The latest news from Archive-It, January 2024
January 29th, 2024
by the Archive-It team
Call for Proposals
Advancing Inclusive Computational Research with ARCH
The Internet Archive invites applications to Advancing Inclusive Computational Research with ARCH. This pilot program will support less well-resourced organizations throughout the world with access to the Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH) and thousands of web archive collections, technical support and training, and learning opportunities with a supportive cohort of peers. Read the full announcement on the Internet Archive blog to learn more and apply.
Community News
Learning from web archives in Latin America
Web Archivist Karl Blumenthal joined early ARCH adopters on the InfoTecarios podcast. The group discussed their experiences using web archives as primary sources in their research and how to support more scholars and learners like them in Latin America. Catch up with the conversation here.
Preserving local history with Community Webs
Jacquelyn Oshman, Head of Circulation, shared an update on the New Brunswick Free Public Library’s efforts to preserve local history. The library is expanding into digitization with support from the Community Webs program and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Read about the project on the Archive-It blog.
What we’re reading
- Reviving Union College’s Web Archiving Program – Corinne Chatnik, Digital Collections and Preservation Librarian, describes revitalizing a web archiving program with a fresh collecting policy.
- Reparative Description in NYU’s Web Collections – Lizzy Zarate, Web Archives Student Assistant, chronicles updating descriptive metadata to make web archives more inclusive.
- Planning for Web Archiving at the U.S. National Archives – The Web Records Archiving Project working group share their progress to establish a sustainable web archiving program at NARA.
Tech & Training
Preserving email with web archives
Register here to learn about preserving email with web archiving tools on Friday, January 27 at 12PM US Eastern time (GMT-5). Gregory Wiedeman, University Archivist at the University at Albany, SUNY, will demonstrate and discuss the technical solutions in a webinar hosted by the Society of American Archivists’ Web Archiving Section.
Digital preservation training opportunity
Our friends at Digital POWRR seek applicants to attend the next installment in their popular series of digital preservation institutes. Trainees receive subsidized in-person training on all things digital preservation with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more about the program and apply for yourself here on the Digital POWRR website.