ibiblio (formerly
SunSITE.unc.edu and
MetaLab.unc.edu) is a "collection of collections," and hosts a diverse range of publicly available information and
open source software, 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. 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 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") and the name was changed to MetaLab. It collaborated with various sources, including
academic institutions, corporate
businesses, and information technology
entrepreneurs. 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."
See also
Currently supported projects
- Lyceum (ibiblio-run software research project)
- Osprey (ibiblio-run software research project)
- GPGPU (General-Purpose Computation Using Graphics Hardware) (Hosted)
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