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Applications Open for Community Webs</h1>
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<span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);"><a href="https://archive.org/about/" target="_blank" id="OWAecff0576-109a-7c4f-a9ba-6628945bfffb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://archive.org/about/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="11" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Internet
Archive</a></span> is now accepting applications from public libraries, historical societies and museums, local and community archives, and other cultural heritage organizations to join
<span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);"><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA42a5fe9f-3354-eaac-e236-540aaa23eb43" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="12" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Community
Webs</a></span>!</div>
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Launched in 2017, Community Webs seeks to empower cultural heritage organizations to build community-focused digital collections documenting local history with a particular focus on voices that have been underrepresented in the historic record. The program
is free to participating organizations who receive:</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">Access to <span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);">
<u><a href="https://archive-it.org/learn-more/" target="_blank" id="OWA1a2b21b2-e857-59f8-093d-cea42d600510" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://archive-it.org/learn-more/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="13" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Archive-It</a></u></span>,
Internet Archive's web archiving tool and discovery platform</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">1/2 TB of storage in
<span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);"><u><a href="https://webservices.archive.org/pages/vault" target="_blank" id="OWAb7fa9aa0-2614-0b7c-e3b5-5c946cb14b17" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://webservices.archive.org/pages/vault. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="14" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Vault</a></u></span>,
Internet Archive's digital preservation system</div>
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There are currently nearly 200 member organizations from across 45 US states, 7 Canadian provinces, and a growing number of locations outside of North America. </div>
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<b><i>Community Webs is now accepting applications on a rolling basis. </i></b><span style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202);"><b><i><u><a href="https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/apply/" target="_blank" id="OWA211ab807-580d-c0a5-9343-71aba4e5369b" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://communitywebs.archive-it.org/apply/. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="15" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Apply
online today!</a></u></i></b></span></div>
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Interested in learning more? Attend an upcoming information session for prospective members. These sessions will include a brief presentation about the program and time for Q&A with the program manager. Register for your preferred session:</div>
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<u><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldeGqqjguHdQDR4taWxQ4gxke2YpBGka9" target="_blank" id="OWA2b5654a1-5930-9728-e2ac-7583c56ef39d" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldeGqqjguHdQDR4taWxQ4gxke2YpBGka9. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="Verified" data-linkindex="19" style="color: rgb(66, 139, 202); margin: 0px;">Wednesday,
September 4 1:00 pm ET/12:00 pm CT/10:00 am PT</a></u></div>
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September 6 12:00 pm ET/11:00 am CT/9:00 am PT</a></u></div>
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