Back in early 2002, concerned about ways to preserve and keep accessible websites important for history of science and technology, Abby Smith and David Kirsch brought Jesse in contact with the Internet Archive, its founder Brewster Kahle and extraordinarily talented associates such as computer scientist Raymie Stata. Soon after, expert PHE computing advisor Perrin Meyer joined Jesse on a visit to the Archive headquarters at the Presidio in San Francisco, where we were able to appreciate the fantastic concept and excellent early implementation of the Internet Archive. We were pleased to help arrange for the Sloan Foundation to become one of the Archive’s major supporters. The ever-inventive Brewster Kahle has meanwhile progressed with his audacious plan for universal access to all recorded knowledge , and on 25 October 2005 the Archive held a meeting to form the Open Content Alliance to speed the scanning of books into a digital library. Our colleague, Doron Weber, attended the widely reported meeting and is quoted in the Reuters coverage.