an American digital librarian,[5] computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, and advocate of universal access to all knowledge. In 1996, Kahle founded the Internet Archive and co-founded Alexa Internet. In 2012, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.[4]

Brewster Kahle

Brewster Lurton Kahle[1]

(1960-10-21) October 21, 1960[2]
New York City, New York, U.S.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)

Digital librarian
Computer engineer
Internet entrepreneur

Internet Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Development of WAIS
Co-founder of Alexa Internet
Founder of Internet Archive

Mary Austin

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brewster.kahle.org

2004: Paul Evan Peters Award from the (CNI)[25]

Coalition of Networked Information

2005: American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Library of Congress NDIIP advisory board

NSF Cyber Infrastructure advisory board

2007: Knowledge Trust Honors award recipient

2008: from the University of Illinois

Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award

Public Knowledge, IP3 award recipient

2009: "50 Visionaries Changing Your World", [26]

Utne Reader

2010: National Academy of Engineering

2010: Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Alberta

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2010: [28][29]

Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award

2012: Software and Information Industry of America Peter Jackson Award

SIIA Peter Jackson Award

2012: Inducted into the [30]

Internet Hall of Fame

2013: LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology

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List of archivists

"". The New York Times, September 8, 2002.

Responsible Party: Brewster Kahle: A Library of the Web on the Web

"". O'Reilly Network, January 21, 2002.

How the Wayback Machine Works

"". O'Reilly Network, interview by Lisa Rein, January 22, 2004.

Brewster Kahle on the Internet Archive and People's Technology

", June 2004

ACM Queue: "A Conversation with Brewster Kahle"

". Slate, April 7, 2005.

The Archivist: Brewster Kahle made a copy of the Internet. Now, he wants your files

"". San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2005.

"A Man's vision: World Library Online

"". Cnet, December 21, 2006.

Grant Funds Open-Source Challenge to Google Library

"". The Economist, March 5, 2009.

The Internet's Librarian

Brewster Kahle. "". Washington Post, May 19, 2009.

A Book Grab by Google

"". Forbes, November 16, 2009.

Lend Ho! Brewster Kahle Is a Thorn in Google's Side

"". Utne Reader, November–December 2009.

Brewster Kahle named one of the '50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World'

"". The Guardian, August 1, 2011.

Internet Archive founder turns to new information storage device – the book

Patt Morrison. "". Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2012.

Patt Morrison Asks: The Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle

"". The New Yorker, January 26, 2015.

Cobweb: Can the Internet Be Archived?

"". Slate, September 10, 2015.

The Creator of the Internet Archive Should Be the Next Librarian of Congress

Personal Blog

Works by or about Brewster Kahle

Biography

at Open Library

Works by Brewster Kahle

at Project Gutenberg

Works by Brewster Kahle

at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Works by Brewster Kahle

at TED

Brewster Kahle

on C-SPAN, alternate link

Appearances

interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network

Brewster Kahle