Finally getting around to posting a little something about the web archiving conference held at the British Library a couple of weeks ago.
From a local archives perspective, it was particularly interesting to hear a number of presenters acknowledge the complexity and cost of implementation and use of currently available web archiving tools. Richard Davis, talking [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Archive-It’
MLA Yorkshire Archives Accepted for InterPares Project
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, Research Projects, tagged Archive-It, digital archives, digital preservation, Digital Preservation Networks, Internet Archive, InterPares, MLA Yorkshire archives, UK, Web Archiving, WYAS on 19 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some exciting news today - the West Yorkshire Archive Service [WYAS] submission to the InterPares 3 Research Project for a case study of the MLA Yorkshire archives has been accepted. MLA Yorkshire, the lead strategic agency for museums, libraries and archives in the region, closes this week (so that live website might not be available for too [...]
Archive-It!
Posted in Operational Digital Archives, Preservation Tools, tagged Archive-It, DSpace, Fedora, Internet Archive, LOCKSS, USA, Web Archiving on 26 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Probably the best posting I can make on the Internet Archive, based in San Francisco, is to encourage colleagues to have a look at their Archive-It subscription service, and perhaps attend a free webinar about the tool (details on the site) or at least have a look through some of the collections from partner institutions [...]
