December 2020

Enhancing Discovery & Access of Web Archives at Harvard Library

by Tricia Patterson, Digital Preservation Analyst

A scholar walks into an online discovery platform. The scholar says to the search bar, “Can I get the archived website of Harvard’s Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies from 2007?” The search bar looks confused; “Archived website? We don’t have any of those here – how about a Networked Resource or a Manuscript instead?” The scholar sighs in defeat, abandoning their research forever…

Okay, so maybe that’s overstating the ramifications.

But Harvard Library’s web archives collections have never been...

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