Archiving the Web: A Case Study from the University of Victoria

The University of Victoria Libraries started archiving websites in 2013, and it quickly became apparent that many scholarly websites being produced by faculty, especially in the digital humanities, were going to prove very challenging to effectively capture and play back. This article will provide a...

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Main Author:	Corey Davis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Code4Lib 2014-10-01
Series:	Code4Lib Journal
Online Access:	http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10015

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Archiving the Web: A Case Study from the University of Victoria

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