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Fast Company
23-05-2025
- Fast Company
Need to relax? The Internet Archive is livestreaming microfiche scans to a lo-fi beats soundtrack
Want to watch history being preserved in real-time? The Internet Archive, the digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts, has started live streaming on YouTube from its scanning center in California for anyone to watch. Monday through Friday, from 10:30 a.m. ET to 6:30 p.m. ET, viewers can tune in and watch live as fragile film cards are turned into searchable public documents, soundtracked to relaxing lo-fi beats. This work is part of Democracy's Library, a global initiative to digitize and make publicly available millions of government records. 'This livestream shines a light on the unsung work of preserving the public record, and the critical infrastructure that makes democracy searchable,' said Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. 'Transparency can't be passive—it must be built, maintained, and seen. That's what this live stream is all about.' If you're confused about what exactly you're watching on the livestream, scanning operators are specifically working with documents on microfiche, a flat piece of film containing microphotographs of the pages of documents. This format dates all the way back to the 20th century, and has been used to archive newspapers, court documents, government records, and more. 'The livestream features five active microfiche digitization stations, with a close-up view of one in action,' Chris Freeland, the Internet Archive's director of library services, explains in a blog post on the site. 'Operators feed microfiche cards beneath a high-resolution camera, which captures multiple detailed images of each sheet. Software stitches these images together, after which other team members use automated tools to identify and crop up to 100 individual pages per card.' 'Each page is then processed, made fully text-searchable, and added to the Internet Archive's public collections—completed with metadata—so that researchers, journalists, and the general public can explore and download them freely,' the blog post adds. This livestream was brought to life by Sophia Tung, a software engineer and app developer. She is also behind the 24/7 livestream of a Waymo parking lot that went viral last year. In off hours, the Internet Archive livestream turns into a stream of silent films and historical images from NASA to keep viewers entertained. There is also a live chat. 'This is such a good vibe to work on research,' one viewer commented. 'I hope your work is as mysterious and important as this,' Tung replied.
The Verge
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Now you can watch the Internet Archive preserve documents in real time
If you've ever wondered how the Internet Archive uploads all the physical documents on its site, now you can get a behind-the-scenes look at the process. The Internet Archive launched a new YouTube livestream that shows the digitization of microfiche in real time — complete with some relaxing, lo-fi beats. Microfiche is a sheet of film that contains multiple images of miniaturized documents. It's an old form of storing newspapers, court documents, government records, and other important documents. The Internet Archive uses these microfiche cards to digitize and upload documents to its online library. The livestream shows a close-up look at one of the five microfiche digitization stations at the organization's Richmond, California location, along with a look at the document that it's working on. App maker Sophia Tung, who created a LoFi music livestream showing Waymo's robotaxis returning to their parking lot, also set up the microfiche livestream for the Internet Archive. 'Operators feed microfiche cards beneath a high-resolution camera, which captures multiple detailed images of each sheet,' Chris Freeland, the Internet Archive's director of library services, writes in a post on the site. 'Software stitches these images together, after which other team members use automated tools to identify and crop up to 100 individual pages per card.' From there, the Internet Archive processes the pages, makes them text-searchable, and then uploads them to its public collections. The livestream runs from Monday through Friday from 10:30AM ET to 6:30PM ET. 'During the day, you'll see scanners working on custom machines to digitize all the microfiche in the world,' Tung says. 'During the off hours, you can also see everything else that the Archive has to offer, like silent films in the public domain or historical pictures from NASA.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
CPA Australia and ACS collaborate to boost career prospects
CPA Australia and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance career prospects for IT and accounting professionals. The collaboration aims to co-design, develop, and deliver training programmes and thought leadership in areas such as IT financial procurement, AI and ethics, cryptography management, and cybersecurity. CPA Australia CEO Chris Freeland AM described the MoU as a natural progression in formalising the longstanding, mutually beneficial relationship between the two organisations. Freeland said: 'ACS and CPA Australia have strong ties and common interests. Both are invested in future proofing the global workforce through mutual activities in skilled migration, educational program accreditations and meaningful skill capability development programs for both our members and affiliate professionals to help bridge the gap between operational and economic management.' The associations aim to strengthen synergies by developing a long-term vision to benefit IT, finance, accounting, and adjacent career professionals. The collaboration acknowledges the fast-paced changes in professional skills required by both current and emerging professionals. CPA Australia and ACS aim to develop specialism streams to support professionals in enhancing their skills across the technical and financial literacy spheres. 'Recognising that AI is a burgeoning area of technology that could affect every area of the workplace, CPA Australia and ACS will work together by using our extensive networks of subject matter experts to co-design and build training programs to help those working across the finance, accounting and IT sectors use AI effectively and ethically,' Freeland added. ACS CEO Josh Griggs said: 'Technology has become a critical part of the accounting profession, particularly in areas like the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, development of IT skills, and cybersecurity. 'Recognising the critical importance of cybersecurity in today's business landscape, ACS is pleased to extend our recently announced Cyberknowledge partnership to include CPA Australia members.' The Cyberknowledge platform will provide accounting professionals with essential capabilities to help SMBs assess and improve their cyber resilience. In April 2025, CPA Australia called for "significant" enhancements to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) audit oversight. The initiative aims to rebuild public confidence, ease compliance pressures, and reinforce the long-term resilience of Australia's auditing sector. Without these improvements, the number of auditors in the country is expected to decline. "CPA Australia and ACS collaborate to boost career prospects" was originally created and published by The Accountant, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
