Vernachlässigte Pflicht oder Sammlung aus Leidenschaft? Zum Stand der Webarchivierung in deutschen Bibliotheken
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Bibliographic information
Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie
Volume 62 (2015), Edition 3-4
- Authors:
- Publisher
- Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main
- Copyright year
- 2015
- ISSN-Online
- 1864-2950
- ISSN-Print
- 1864-2950
Chapter information
Volume 62 (2015), Edition 3-4
Vernachlässigte Pflicht oder Sammlung aus Leidenschaft? Zum Stand der Webarchivierung in deutschen Bibliotheken
- Authors:
- ISSN-Print
- 1864-2950
- ISSN-Online
- 1864-2950
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The collection and archiving of websites has developed into anew sphere of activity since the end of the 1990s in various culture-preservation institutions worldwide. The basic necessity ofweb archiving is explored in the introduction to the article; themain principles and challenges surrounding the topic are thenoutlined in brief. A snapshot of the current situation is providedto illuminate existing practices in German libraries, including:Baden-Württembergisches Online-Archiv (BOA), SaarDok,edoweb and website archiving at the Bavarian State Library andthe Hamburg State and University Library. A number of scientificprojects are also described. Finally the current status of web archivingin German libraries is outlined and possible developmentscenarios are highlighted.