Key players & additional resources
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Several organizations and institutions are at the forefront of digital archiving and preservation efforts:
: The Library of Congress provides access to a vast array of digitized materials for preservation and public access. Its collections include manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, and more.
: This is a collaboration of the six UK Legal Deposit Libraries, providing access to archived UK websites, preserving the nation's digital heritage.
: The IIPC is dedicated to improving the tools, standards, and practices of web archiving. It fosters collaboration among member institutions to enhance web archiving efforts globally.
A non-profit library offering free access to a wide range of digital content, including websites, books, audio recordings, videos, and software. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine allows users to view archived versions of web pages from different points in time.
: A subscription service provided by the Internet Archive, enabling institutions to build and preserve collections of digital content.
Another service provided by the Internet Archive. This open source web crawler is another tool used for archiving web content.
: A repository of electronic preprints approved for publication after moderation. While primarily focused on academic papers, it includes research on web archiving and digital preservation.
: The DPC supports its members in delivering long-term access to digital content and services, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing in digital preservation.
: their Conifer tool is an interactive web archiving service that captures website content and can be downloaded into a web ARchive (WAR) format.
In October 2024, Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine was victim to a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack and data breach. (emails, screen names, password change timestamps, etc) was breached, leading to a as Internet Archive staff disabled the JS library, scrubbed their systems and upgraded security. The data stored on the Wayback Machine was .
: A decentralized archival platform designed to preserve human history and culture digitally. It uses blockchain technology to create a permanent and tamper-proof archive of digital content.
: Featured in Rest of World, this initiative focuses on innovative approaches to digital archiving, particularly in underrepresented regions and communities.