World Sustainable Development Web Archive: Preserving and disseminating knowledge for sustainable growth
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WITT, Steven W. and RUDASILL, Lynne M. (2015) World Sustainable Development Web Archive: Preserving and disseminating knowledge for sustainable growth. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2015 - Cape Town, South Africa in Session 90 - Preservation and Conservation with Information Technology.
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Abstract
World Sustainable Development Web Archive: Preserving and disseminating knowledge for sustainable growth
The grey literature produced by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) is considered to be some of the most ephemeral material available on the Internet. NGOs often operate on tight budgets and in opposition to governmental initiatives, a combination that makes their web presence particularly transient. In response to the ephemeral nature of NGO materials on the internet, the International and Area Studies Library of the University of Illinois initiated the World Sustainable Development Web Archive project to preserve web content published by NGOs that focus on environmental and economic sustainability. To ensure broad coverage of these movements, the archive actively collects materials in multiple languages and cultural groups. This paper describes the use of shared web archiving platforms to initiate and sustain web archiving activities that support scholars and enable small organizations to archive and preserve their historical content and discusses the challenges that have been encountered both with the technology and within a changing political landscape.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | |||||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2015 - Cape Town, South AfricaSession 90 - 10 years of development to collect preserve and access Web-Sites: Ready to go for everyone!? - Preservation and Conservation with Information Technology |
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Divisions: | Division 2 Library Collections > Preservation and Conservation Section Division 3 Library Services > Information Technology Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Web Archives; Non-governmental Organizations; Preservation; Access; Sustainable Development | |||||||||
Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2015 16:18 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 08:55 | |||||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1117 |
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