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."
| 2002 | 2006 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collections | 800 | 1600+ | 2500+ |
| Visits (ftp+www/day) | 3 million | 15+ million | 16+ million |
| Data (terabytes) | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| Web servers | 1 large, 2 peripherals | 22 www/vhosts | 25 www/vhost servers |
| Database servers | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Radio stations | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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