> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 03:15:02 -0400 > Subject: [Air-l] Web Archive of Sep11 Attack > Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C13F26.F08F6100 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Friends -- > > We are working with The Internet Archive (archive.org) and the Library = > of Congress to build an archive of the emerging web sphere related to = > the September 11 Terrorist Attack. > > As hundreds (thousands?) of web sites around the world react to these = > events, we think it is critical to identify, archive and annotate these = > sites and pages. We're interested in finding as much web content as = > possible, from as many different sites and different countries as = > possible. Everything is of interest, especially those sites not likely = > to be picked up by search engines or web crawlers (like individual's = > pages with links sent via email). > > This archive will be made available to the public in a way similar to = > the Election Collection 2000 = > [http://archive0.alexa.com/collections/e2k.html]. > > To get this effort moving, we have quickly together a *very simple* web = > site at a new site, http://webarchivist.org. If you're interested, = > visit that site, and follow the (hopefully) simple directions. = > Basically, what we're asking is that you click on a special link (that = > you install on your browser) whenever you are visiting a site that you = > think should be archived. Clicking on the link will alert our system to = > archive that site immediately. If you're up for it, you can also get a = > tool that allows you to fill out a 3-question "site coding sheet", = > identifying the type of site producer, the kinds of activities available = > on the site, and an open-ended assessment of the site. > > If you'd rather, feel free to send list of links to us at one of the = > email addresses below. > > We hope you'll join us in this important activity. We'll try to have = > some preliminary results of the effort available by the time of the AOIR = > conference next month. > > And, please, any comments or suggestions on how to identify relevant = > sites -- send them along! > > Thanks, > > Steve Schneider (SUNY Institute of Technology) - steve@sunyit.edu=20 > Kirsten Foot (U of Washington) - kfoot@u.washington.edu > > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C13F26.F08F6100 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > > > > >

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If you'd rather, feel free to�send = > list of=20 > links to us at one of the email addresses below.

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We hope you'll join us in this = > important=20 > activity.� We'll try to have some preliminary results of the effort = > > available by the time of the AOIR conference next month.

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And, please, any comments or = > suggestions on how to=20 > identify relevant sites -- send them along!

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Steve Schneider (SUNY Institute of = > Technology) - href=3D"mailto:steve@sunyit.edu">steve@sunyit.edu

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> > ------=_NextPart_000_00AE_01C13F26.F08F6100-- > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: "Ryan J. Burns" > To: > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:14:23 -0500 > Subject: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11 > Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org > > Has anyone seen statistics on Internet traffic on Sept. 11 and 12? If so, > where? I noticed that the major news websites were really "slow" on Sept. > 11. I also heard the CEO of Earthlink on NPR talk about huge spikes in > traffic to his member sites. He also mentioned that e-mail use was down, and > the use of synchronous chat was up. I'm teaching a CMC class and would love > to talk about it in class. > > Ryan J. Burns, Ph.D. > rburns1@tulane.edu > Visiting Instructor of Media Studies > Department of Communication > Tulane University > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:34:07 -0400 > From: jeremy hunsinger > Organization: Virginia Tech > To: air-l@aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] flame to end all flame (link) > Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org > > found this on kuro5hin.org(pronounced corrosion), thought it pretty much > captured the essense of flaming > http://users.gurulink.com/drk/humor/flame.html > > -- > Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy > CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu > 526 major williams hall 0130 > virginia tech > blacksburg, va 24061 > 540-231-7614 > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: "David Wiley" > To: > Subject: RE: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11 > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 09:52:59 -0600 > Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org > > > While this doesn't speak for the entire Internet, it is probably quite > representative. > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/13/154222&mode=thread > > And if you're interested in CMC but don't read Slashdot, you probably should > visit the link anyway. > > David Wiley > Assistant Professor > Instructional Technology > Utah State University > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of > Ryan J. Burns > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:14 AM > To: Air-l@aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11 > > > Has anyone seen statistics on Internet traffic on Sept. 11 and 12? If so, > where? I noticed that the major news websites were really "slow" on Sept. > 11. I also heard the CEO of Earthlink on NPR talk about huge spikes in > traffic to his member sites. He also mentioned that e-mail use was down, and > the use of synchronous chat was up. I'm teaching a CMC class and would love > to talk about it in class. > > Ryan J. Burns, Ph.D. > rburns1@tulane.edu > Visiting Instructor of Media Studies > Department of Communication > Tulane University > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l@aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l@aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > > End of Air-l Digest > ---------Ende urspr�ngliche Nachricht---------- -- Kate Stevensen sagt: Meine Mission ist geheim! Finde es raus! http://www.sunrise.net/exclude/track/action.asp?PID_S=592&PID_T=593&LID=1 --===============0602910323061005198==--