Cornell University: Library of Congress Web Preservation Project

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Cornell University

Collecting and Preserving Open-Access Materials on the Web

Abstract	This is a project is to work with the Library of Congress to initiate a broad program to collect and preserve open-access materials from the World Wide Web. The effort includes consensus building within the Library, joint planning with external bodies, studies of the technical and policy issues, the development of a long-term plan and coordination of prototypes. The aim is to identify what can be done immediately and move rapidly through prototype into production in these areas. Meanwhile an agenda is being developed to encourage future research and development by the library and computing communities.
Papers and presentations	Original proposal Preserving the Open Access Web, presentation by William Arms to the Coalition for Networked Information, March 27, 2000. William Y. Arms, Web Preservation Project: Interim Report, January 15, 2001. Minerva, the Web Preservation Project, presentation by William Arms, Cassy Ammen, Allene Hayes, Jane Mandelbaum and Barbara Tillett to the Library of Congress, February 2, 2001. Collecting and Preserving the Web: The Minerva Prototype, by William Y. Arms, Roger Adkins, Cassy Ammen, and Allene Hayes. RLG DigiNews, 5(2), April 2001. http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/diginews5-2.html#feature1
Notes and working papers	Trip report, Internet Archive Colloquium, San Francisco, March 8 and 9, 2000. Guidelines for the Selection of Online Australian Publications Intended for Preservation by the National Library of Australia.http://www.nla.gov.au/scoap/guidelines.html Carl Fleischhauer, Notes about collecting a Web site. April 21, 2000.

William Y. Arms
Last revised: June 6, 2001