Researcher Engagement with Web Archives: Challenges and Opportunities for Investment

Thomas, Arthur; Meyer, Eric T.; Dougherty, Meghan; van den Heuvel, Charles; Madsen, Christine McCarthy; Wyatt, Sally

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Researcher Engagement with Web Archives: Challenges and Opportunities for Investment

Joint Information Systems Committee Report, August 2010

39 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2019

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Arthur Thomas

IFP Energies Nouvelles; University of Nantes

Eric T. Meyer

University of California, Berkeley - School of Information; UT Austin iSchool; University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute

Meghan Dougherty

Loyola University Chicago - School of Communication

Christine McCarthy Madsen

University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute; University of Oxford - Oxford e-Research Centre; Bodleian Libraries

Sally Wyatt

Maastricht University

Date Written: August 1, 2010

Abstract

This report, which should be read in conjunction with its companion, “Researcher Engagement with Web Archives: State of the Art” (Dougherty, et al., 2010), looks beyond the current state of web archives, and the uses made of them, to expand on some of the challenges identified there, and to point out some of the important opportunities which exist for funding bodies to add considerable value to the investments made to date, as well as to move web archiving technology and practices to the next level of comprehensiveness and usefulness.

Keywords: Web Archives, Web, Internet, Preservation

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Thomas, Arthur and Meyer, Eric T. and Dougherty, Meghan and van den Heuvel, Charles and Madsen, Christine McCarthy and Madsen, Christine McCarthy and Wyatt, Sally, Researcher Engagement with Web Archives: Challenges and Opportunities for Investment (August 1, 2010). Joint Information Systems Committee Report, August 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1715000