Web archives preserve information published on the web or digitized from printed
publications. Much of this information is unique and historically valuable. However, the lack …

The aim of this article is to provide an exploratory analysis of the landscape of web archiving
activities in Europe. Our contribution, based on desk research, and complemented with data …

The field of web archiving is at a turning point. In the early years of web archiving, the single
URL has been the dominant unit for preservation and access. Access tools such as the …

The OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group was
formed to recommend descriptive metadata best practices for archived web content that …

Abstract The Internet Archive's (IA) Wayback Machine is the largest and oldest public Web
archive and has become a significant repository of our recent history and cultural heritage …

The web is the primary means of communication in developed societies. It contains
descriptions of recent events generated through distinct perspectives. Thus, the web is a …

Although user access patterns on the live web are well-understood, there has been no
corresponding study of how users, both humans and robots, access web archives. Based on …

To identify robots and humans and analyze their respective access patterns, we used the
Internet Archive's (IA) Wayback Machine access logs from 2012 and 2019, as well as …

Web archives already hold together more than 534 billion files and this number continues to
grow as new initiatives arise. Searching on all versions of these files acquired throughout …

Web archives already hold more than 282 billion documents and users demand full-text
search to explore this historical information. This survey provides an overview of web …