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Web Archive Processing by Mike Smorul is a pdf document that describes different types of archiving strategies and how they work. It describes the indexing of various websites and how they tackle managing a large quantity of websites within the…

The book Archiving Websites: General Considerations and Strategies by Niels Brügger is mainly for researchers, students, and others without special technical knowledge who wish to save a website for further study. This is for those who wish to start…

In this article, the author presents the connection between personal digital archiving and community-based archiving and how they should work to assist one another. The author suggests that community-based projects can help provide flexibility and…

This research paper shows mathematical formulas that show the potential of a method known as "polygon approximation" that will allow for the digital query of digital archival systems to be improved upon to better their use. This methods improvements…

This article, written by four librarians from the University of Utah, introduces us to the idea of “collections as data” as a way to further improve and expand upon digital archiving methods used all over the world today. While librarians and…

Analyzes results of two surveys, finding patterns and trends in web archiving practices around the globe indicating significant growth in the practice of web archiving

The International Internet Preservation Consortium was created in July 2003 by twelve pioneer institutions already involved in Web archiving and including eleven national libraries. The objectives of the consortium are to provide a forum for sharing…

This article argues for focus on preservation of the World Wide Web for future use by digital humanists and historians. It discusses the methods used to create web archives, as well as the limitations and problematic results of these methods. Its…

A how to guide on how to collect photos, physical or digital, into an online archive that will allow the consumer to preserve and maintain their beloved photos.

Digital Archives looks over the rapid technological changes and the push to digitize people's cultural heritages are changing the landscape of archives. The book also features contributions that offer state of the art solutions in building and…