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Introduction

What is this?

This page contains a curated list of resources to support Harvard Library colleagues that are seeking training and education in web archiving. It is an evolving list that will adapt and grow as technology shifts and additional resources become available. 

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  • New web archives practitioners seeking to start up their web archiving project or program
  • Experienced web archives practitioners looking for a specific resource
  • Managers and curators that want to know whether web archiving fits in their program
  • Any Harvard Library colleague, even those with no responsibilities in web archiving that are just interested in learning


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Training Materials

Getting Started in Web Archiving

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  • You can sign up for a pre-scheduled informational webinar or request one if there are not currently any available.

Archive-It User Guide

  • Archive-It has extensive documentation of how to use their service, beginning with how to get started, through actually crawling websites, reviewing and QC.

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  • If you utilize Conifer or another external collecting tool, or you collected someone else's legacy files, you can upload them to your Archive-It account alongside your other collections.


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Further Opportunities

Meetings & Events

Harvard Library's Web Archiving Discussion Group

  • An excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues that are also interested and/or engaged in web archiving activities

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  • A webcast offered by the Society of American Archivists through their Digital Archives Specialist curriculum.


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Buddy Program

If you have you been tasked with initiating web archiving activities in your library and wish to connect with one of your peers in another library unit that has experience, the Web Archives Discussion Group and and Digital Preservation can help identify a suitable peer unit for you to connect with. Please contact Tricia Patterson (Digital Preservation) or Jen Weintraub (Schlesinger Library) see the Web Archives Discussion Group wiki to contact the conveners for more information.


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Additional Resources

IIPC Awesome Web Archiving Github

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Contact Digital Preservation

Digital Preservation at Harvard Library offers general consultation and guidance in web archiving activities.


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Questions?

Suggestions? Hoping to find information you don't see here? Know of an excellent resource this page should include? Please contact Tricia Patterson in the DPS team in Preservation Services for assistance.

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