ibiblio
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ibiblio (formerly SunSITE and MetaLab) is a "collection of collections," and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and open source software.
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Ibiblio is one of the oldest WWW Internet websites and a large conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. It is the third largest WWW site by size of hosted content[1] As an "Internet librarianship," ibiblio is a digital library and archive project. It is run jointly by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Center for the Public Domain. 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 in the public domain.
[edit] History
In 1992, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill developed SunSITE, 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"[2]) 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 | 2006 |
|---|---|
| 800 Collections | 1600+ Collections |
| 3 million ftp+www/day | 15+ million ftp+www/day |
| 1 terabyte of data | 8 terabytes of data |
| 1 large server, 2 peripherals | 22 www/vhosts |
| 2 database servers | 5 database servers |
| 4 radio stations | 7 radio stations |
| 0 open-source projects | 2 open-source projects |
(Table source: [3].)
[edit] World impact
Although ibiblio has a strong local presence, it also has an international standing.[4]
[edit] Activities
- ibiblio is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2007, in conjunction with Software Freedom Day.
- ibiblio is planning to conference in partnership with Wikimania, if Atlanta receives the bid for the event.
[edit] See also
[edit] General
- Damn Small Linux (Hosts MyDSL)
- Groklaw (Hosted)
- Linux Documentation Project (Began at MetaLab)
- Project Gutenberg (Hosted)
- Openphoto.net (Hosted)
- Tempora Heroica (Hosted)
- Wikinfo (Hosted)
- Yggdrasil Linux (Historical archive)
- Friends of Tibet (Hosted)
- Lyceum (ibiblio-run software research project)
- Osprey (ibiblio-run software research project)
- Confluence (Hosted)
- Eric S Raymond (Hosted)
- World Tibet Day (Hosted)
- etree (Hosted)
- Videobloggers (Hosted)
- Freescience
- Musopen (Hosted)
- Mounted search and rescue
[edit] Lists
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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.
- ^ ibiblio 2006 annual report
- ^ Google trends analysis
