The Internet Archive is currently accepting donations of items we do not have already in our library. The good news is we already have many titles, but that means we are receiving many duplicates. We need your help. If there is reason to think the majority of the materials are not in our collection, we can take it whole and deduplicate it ourselves, but otherwise we need your help to figure out what is needed. We have tools that can help speed the process, but often doing a random sample of your items can give a pretty good idea.
Please see below for instructions on how to check if we have your media already ahead of donation:
Books
Serials & Periodicals – print
- Use our web tool here to search by ISSN
- Magazine collection can be searched here
- Newspaper collection can be searched here
Serials & Periodicals – microforms
- Use our web tool here to search by ISSN
CDs
- Check our CD collection here
LPs
- Check our LP collection here (Search tip: Try searching by catalog number for most exact matches)
Software
- Check our software collection here
Manuals
- Check our manuals collection here
78s
- Check our 78s collection here (Search tip: Try searching by catalog number for most exact matches)
45s
- Currently accepting all recordings on 45rpm
Wax cylinders
- Currently accepting all recordings on wax cylinders