From Clay to The Cloud explores the human impetus to preserve our knowledge, memory, and cultural heritage. Twenty years ago, the Internet Archive took on the challenge of creating a digital repository where swaths of our lives from the Internet and other sources will be stored for generations to come. Ancient clay cuneiforms will be on view as well as Nuala Creed’s ceramic portraits of the Internet archivists which remind us of the crucial human involvement in this digital archive. Hands-on displays offer visitors the opportunity to dive into the vast “storerooms” of the Internet Archive. We will be digitally archiving items from the Hannon Library and the Laband every afternoon.