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Re: Archiving of Websites



I'd be interested in seeing what software you recommend for this.

John D. Thiesen
Archivist and Co-director of Libraries
Mennonite Library and Archives
Bethel College
300 E. 27th St.
North Newton, KS  67117-0531
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jthiesen@bethelks.edu


At 08:45 AM 10/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>It is possible to purchase software that automatically "archives" your
>entire website.  If you're interested in learning more about this, please
>email me at: 79Pemberton@medianone.net
>Joan Krizack
>University Archivist and Head, Special Collections Dept.
>Northeastern University
>Boston, MA 02115
>617/373-8318
>j.krizack@nunet.neu.edu
>
>Terry Kuny wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I would like to know if the following strategy for
>> archiving a corporate website makes sense from an
>> archival perspective:
>>
>> 1. Take a snapshot of the website on some established
>>    schedule with appropriate config files.
>>
>> 2. Compress and store on an active server, i.e. one
>>    that has regular backup of disks and is maintained
>>    as a corporate resource.
>>
>> 3. There is an organizational commitment to migrating
>>    all the data on active servers according to regular
>>    hardware and server upgrade cycles.
>>
>> I recognize the devil is in the details here...
>>
>> One of the questions I have is:
>>
>> Should a website "snapshot" be kept in an active location,
>> i.e. on a server. Or should a copy be kept offline in an
>> archival format (optical disk/tape)?
>>
>> Any other ideas about operationally how to integrate
>> website capture into archival record-keeping practices
>> would be appreciated. Is there a "simple" or "good enough"
>> strategy that might be followed for small and medium
>> sized organizations?
>>
>> Discussion and thoughts appreciated!
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> -terry
>>
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