Topic: General Sources for Information

[Prometheus]

Dear Friends of the Archive

The Internet Archive is strong and healthy. We have had a fun, busy 2008 year almost doubling our library of audio, video, and books. We are growing in every area and would like to share our accomplishments with you who have helped make it all possible.

Highlights of the Year
One million searchable, downloadable books http://www.archive.org/details/texts
150 billion web pages http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
250,000 audio recordings http://www.archive.org/details/audio
135,000 videos  http://www.archive.org/details/movies

796 new collections

23 million Book Records on the new http://www.openlibrary.org

Scan-on-Demand partnership with Boston Public Library
182 employees in 18 facilities in 5 countries scanning 1,000 books a day
145 libraries contributing to the Open Content Alliance http://www.opencontentalliance.org
140,000 images and videos on the new partnership with NASA http://www.nasaimages.org

We hope that throughout the last year you were able to use the Internet Archive both as a learning tool and for your enjoyment. It is through your generous donation of time and resources that we are able to provide such a vital, free, and unique resource.
Please visit and/or donate to the http://www.archive.org