Stories about our work for libraries and archives – national and university – in the UK and abroad.
It’s always a pleasure to see one’s work appear in print, and so I’m very pleased to see the appearance of the volume of essays New directions in digital textual studies: book history, scholarly editing and curation in conversation. It is published by Bloomsbury, and available in paperback and ebook. My own chapter combines my … Continue reading New publication: new directions in digital textual studies
We were particularly delighted to work with former colleagues in the International Internet Preservation Consortium, to design, deliver and analyse a survey questionnaire of its membership. The survey gathered information on all aspects of Web archiving in national, regional and university libraries across the world. It covered selection policies, the profile and management of existing … Continue reading Helping the IIPC understand its members
We are very pleased to be serving on the advisory committee of the PROMISE project. Led by the Bibliothèque royale de Belgique in Brusssels, it aims to develop a federal strategy for the preservation of the Belgian web. The Preserving Online Multiple Information: towards a Belgian strategy (PROMISE) project will: Identify best practices in the … Continue reading Archiving the Belgian Web
Peter Webster was delighted to be invited to introduce and chair a session at this year’s World Library and Information Congress in Wroclaw (Poland). The session was jointly convened by the National Libraries and IT sections of IFLA, on the subject of access to Web archives. Peter introduced the speakers, from Canada, France and UK, … Continue reading Peter Webster at IFLA 2017
[A review that appeared first in the LSE Review of Books.] David Thomas, Simon Fowler and Valerie Johnson. The Silence of the Archive. Facet, 2017. In the past two to three decades, the archival profession has been caught between two currents of cultural and technological change: simultaneous, largely unrelated, both apparently inexorable. Largely confined to … Continue reading The silence of the archive: a review
In June, Peter gave a presentation with Chris Fryer of the Parliamentary Archives on this recent project. WR&C designed and carried out an evaluation of the Parliamentary Web Archive, giving the Parliamentary Archives a new understanding of the ways in which their service is used, and what the next steps are for development. The slides … Continue reading Understanding the users of the Parliamentary Web Archive
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