Web Archiving at the NLI
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The document provides an overview of web archiving at the National Library of Ireland (NLI) from 1877 to 2019, detailing its purpose and methodology for preserving digital content. It emphasizes the importance of archiving for cultural documentation, accountability, and accessibility, as well as outlining the thematic focus of NLI's collections. The document also discusses the NLI's response to events like the 2020 general election and the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting their approach to capturing significant online resources.
Web Archiving at the NLI
- 1. WebArchiving at the NLI
- 3. The National Library of Ireland • Special Collections • Published Collections • Digital Collections • Development Office • Education, Learning and Programming • Estates • Administration
- 4. Digital Collections at the NLI • Digitsation • Born Digital Pilots • Web Archive • IT infrastructure • Digital Preservation
- 5. From International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web, preserving the collections in an archival format, and then serving the archives for access and use. What is Web Archiving?
- 6. What Web Archiving is Not….. • Search engine indexing • Bookmarking • Cataloguing a live website • Downloading or saving a file or page • Screen recording • Screen shots
- 7. Why do we archive the web? • Changes quickly • An information resource • Rich documentation of culture • Accountability • Our mission The mission of the Library is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland.
- 8. Web Archiving at the NLI • Thematic & Selective • Event Based • Rapid Response • Technical Partner • Legal & Technical Restrictions • Collaborative (where possible) An Overview
- 9. Selection How do we decide what to collect? • Hard choices to make • Is it at risk? • Does it fit with the NLI CDP? • Can it be archived? • Who owns the website? • Available resources? • Expectation of inclusion?
- 10. Themes, Events & Topics What kind of Collections do we have? • Politics • All Referendums & Elections • Society • Trade Union • Rural Life • Cultural & Creative • Irish Language • Literature
- 11. Web Archiving- The Process Access Crawling Notification Selection Quality Assurance
- 13. General Election 2020 The “Big” Event • 14th January • Saturday 8th February • Fianna Fáil- 38 seats • Sinn Féin-37 seats • Fine Gael- 35 seats • June 2020- Formation of the 33rd Dáil
- 14. General Election 2020 Resulting Collection • All Political Parties • A sample of candidate websites • Retiring TDs • Outgoing Cabinet • Media & Commentary • Representative & Advocacy Groups
- 15. From the journal.ie Feb 11th, General Election Collection What we thought was the biggest news story of the year
- 16. Collecting in a Pandemic • Collecting begins in February • March 12th- The NLI closes • Web Archive switches to Working From Home • New approach needed
- 17. Initial Response • Identify primary online information sources • Rapidly changing • What are the most important websites to capture? • How frequently do we archive?
- 18. First Steps: Frequent Archiving • Health Service Executive (HSE) • Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) • Gov.ie • The Journal.ie • Tuairisc • RTÉ News 1. Weekly 2. Fortnightly 3. Each phase Archived
- 19. Resulting Collection • Health Sector • Government Bodies • Education • Hospitality & Tourism • Charities Almost 3TB of data
- 20. Uses for the Web Archive • Amateur researchers • New opportunities • Cross-disciplinary • Big data • New tools & methods
- 21. Explore the web archive from NLI.ie