The functionalities that are important to the users of web archives range from basic
searching and browsing to advanced personalized and customized services, data mining …

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 …

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 …

Web archives have been instrumental in digital preservation of the Web and provide great
opportunity for the study of the societal past and evolution. These Web archives are massive …

People often create themed collections to make sense of an ever-increasing number of
archived web pages. Some of these collections contain hundreds of thousands of …

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 …

A Web archive usually contains multiple versions of documents crawled from the Web at
different points in time. One possible way for users to access a Web archive is through full …

Web archives provide access to snapshots of the Web of the past, and could be valuable for
research purposes. However, access to these archives is often limited, both in terms of data …