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Internet Archive Global Events

Archive-It Partner Since: Feb, 2006

Organization Type: Other Institutions

Organization URL: http://www.archive-it.org   

Description:

These collections of global events have been created by the Archive-It team in conjunction with curators and subject matter experts from institutions around the world.

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2012 Russian Presidential Election

Archived since: Jan, 2012

Description:

This is a collection on the events leading up to the 2012 Russian Elections. Thanks to the State Historical Public Library in Moscow for helping to curate this collection.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Politics & Elections Government

2013 Boston Marathon Bombing

Archived since: Apr, 2013

Description:

This collection is comprised of contributions from curators and subject matter experts; and includes news articles, blogs, social media sites, and organizational websites related to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing and its aftereffects

Subject:   Spontaneous Events

Earthquake in Haiti

Archived since: Jan, 2010

Description:

This collection is currently documenting the events of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the aftermath, including the rescue efforts from around the world and the stories and circumstances of the Haitian people. Archive-It partners Library of Congress, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Virginia Tech and CTRnet, and University of Texas Libraries have all contributed websites for this collection.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Society & Culture earthquake poverty global aid infrastructure survivors

Jasmine Revolution - Tunisia 2011

Archived since: Jan, 2011

Description:

This collection consists of websites documenting the revolution in Tunisia in 2011. Our partners at Library of Congress and Bibliothèque Nationale de France have contributed websites for this collection, and the sites are primarily in French and Arabic with some in English.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Blogs & Social Media Government - National

North Africa & the Middle East 2011-2013

Archived since: Jan, 2011

Description:

This collection documents the events in Northern Africa and the Middle East starting in January 2011. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and other countries. Countries separated by site groups (scroll down the page to see all of them). Archived content is in Arabic, English, and French.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Government Blogs & Social Media North Africa Middle East blogs social media

Occupy Movement 2011/2012

Archived since: Nov, 2011

Description:

This collection documents and aggregates information related to the Occupy Movement starting in the Autumn of 2011 and continuing in 2012. In September of 2011, a demonstration was held in New York City, calling itself Occupy Wall Street. This demonstration inspired similar protests and demonstrations around the world calling for social and economic equality, which are collectively now referred to as the Occupy Movement.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Society & Culture Politics & Elections occupy movement activism politics

SOPA Blackout

Archived since: Jan, 2012

Description:

A collection on the January 2012 web blackout in protest of the SOPA and PIPA legislation being considered by the US Congress. Sites include those participating in the black out as well as commentary and news surrounding the event. Thanks to Library of Congress and other colleagues for Url submissions.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Government - US Federal,  Spontaneous Events

Ukraine Conflict

Archived since: Feb, 2014

Description:

This collection seeks to document conflict in Ukraine. Contributions to this collection were made by the Archive-It team and subject matter experts from Stanford University, Library of Congress, Global Investigative News Network, and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in the fields of Investigative Journalism, Russian, and Eurasian studies. Content includes news outlets, social media, blogs, and government websites. Sites are in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages.

Subject:   Government,  Spontaneous Events

Wikileaks 2010 Document Release Collection

Archived since: Jul, 2010

Description:

A collection of websites, news coverage, and commentary surrounding the Wikileaks releases. This collection includes documents released from the Afghan war diaries and the Iraq war logs, as well as the more recent release of the US State diplomatic cables. Please note, there are thousands of news articles, blog entries, etc. that are not listed below. To access these, the best way is to perform a search for the content you are interested in.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events ,  Government - National

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