COVID-19 in local history web archives
Community Webs partners have been web archiving local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic diligently since the start of the pandemic. Web Archivist Karl-Rainer Blumenthal showcases their efforts to date in this blog post.
Community Webs seeking applicants
We’re seeking applicants to join Community email database Webs on a year-round basis. Cultural heritage organizations in Canada, the US and around the world are encouraged to apply and capture your community through web archiving and Archive-It. Apply online via the Call for Applications.
Quarterly update and Year-in-Review
Join the next open call with the Internet Archive staff and Archive-It partners on January 25, 2022, at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. GMT. These quarterly open calls include the latest updates and discussion about web archiving and digital preservation technologies and service developments. All are welcome! Point your web browser here at call time to join.
What we're reading and viewing:
"Web Archiving Local Election and Government Websites Partner Ed Busch co-authors this article that emphasizes the value of collecting local election results and details how Michigan State University went about it in this collection. Community Input for Web Archiving at Small and Rural Libraries Community Webs partner Grace McGann (Moran) shares how she developed a Collection Policy for Tipp City Library's web archive. National Records of Scotland (NRS) Web Archive This 5-minute video shows viewers the NRS web archives and explains their purpose."