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ibiblio
 |
| URL |
www.ibiblio.org |
| Slogan |
The public's library and digital archive |
| Commercial? |
No |
| Type of site |
Digital library and archive |
| Registration |
Optional |
| Available language(s) |
Multilingual, but predominately English |
| Owner |
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill |
| Created by |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and Sun Microsystems |
| Launched |
ca. 1992 |
| Alexa rank |
approx. 5000 |
| Current status |
Online |
ibiblio (formerly
SunSITE.unc.edu and
MetaLab.unc.edu[1]) is a
"collection of collections," and hosts a diverse range of publicly
available information and open source software, including software,
music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural
studies. As an "Internet librarianship," ibiblio is a digital library
and archive project. It is run by the School of Information and
Library Science and the
School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with partners including the
Center for the Public Domain, IBM,
and SourceForge.[2] It also
offers streaming
audio radio stations. In November 1994 it started the first internet
radio stream by rebroadcasting WXYC, the UNC student-run radio station. It also
takes credit for the first non-commercial IPv6 / Internet2 radio stream. Unless otherwise
specified, all material on ibiblio is assumed to be[3] in the
public
domain.
ibiblio is a member of the Open Library and Open
Content Alliance.
History
In 1992, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed SunSITE.unc.edu, which
was to be an archive and an information sharing project for the
public. It was funded by grants from Sun Microsystems, and thus the name.
The relationship with Sun came to an end (an amicable one,
according to the ibiblio FAQ. The change in name was for a
"vendor-neutral name that expressed what our project has
evolved into over the years"[4]) and
the name was changed to MetaLab. It collaborated with various
sources, including academic institutions, corporate
businesses, and information technology entrepreneurs. In
September 2000, MetaLab began to
collaborate with the Center for the Public Domain; the name was
changed to ibiblio to reflect the goal of being "the public's
library and digital archive."
|
2002[5] |
2006[5] |
2008[6] |
| Collections |
800 |
1600+ |
2500+ |
| Visits (ftp+www/day) |
3 million |
15+ million |
16+ million |
| Data (terabytes) |
1 |
8 |
13 |
| Web servers |
1 large, 2 peripherals |
22 www/vhosts |
25 www/vhost servers |
| Database servers |
2 |
5 |
7 |
| Radio stations |
4 |
7 |
6 |
See also
Currently supported
projects
Lists
References
- ^
http://www.ibiblio.org/faq/?sid=1#1
- ^
"Who are your major contributors/partners?".
FAQ. ibiblio. http://www.ibiblio.org/faq/?sid=1#5. Retrieved
2008-06-25.
- ^
"Home to one of the largest
"collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a
conservancy of freely available information, including software,
music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural
studies.". about. ibiblio. http://ibiblio.org/about.html. Retrieved
2009-02-18.
- ^
ibiblio FAQ, "Why did you change names from
SunSite to MetaLab? Why did you change the name from MetaLab to
ibiblio?." Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
- ^ a
b
"2006 of ibiblio".
ibiblio.org. 2006. http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/2006_of_ibiblio. Retrieved
2008-08-21.
- ^
"2007-08 of ibiblio".
ibiblio.org. 2008. http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/2007_-_08_of_ibiblio. Retrieved
2008-08-21.
- ^
http://osprey.ibiblio.org/
- ^
http://www.cafeaulait.org/
- ^
http://www.worldtibetday.org/
- ^
http://www.friendsoftibet.org/
- ^
http://www.gpgpu.org/
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