# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Vanishing Culture Book Launch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Celebrate the launch of Vanishing Culture, a new book from the Internet Archive exploring the fight to preserve our fragile digital history.About this EventIn today’s digital landscape, corporate interests, shifting distribution models, and malicious cyber attacks are threatening public access to our shared cultural history. The rise of streaming platforms and temporary licensing agreements means that sound recordings, books, films, and other cultural artifacts that used to be owned in physical form, are now at risk—in digital form—of disappearing from public view without ever being archived. Web sites like MTV News, Gawker, and others are removed from the live web by their corporate owners, leaving only web archives like those in the Wayback Machine as the last remaining public record of their reporting and cultural impact.Cyber attacks, like those against the Internet Archive, British Library, Seattle Public Library, Toronto Public Library and Calgary Public Library, are a new form of digital barrier, impeding access to information at community scale. When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal—whether by design or by attack—our collective memory is compromised, and the public's ability to access its own history is at risk. Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record aims to raise awareness of these growing issues, featuring essays from:Digital librarian Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive;Humanities scholar Luca Messarra;Book historian and social media star Allie Alvis;Game designer Jordan Mechner;Journalist Philip Bump;Writer and editor Maria Bustillos;Film archivist Rick Prelinger;Digital humanities scholar Nichole Misako Nomura;Writer and book artist Eve Scarborough;And many more…The report details recent instances of cultural loss, highlights the underlying causes, and emphasizes the critical role that public-serving libraries and archives must play in preserving these materials for future generations. By empowering libraries and archives legally, culturally, and financially, we can safeguard the public’s ability to maintain access to our cultural history and our digital future.Event Schedule5:30pm: Doors open & entertainment6pm: Remarks Reception follows.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/vanishing-culture-book-launch/100001985605839517
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 10, max: 30, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Internet Archive
- **lat**: 37.782332
- **long**: -122.47164199999997
- **full address**: Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, United States

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- **organizer**: Internet Archive (https://allevents.in/org/internet-archive/22512268)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 10 up to 30 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Internet Archive
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Vanishing Culture Book Launch ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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