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Through its web archiving initiatives, the International and Area Studies Library collects, preserves, and facilitates access to sensitive online content that could otherwise be lost or erased. The library’s efforts are concentrated on several different collections, each with its own subject and scope. By gathering and storing web content in these collections, the library not only saves fragile information for posterity, but it enables scholars to browse and search for archived web content that has research value.<\/p>\n

Collections<\/h2>\n
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Global Civil Society Organization Responses to COVID-19<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Borderlands Web Archive<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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World Sustainable Development Web Archive<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n

How It Works<\/h2>\n

The library uses Archive-It\u2014a service operated by the Internet Archive\u2014to crawl, capture, and store web content. Some pages and documents are captured only once; others are captured on a recurring basis, perhaps monthly or annually. Webpages captured with Archive-It are, essentially, “snapshots” of actual web pages at certain moments in time. While textual information is preserved, along with code like HTML and CSS, archived pages often do not retain the full functionality of the original pages. Click here to learn more about Archive-It<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Browsing the Collections<\/h2>\n

The web archive collections listed above are browsable through the Archive-It interface. In addition to text searches, you can filter the collection content based on metadata (tags, categories, etc.). Each collection has its own metadata configuration, but common filters include language, region, subject, and creator.<\/p>\n

When you select an item to view, Archive-It may present a list of capture dates. This means that multiple “snapshots” of the webpage or document from different dates exist in the archive. Because the different captures may display different information, viewing captures from different dates can help inform research about developments over time.<\/p>\n

Help and Contact<\/h2>\n

If you need assistance<\/strong> with our web archive collections, please email us at ias@library.illinois.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For general information about web archiving efforts<\/strong> at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, please contact the Office of Digital Strategies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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