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Jefferson Bailey has a diverse range of work experience in the field of archiving and data services. Jefferson started their career in 2009 as an Assistant Conservation Technician at the University of Pittsburgh. From there, they worked as an Archives Fellowship at NASA in 2010, followed by a Freelance Digital Archivist role at The New York Times. In 2010, they also served as an Archives Intern at the New-York Historical Society and a Digitization Project Manager at The Frick Art Reference Library. In 2011, Jefferson worked as an Archives Technician at the National Archives and Records Administration, a Digital Projects Coordinator at the Brooklyn Public Library, and a Program Officer & Fellowship in Digital Preservation at the Library of Congress. Jefferson then became a Strategic Initiatives Manager at the Metropolitan New York Library Council from 2012 to 2014. Currently, Jefferson works at the Internet Archive as the Director of Archiving & Data Services.
Jefferson Bailey holds a BA degree in English and History from Oberlin College. Additionally, they have completed an MLIS degree in Archives, Preservation, & Records Management from the University of Pittsburgh.
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The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. We serve millions of people each day and are one of the top 300 web sites in the world. We are funded through donations, grants, and by providing web archiving and book digitization services for our partners. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge. We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Today our archive contains: 735 billion web pages 41 million books and texts 14.7 million audio recordings (including 240,000 live concerts) 8.4 million videos (including 2.4 million Television News programs) 4.4 million images 890,000 software programs You can find information about our projects on our blog at https://blog.archive.org/