Archiving the Web: It's Going to Have to Be a Group Effort

Szydlowski, Nick

doi:10.1080/03615260903534908

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“…In the first step, the data collector retrieves web pages from the Internet Archive, and more specifically the Wayback Machine (http://archive.org/web/web.php), which makes it possible to browse through the history of over 435 billion web pages. A number of studies have examined the use of the Wayback Machine as a data repository for archiving or have utilised it while studying web sites (Waite and Harrison, 2007;Guenther and Myrick, 2007;Hackett and Parmanto, 2005;Szydlowski, 2010;Xie and Barnes, 2009). Despite its limitations (e.g.…”

Section: Measuring Diffusion Using the Wayback Machinementioning

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Diffusion of web technologies and practices: A longitudinal study

Papagiannidis

Gębka

Gertner

et al. 2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Our research objective was to undertake a longitudinally study of how technologies and practices used in web development diffuse over time and whether the diffusion patterns are affected by the regions or the industries in which they take place. The diffusion of web technologies is of interest as, they are highly visible and accessible across the globe and industries by their very nature, which makes it possible to potential adopters to trial them and experience first-hand their relative advantage, compatibility and complexity. Three different cases were chosen, in order to test our hypotheses based on the Diffusion of Innovations Theory. A system was built to collect data using the Wayback Machine. The data collected covered a period of 13 years. Our findings suggest that web innovations may diffuse differently when compared to each other, but also when regions and sectors are considered. Beyond testing the ecological validity of Diffusion of Innovations Theory in web-related technologies, our findings have practical implications which can inform the diffusion of technologies and standards.

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Section: Measuring Diffusion Using the Wayback Machinementioning

confidence: 98%

Diffusion of web technologies and practices: A longitudinal study

Papagiannidis

Gębka

Gertner

et al. 2015

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Unless we really do discover a way to travel through time, we will only get one chance to preserve the materials needed by current and future researchers. 8 Unfortunately, there is no easy way to monitor when information on government websites is changed or removed. Some websites, like that of the State Department, offer a subscription option to get updates on changes.…”

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Silencing Marginalized Voices: The Fragmentation of the Official Record

Garnar¹

2018

RUSQ

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“…Questions about long-term access and responsibility in this brave new world arose early and linger today (Beh and Smith, 2012; Duranceau, 1998; Keyhani, 1998; Morris, 2000; Szydlowski, 2010). The concern of losing parts of the scholarly record or, to a greater extent, human and cultural consciousness is neither new nor unique to the electronic medium.…”

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“…Questions about long-term access and responsibility in this brave new world arose early and linger today (Beh and Smith, 2012;Duranceau, 1998;Keyhani, 1998;Morris, 2000;Szydlowski, 2010).…”

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The persistence of open access electronic journals

Lightfoot

2016

NLW

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Biographical Details:Elizabeth Lightfoot is the electronic resources librarian and serials coordinator at Florida International University. She has a background in serials acquisitions, with primary interest in the management and sustainability of serials and e-resources. Structured Abstract:Purpose -Open access (OA) electronic journals have been identified as potentially at risk of loss without more coordinated preservation efforts. The purpose of this paper is to test the current availability of OA electronic journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).Design/methodology/approach -Using publicly available journal metadata downloaded from DOAJ, individual journal URLs were tested for validity and accessibility using a Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications macro.Findings -Initial results showed 69.51% of the URLs tested returned a successful HTTP status code. The remainder of the URLs returned codes that indicated redirection or errors.Originality/Value -Unlike past studies of link decay, this is not limited to cited references or a specific discipline. This study utilizes the full DOAJ metadata to analyze the persistence of OA electronic journals.

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Archiving the Web: It's Going to Have to Be a Group Effort

Cited by 5 publications

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Diffusion of web technologies and practices: A longitudinal study

Diffusion of web technologies and practices: A longitudinal study

Silencing Marginalized Voices: The Fragmentation of the Official Record

The persistence of open access electronic journals

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