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Démarrer un projet d’archivage web : par où commencer ? Les conseils d’Abbie Grotke (Library of Congress) Cet article est la traduction d’un extrait de l’article “Web Archiving at the Library of Congress” par Abbie Grotke, qui dirige l’équipe d’archivage web au Bureau des initiatives stratégiques, au sein de la Bibliothèque du Congrès.

Démarrer un projet d’archivage web : par où commencer ? Les conseils d’Abbie Grotke (Library of Congress)

Elle a été impliquée dans des projets de numérisation à la Bibliothèque du Congrès depuis plus de 13 ans, d’abord en tant que spécialiste de la conversion numérique avec le programme American Memory. Depuis 2002, elle a été impliquée dans les activités de l’archivage du web LC, et elle gère actuellement diverses activités de collecte et d’archivage web. Elle est également co-président du National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group. Son article explique de façon très limpide les débuts des archivages web et en décortique les principaux enjeux. L’extrait que nous avons choisi de vous présenter reprend les conseils d’Abbie sur les prérequis d’un projet d’archivage web. 1. De quels experts disposez-vous ?

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The “End of Term” Was Only the Beginning. The following is a guest post by Laura Graham, a Digital Media Project Coordinator at the Library.

The “End of Term” Was Only the Beginning

In late 2008, the Library of Congress, the California Digital Library, the University of North Texas, the Internet Archive and the Government Printing Office began the first collaborative project to capture and archive United States government web sites representing the “end of term” of the George W. Bush presidential administration. The whitehouse.gov page on the morning of Jan. 20, 2009. The partners planned, strategized, developed tools to facilitate processes and settled on a division of responsibilities. Months later, when the crawling of content was complete, there were 5.7 terabytes at CDL, 1 at UNT and 9.1 at Internet Archive, for a total of 15.9 terabytes. Selecting, crawling and archiving the content was such an accomplishment! In 2008, the Library had set up a central transfer server for receiving National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program content. An Abundant Crop: The End of Term Harvest. The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress Web Archiving Team Lead A previous post described the End of Term collaborative web archive.

An Abundant Crop: The End of Term Harvest

Well, when we say collaborative, we mean it. This year, our call for volunteers brought forward Associate Professor Debbie Rabina and her fabulous students at Pratt, who identified social media content to preserve as a part of the project – an area our team was increasingly concerned about, since these accounts don’t show up on official lists of government websites. I recently asked Rabina some questions about their involvement in EOT. For those interested in learning more, she has shared more details on her blog. Abbie: Tell us about who you are and who was involved. What’s for lunch? Debbie: I am associate professor at Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, where I teach the Government Information Sources course.

Abbie: How did you get involved in the EOT project? United Stated Border Patrol page on Pinterest. Transferring “Libraries of Congress” of Data. The following is a guest post by Nicholas Taylor, Information Technology Specialist for the Web Archiving Team.

Transferring “Libraries of Congress” of Data

If science reporters, IT industry pundits and digital storage and network infrastructure purveyors are to be believed, devices are being lab-tested even now that can store all of the data in the Library of Congress or transmit it over a network in mere moments. To this list of improbable claims, I’d like to add another: by the most conservative estimates, I transfer more than a Library of Congress’ worth of data to the Library of Congress every month. By Flickr user MysteryBee (Henrik Bennetsen) under CC BY-SA 2.0 Clearly, that doesn’t make any sense, but allow me to explain. It Takes a Village…to Archive the Internet. The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead at the Library of Congress.

It Takes a Village…to Archive the Internet

In an earlier post I talked about the types of Web content that the Library of Congress archives. Despite the tremendous amount we’ve preserved, we know we can’t do it alone. We often collaborate to build web archives with other libraries, archives and organizations in the United States and around the globe. We do this when events unfold quickly on the Internet and the Library can’t react as quickly as we’d like for whatever reason, but also when the scope of a collection is so big that we must work with others to ensure that breadth of content is preserved. Describing Digital Preservation: As Easy as a Walk in the Park. The following is a guest post by Erin Engle, Digital Archivist, NDIIPP.

Describing Digital Preservation: As Easy as a Walk in the Park

When my family and friends ask what I do at the Library of Congress, I invariably get questioning looks when I use the phrase “digital preservation.” The looks turn even more quizzical when I talk about my work managing a project focusing on the preservation of geospatial information. It’s a double whammy of confusion that often leads to “oh that sounds very interesting” when the person means “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Elevator speed, by iursu, on Flickr Digital preservation is such an abstract topic that it’s hard to describe with a proverbial 30 second elevator speech.

I mention that we may want to save some of this content, maybe not all of it, for posterity because what we create today represents our cultural digital heritage. For those looking for a more structured description, many institutions and organizations define digital preservation in similar or slightly different terms. Library Partnership Saves Government Sites - The Library Today. Contact: Jennifer Gavin, Public Affairs Office (202) 707-1940; Abbie Grotke, Office of Strategic Initiatives (202) 707-2833 Library Partnership Preserves End-of-Term Government Web Sites The Library of Congress, the California Digital Library, the University of North Texas Libraries, the Internet Archive and the U.S.

Library Partnership Saves Government Sites - The Library Today

Government Printing Office today announced a collaborative project to preserve public United States Government web sites at the end of the current presidential administration ending January 19, 2009. This harvest is intended to document federal agencies' online archive during the transition of government and to enhance the existing collections of the five partner institutions. Library of Congress Home. Short Film: Digital Antiquities. Digital Antiquities is a 15-minute science-fiction film that considers the social impact of data recovery in the not-too-distant future.

Short Film: Digital Antiquities

Still photo from "Digital Antiquities" by J.P.