What do web archivers or is it archivists really do

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What do web archivers (or is it archivists)
really do?

• Gina JonesLibrary of CongressWebarchivist

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Acquire (collect)
• Make available - organize, describe
• Preserve

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Acquire/Collect

• Understands
• the tools that allow the web archivist to acquire
  content.
• The archiving decisions that a web archivist can
  greatly impact any archiving effort.
• the collection plan/strategy.
• the web.
• how to draw the curator into the process.

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LC Nomination Tool
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Hillary Clinton's 2008 Campaign Web Site
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Hillary Clinton's 2008 Campaign Web Site (con't)
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Scoped Web Site, More than Just an URL
http//www.hillaryclinton.com/ http//hillaryclin
ton.com http//(com,flickr,www,)/photos/hillarycl
inton http//(com,myspace,www,)/hillaryclinton h
ttp//(com,myspace,blog,)/index.cfm?fuseactionblo
g.viewfriendID163712750 http//(com,myspace,blo
g,)/index.cfm?fuseactionblog.ListAllfriendID163
712750 http//(com,youtube,)/hillaryclinton http
//(com,youtube,www,)/hillaryclinton http//(com,
eons,community,)/members/profile/hillaryclinton h
ttp//www.thehillaryiknow.com/ http//hillaryhub.
com http//hillblazers.com http//www.hillarysto
re.com/ http//(com,twitter,)/hillaryclinton
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CDL's Web Archiving Service
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Internet Archive's Archive-It
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Make Available

• Must use and understand the tool that allows
  users to view and navigate web archives.
• Drive the continued development of the tool to
  allow the users to view and navigate web
  archives.
• Assist in the process of developing descriptive
  metadata.

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Library of Congress Web Archives
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LC Metadata Object Descriptive Schema (MODS)
Record
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Preserve

• The web archivist needs to understand what is in
  the archives so that access can be preserved.

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Questions?

• Library of Congress Web Archiving Team
• http//www.loc.gov/webarchiving/
• Library of Congress Web Archives
• http//www.loc.gov/lcwa