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Organization: Archive Team

Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.

History is littered with hundreds of conflicts over the future of a community, group, location or business that were "resolved" when one of the parties stepped ahead and destroyed what was there. With the original point of contention destroyed, the debates would fall to the wayside. Archive Team believes that by duplicated condemned data, the conversation and debate can continue, as well as the richness and insight gained by keeping the materials. Our projects have ranged in size from a single volunteer downloading the data to a small-but-critical site, to over 100 volunteers stepping forward to acquire terabytes of user-created data to save for future generations.

The main site for Archive Team is at archiveteam.org and contains up to the date information on various projects, manifestos, plans and walkthroughs.

This collection contains the output of many Archive Team projects, both ongoing and completed. Thanks to the generous providing of disk space by the Internet Archive, multi-terabyte datasets can be made available, as well as in use by the Wayback Machine, providing a path back to lost websites and work.

Our collection has grown to the point of having sub-collections for the type of data we acquire. If you are seeking to browse the contents of these collections, the Wayback Machine is the best first stop. Otherwise, you are free to dig into the stacks to see what you may find.

The Archive Team Panic Downloads are full pulldowns of currently extant websites, meant to serve as emergency backups for needed sites that are in danger of closing, or which will be missed dearly if suddenly lost due to hard drive crashes or server failures.

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Always Day 1

Always maintain an entrepreneurial mindset. Keep pioneering and innovating instead of relying on resources or past achievements. Stay agile and pursue efficiency and simplicity. Reduce unnecessary procedures. Reject complacency. Stay open and humble.

Champion Diversity and Inclusion

Value individual differences, and focus on people's unique strengths. Think global. Understand and celebrate different cultures, views, and experiences. Facilitate effective collaboration by assuming good intent and trusting by default.

Be Candid and Clear

Speak your mind. Expose problems candidly. Avoid "managing up". Be accurate, concise, and straightforward. Avoid overusing jargon or elaborate terms. Drive communication and form conclusions with facts, instead of assumptions or emotions.

Seek Truth and Be Pragmatic

Be an independent thinker. Get to the bottom of things. Distill ideas down to their fundamental truths. Dive deep into facts. Seek direct experience and first-hand data and information. Be grounded and focus on real impact.

Be Courageous and Aim for the Highest

Dare to take calculated risks for bigger gains, with a focus on return on investment. Explore alternative solutions in a larger scope for the optimal result. Insist on high standards. Don't just get the job done, execute with excellence.

Grow Together

Live and be driven by our mission and vision. Show patience and resilience in the face of short-term fluctuations. Solve problems together. Keep learning, keep pushing boundaries. Pursue mutual growth with the organization.