Web Archives

What is Web Arching 

Web archiving is “…the process of collecting, preserving and providing, enduring access to web content (Society of American Archivist).” Since the 1990s both institutions and individuals started to shift information that would have been disseminated physically to disseminating it online. The average website only lasts for 2 years and 7 months, and that does not consider changes that happen to the site (Beis, 2021). The ephemerality of websites is why they need to be actively preserved. Web archives are, and will continue to be, vital for anyone interested in studying any events, culture, or people from the 1990s to the current year and beyond. 

Access Web Archives: https://archive-it.org/organizations/997 

Web Archives Collections 

• University Archives
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Web Archives
  • Covid 19 Response at the University of Illinois
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Massemails 
  • University of Illinois Faculty Websites
  • Illinois News Bureau 
  • FemTechNet Web Archives 
  • Fair Warning Web Archives

• Illinois History and Lincoln Collections 
  • Central Illinois Jewish Community Web Archives 
  • State of Illinois COVID-19 Response 
  • Abraham Lincoln Statue Controversies Web Archive

• International Area Studies 
  • World Sustainable Development Web Archive (International and Area Studies Library-University of Illinois) 
  • Global Civil Society Organization Responses to COVID-19
  • Arms Control and International Security Papers
  • Borderlands Web Archives 

• ALA Archives 
  • American Library Association’s Web Archive (University Archives-University of Illinois) 

• Scholarly Communication & Publishing 
  • Illinois 150
  • Illinois Open Publishing Network 

•  Student Life and Culture 
  • National Fraternity or Sorority Records
  • Alpha Tau Omega Web Archive (Student Live & Culture Archives-University of Illinois)