Tag Archives: web archives

Join us for a White House Social Media and Gov Data Hackathon!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by jefferson

Join us at the Internet Archive this Saturday January 7 for a government data hackathon! We are hosting an informal hackathon working with White House social media data, government web data, and data from election-related collections. We will provide more … Continue reading →

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Preserving U.S. Government Websites and Data as the Obama Term Ends

Posted on December 15, 2016 by jefferson

Long before the 2016 Presidential election cycle librarians have understood this often-overlooked fact: vast amounts of government data and digital information are at risk of vanishing when a presidential term ends and administrations change.  For example, 83% of .gov pdf’s … Continue reading →

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Hacking Web Archives

Posted on August 31, 2016 by jefferson

The awkward teenage years of the web archive are over. It is now 27 years since Tim Berners-Lee created the web and 20 years since we at Internet Archive set out to systematically archive web content. As the web gains … Continue reading →

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