by Stephen Abrams, Head of Digital Preservation

The web has become the preeminent channel for scholarly communication as well as popular, political, and commercial discourse in the 21st century.  In keeping with Harvard Library’s longstanding mission to ensure effective long-term stewardship of all materials fundamental to the University’s research, teaching, and learning initiatives, the Library has been actively involved in web archiving since 2006 (...

Preservation Services has existed in some form at Harvard...

By Tricia Patterson, Digital Preservation Analyst

As the tide of remote work washes into another season, many professional conferences have opted to transition to a virtual platform instead of canceling their annual events. For conference attendees, this inevitably means logging even more hours in front of the computer screen, shifting restlessly between a desk chair, bed, and sofa to console oneself with the illusion of mobility. Thankfully (so thankfully), these virtual platforms offer plentiful ...

From HLComms: Take a survey by October 31st to help your colleagues map the web archiving landscape at Harvard.

The Web Archiving Advisory Group invites everyone to participate in a brief, 12-question survey (linked below) about web archiving activities at your library or unit. As we hope to capture a broad audience, please feel free to complete this survey whether or not you are personally involved with the web...