Thanks thus far. Does anyone know what approaches Japan, Korea, Indonesia, China, other countries around them, Brazil, Argentina, other Latin American countries, South Africa, other African countries, Egypt, Jordan, and other Middle Eastern countries, India, Finland, Sweden, or other networks, for example, are taking to archive the WWW? Multiple, systematic worldwide Internet archiving approaches will add important diversity to this project, especially as the Information Technology revolution and Network Society develop. Scott MacLeod And Niels Ole Finnemann writes: My mail to aoir does not always come through, so: Den 2/9-2007, kl. 22.32, skrev "Scott MacLeod" <helianth@gmail.com>
Subject: [Air-L] [AIR-L] World-wide archiving projects?
Does anyone know if there are any worldwide Internet archiving projects? The U.N.? Other worldwide institutions?
Scott
A number of national Libraries have formed the International internet Preservation Consortium, (IIPC) http://netpreserve.org/about/index.php among the members are Lib of Congress, British Library, Bibl Francaise, National libraries in Scandinavia, etc. and archive.org best Niels Ole Finnemann, Professor, Dr.Phil., Information and Media Studies, Århus Universitet Director Center for Internet Studies. Denmark finnemann@imv.au.dk On 9/4/07, Florence Pelissier <florence.pelissier@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
In France, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (French National Library) and the INA (National Institute of Audiovisual) have been working on a project of legal registration (archiving) of the web since 1999 : http://www.bnf.fr/pages/infopro/depotleg/dli_intro.htm#Experience (it's in French : they explain the different methods they've been experimenting with).These institutions have been responsible for legal registration of all printed matter (BNF) and video and audio materials (INA) produced in France for years. They claim to have initiated the creation of the International Internet Preservation Consortium in 2003, thus described on its website ( http://www.netpreserve.org/about/index.php ) :
"In July 2003 the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) acknowledged the importance of international collaboration for preserving Internet content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered the IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish the Consortium's goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years, during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions.
The goals of the consortium are: a.. To enable the collection, preservation and long-term access of a rich body of Internet content from around the world. b.. To foster the development and use of common tools, techniques and standards for the creation of international archives. c.. To be a strong international advocate for initiatives and legislation that encourage the collection, preservation and access to Internet content. d.. To encourage and support libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions everywhere to address Internet content collecting and preservation " I don't know about any UN project, though. Florence Pelissier-Bruno
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