Archive-It Partner News, July 2023
July 19th, 2023
Introducing ARCH
(Archives Research Compute Hub)
ARCH, In-Browser Visualization
We are excited to announce the public availability of ARCH (Archives Research Compute Hub), a new research service that helps users analyze digital collections computationally at scale. ARCH represents a combination of the Internet Archive’s experience supporting computational research for more than a decade (providing dataset service integrations like Archive-it Research Services) and a collaboration with the Archives Unleashed project of the University of Waterloo and York University. Development of ARCH was generously supported by the Mellon Foundation. Read more in this post, and try using ARCH on one of your collections.
Community News
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. (Robert Benson)
Partner Meeting in Washington D.C
The Archive-It Partner Meeting returns in person on July 26th, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C. It aims to strengthen the web archiving and digital preservation communities through facilitated discussion, knowledge sharing, and technology updates. Visit the event page and view our working agenda.
Fantastic Futures Call for Proposals
Fantastic Futures, the annual international conference on AI for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (ai4lam,) will take place November 15-17, 2023 at Internet Archive Canada Headquarters in Vancouver, BC. The Call for Proposals is now open and accepting submissions. Find further information about this event on this webpage.
Documenting Support for Human Rights on Both Sides of the California-Mexico Border with Archive-It
Partner Diane Maher catches us up on the development of two University of San Diego collections that won the 2019 “Pitch a collection” contest: Human Rights at the California-Mexico Border and the San Diego Refugee Collection. Read all about the curation and development of them in her blog post.
Archives Unleashed Project Event
Archives Unleashed research cohorts and members of the Internet Archive’s Archiving and Data Services team met for a final celebration on June 22 and 23 at the Internet Archive Canada’s headquarters in Vancouver, BC. You can read about all of the Archives Unleashed accomplishments utilizing Archive-It web archives and ARCH in this blog post by its Project Manager, Sam Fritz.
Events Calendar
Find Internet Archive staff and Archive-It partners at these upcoming in-person and online events:
- July 25: Exploring Web Archives as Data – Washington, DC
- July 26: 2023 Archive-It Partner Meeting – Washington, DC
- September 1: Archives & Records Association Conference – Belfast, Northern Ireland
- November 14: DLF 2023 Forum – St. Louis, MO
What We’re Reading
- RESAW 2023 Conference Report from the UK Web Archive – CuiCui, Nicola Bingham, Helena Byrne and Alice Austin recount their favorite moments of the Resaw 2023 conference, including a shout out for ARCH and Archives Unleashed.
- IIPCWAC23 – The ’Crème de la Crème of’ Web Archiving work – Barbara Fuentes of the National Records of Scotland tells us her highlights of the 2023 IIPC Web Archiving Conference.
- Book Review: IAN MILLIGAN, History in the Age of Abundance? How the Web Is Transforming Historical Research – Partner Amir Lavie reviews this important work to web archiving in the Spring 2023 edition of Archivaria (Note: access requires ACA login credentials; open access available Spring 2024).
We’re Hiring!
Our team is growing! We’re seeking a Program Officer to join the Archiving & Data Services team at the Internet Archive. Check out the Internet Archive’s job board to learn more about these new positions, share, and apply.
Tech & Training
The updated Archive-It Help Center landing page.
Check out our Updated Help Center!
We’ve made some improvements to make the Help Center easier to navigate and discover content. Key topics can now be accessed directly from the home page, with dedicated FAQ sections in each. Check it out anytime here! Have any feedback? We’d love to hear it.
Archive-It’s Analytics
Google Analytics upgraded to a new version, called Google Analytics 4 (GA4), on July 1, 2023. This effectively ends Archive-It’s integration with Google Analytics going forward. Historical data collected with the prior version of Google Analytics, called Universal Analytics (UA), will remain available as we implement an alternative web analytics feature. For more information, please read this announcement.
Feature Spotlight on Notes
We’re shining the spotlight on the Notes feature in the partner application’s user interface (UI) this quarter. This is an often overlooked feature that can keep your observations and decisions right where the action is happening in the UI. Partners from the Library of Virginia, Harvard Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and Vancouver Island University share how they’ve all used Notes to keep on track in this blog post.
Recommended Formats Statement Update
The Library of Congress’s Recommended Formats Statement (RFS) has been updated for 2023. The RFS supports a structured methodology to assess the viability of digital formats within both a global and institutional context. Updates specific for web archiving are on pages 42-43 of the PDF. You can access the RFS through this post by Liz Holdzkom et al.
Check the Help Center for the Latest Updates and Support
A Warm Welcome to our Newest Partners!
City of Victoria Archives
NYU Langone Health
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Università di Padova
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi