Workshop Session B5:
"Archiving the Web: What can Institutions learn from National and International Web Archiving Initiatives"
This page provides details for the workshop session on
"Archiving the Web: What can Institutions learn from National and International Web Archiving Initiatives".
- Title:
- Archiving the Web: What can Institutions learn from National and International Web Archiving Initiatives
- Facilitator:
- Michael Day, DCC, UKOLN,
Maureen Pennock, DCC, UKOLN and
Lizzie Richmond, University Archivist, University of Bath
- Abstract:
- Institutional Web sites have become an increasingly important tool for disseminating key
institutional information to and between staff, students, researchers and the general public.
They are widely recognised as key front-office mechanisms for the communication of important
information, but the long-term survival of Web site resources and data with non-transient or
enduring value is often overridden by the short-term benefits of on-the-fly Web site management.
As a result, even institutions with Web site archiving policies can find themselves falling
victim to the so-called digital dark ages and fail to preserve valuable information.
This problem grows in significance when the Internet or intranet is the sole publications
medium for institutional material or information. Drawing on our knowledge and experiences
in archiving and digital curation, this workshop session will explore ways of addressing the
challenge of website archiving at an institutional level. As preservation begins at source,
the starting point for successful preservation and archiving of Web sites and Web-based
resources is quality. The workshop session will therefore be in keeping with the overall
theme of the workshop, that Quality Matters.
- Learning Objectives:
- By the end of the session participants will have:
- Gained an understanding of the value of web archiving for institutional resources.
- Explored the challenges and currently available options for large scale and institutional
Web archiving.
- Developed an appreciation of how Web site quality control can impact on the long-term
survival of Web-based resources.
- Collaborated in the development of a life-cycle-based approach to archiving Web-based
resources.
- Rating:
- Technical:
- Hands on:
- Room Requirements:
- PC and data projector.
- Venue:
- 2.24
- Time:
- Thursday 15th June 16.15-17.45
- Contact Details
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Michael Day
UKOLN
University Of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
Email: m.day@ukoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1225 383923
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Maureen Pennock
UKOLN
University Of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
Email: m.pennock@ukoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1225 386711
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Lizzie Richmond
University Archivist
University Of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
Email: E.Richmond@bath.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1225 383464
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