Table of Contents

Introduction

What is this?

This page is a resource created specifically to support Harvard Library colleagues that are seeking training and education in web archiving. The majority of this page is comprised of links to consortium organizations' education materials. In putting this together, the focus was on limiting  

Who is it for?

• Librarians/archivists/curators seeking to start their web archiving project or program
• Library colleagues with no responsibilities in web archiving that are just interested in learning

Training Materials

What is Web Archiving?

Web Archiving Landscape at Harvard Library

What to Collect?: Collecting Scopes and Policies

Tools and Technologies

Getting Started

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 Digital Preservation can help identify a suitable peer unit for you to connect with. Please contact Tricia Patterson for more information.

Further Opportunities

Meetings

• Harvard Library's Web Archiving Discussion Group is an excellent opportunity to connect with colleagues that are also interested and/or engaged in web archiving activities.
• Archive-It hosts annual Partner meetings, where attendees can hear updates about their platform and some peer institutions' activities.

Courses

• The Society of American Archivists offer a 90-minute Web Archiving Fundametals course as a webcast through their Digital Archives Specialist curriculum.

Resource List

IIPC;

Archive-It; 

SAA

Questions?

Please contact Tricia Patterson, Digital Preservation Analyst in Preservation Services for assistance.