{{Short description|Digital library and archive project}} {{Distinguish|Ibibio people|Ibibio language}} {{About|the digital library and archive project|other uses|Metalab (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Lowercase title}} {{Infobox website | name = ibiblio | logo = Ibiblio logo.png | logo_class = skin-invert-image | logo_size = 150px | screenshot = Ibiblio.org screenshot from Firefox 47 on Linux.png | caption = ibiblio on Firefox 47 | url = {{URL|http://www.ibiblio.org/|ibiblio.org}} | commercial = No | type = Digital library and archive | language = Multilingual, but predominately English | registration = Optional | owner = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | author = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Sun Microsystems | launch_date = {{circa|1992}} | current_status = Online | revenue = }} '''ibiblio''' (formerly '''SunSITE.unc.edu''' and '''MetaLab.unc.edu'''<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/faq/?sid=1#1 Collaboration and Cooperation]. Ibiblio.org (June 14, 2007). Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref>) is a "collection of collections", and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and open source content, 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibiblio.org/faq/?sid=1#5|title=Who are your major contributors/partners?|work=FAQ|publisher=ibiblio|access-date=2008-06-25}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibiblio.org/about.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010617204914/http://www.ibiblio.org/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2001|title=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.|work=about|publisher=ibiblio|access-date=2009-02-18}}</ref> 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"<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/faq/?sid=1#4 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.</ref>) and the name was changed to MetaLab. It collaborated with various sources, including academic institutions, corporations, and information technology entrepreneurs.
Also in 1992, sunsite.unc.edu became one of the first web sites on the internet. Today, it is still the host for a copy of the oldest web page known in history.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://sils.unc.edu/news/2013/www-page-found |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827214302/http://sils.unc.edu/news/2013/www-page-found |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-27 |title=The first Web page is lost – oldest copy found on Paul Jones' NeXT Cube – available on ibiblio all along |access-date=2014-10-10 |publisher=ibiblio.org |date=June 3, 2013 }} </ref>
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".
{| class="wikitable" ! ! 2002<ref name="report06">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/2006_of_ibiblio |title=2006 of ibiblio|access-date=2008-08-21 |publisher=ibiblio.org |date=2006 }}</ref> ! 2006<ref name="report06"/> ! 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/wiki/index.php/2007_-_08_of_ibiblio |title=2007–08 of ibiblio |access-date=2008-08-21 |publisher=ibiblio.org |date=2008 }}</ref> |- | 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 |}
===Currently supported projects=== {{colbegin}} * Cafe au Lait<ref>[http://www.cafeaulait.org/ Cafe au Lait Java News and Resources]. Cafeaulait.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref> (Hosted) * Damn Small Linux (Hosts MyDSL) * Degree Confluence Project (Hosted) * Eric S Raymond (Hosted) * etree (Hosted) * FreeDOS (Files archive) * Friends of Tibet<ref>[http://www.friendsoftibet.org/ People's Movement for an Independent Tibet]. Friends of Tibet. Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref> (Hosted) * GPGPU (General-Purpose Computation Using Graphics Hardware)<ref>[http://www.gpgpu.org/ General-Purpose computation on Graphics Processing Units] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214111850/http://www.gpgpu.org/ |date=December 14, 2005 }}. GPGPU.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref> (Hosted) * Groklaw (Hosted) * Linux Documentation Project (Began at MetaLab) * Lyceum (ibiblio-run software research project) * Openphoto.net (Hosted) * Osprey<ref>[http://osprey.ibiblio.org/ Osprey | Peer-to-peer enabled content distribution]. Osprey.ibiblio.org (February 22, 1999). Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref> (ibiblio-run software research project) * Project Gutenberg (Hosted) * Puppy Linux (repositories) * Tempora Heroica (Hosted) * Tiny Core Linux (Hosted) * Videobloggers (Hosted) * World Tibet Day<ref>[http://www.worldtibetday.org/ welcome to world tibet day website]. Worldtibetday.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-29.</ref> (Hosted) * Yggdrasil Linux (Historical archive) {{colend}}
===Lists=== * List of digital library projects
==See also== thumb|UNC WM ibiblio event in 2008 * Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment or jake (now defunct) * Paul Jones (computer technologist) * Sunsite
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==External links== * {{official|http://www.ibiblio.org/ }} * [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/CV/CV-6_Enterprise.html Sample iBibilo page]
Category:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Category:Aggregation-based digital libraries Category:Internet properties established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in North Carolina Category:American digital libraries