ISSN 1443-0568 | no. 73 | February 2005
Archiving Web Resources
More than 200 delegates from 21 countries, representing libraries, archives, museums, galleries, and government agencies, gathered from 9 to 11 November 2004 at the National Library of Australia for the conference, ‘Archiving Web Resources: Issues for Cultural Heritage Institutions’. The conference examined the cultural impact of the Web and how a number of sectors are using it to extend their business in the digital age. There were papers from experts on geospatial data, science, sound and film, and digital art. The implications for cultural collecting institutions were considered by the Research Libraries Group in the Eleven national libraries, including the National Library of Australia, and the Internet Archive formed the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) <http://netpreserve.org/about/index.php> in 2003 to mutually solve the many problems inherent in collecting and providing long-term access to online publications and websites. It has already achieved some very practical outcomes in the first 18 months of its operation. The Steering Committee of the IIPC met at the National Library during the week of the conference and, in a separate meeting, an important new project to collaborate on the development of a web archiving tool was delineated. The final day of the conference looked at architectures and business models for collaboration, and research programs that are leading the way forward. The National Library of Australia hosted the event and was well placed to do so. Through its work on PANDORA, For further information contact Margaret Phillips, Director Digital Archiving, mphillips@nla.gov.au |
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