Google video is being shut down in about a month. If you had videos there, you’ve probably received the e-mail telling you to download your content. Trouble is, much of the content will most likely not be re-posted anywhere else. In response the Archive Team has launched a project to download everything. Once that’s done, the Internet Archive is donating enough space, at least 10TB, to host and archive all of it. I’ started helping out yesterday and I’ve about 70 videos at this point. The software and scripts are now available for both Linux and Windows systems. (It was only available for Linux when I started so I did need some help, greatly provided via IRC, to get it all running. On Windows it should be a bit easier.) If you’d like to help check out all the details on Archive Team’s Google Video wiki page.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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Google video is being shut down in about a month. If you had videos there, you’ve probably received the e-mail telling you to download your content. Trouble is, much of the content will most likely not be re-posted anywhere else. In response the Archive Team has launched a project to download everything. Once that’s done, the Internet Archive is donating enough space, at least 10TB, to host and archive all of it. I’ started helping out yesterday and I’ve about 70 videos at this point. The software and scripts are now available for both Linux and Windows systems. (It was only available for Linux when I started so I did need some help, greatly provided via IRC, to get it all running. On Windows it should be a bit easier.) If you’d like to help check out all the details on Archive Team’s Google Video wiki page.
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