UK Web Archiving Consortium

Re: UK Web Archiving Consortium

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:40:16 +0000

The British Library archive of the UK Wiki Lulu can now be found here. I dare say that it won't prove valuable until a few years down the road. The British Library have been archiving my own site for about 18 months now and, as the site is shortly to close, the archive has become quite a valuable tool and will be especially so in 20 or 30 years time.

The Wayback Machine archive of the UK Wiki Lulu can be found here though this group don't ask permission, the archives are not of the same quality and they may not, unlike the British Library archive, be updated to work with new technologies. They do, however, archive more frequently.

Re: UK Web Archiving Consortium

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:42:25 +0000

The British Library has officially requested that the UK Wiki Lulu be archived by the UK Web Archiving Consortium, and, given the approval of almost all of the members here who have content on their wiki pages (one or two didn't reply, but thanks to everyone else who did), I have agreed to this. Hopefully the archive will be available within the next few weeks. I'll keep you posted on this.

Re: UK Web Archiving Consortium

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:26:19 +0000

Yes, immortality, the one thing that separates us from the gods…
jeez - think of that!
And of course I agree. Who wouldn't?

Peter

Re: UK Web Archiving Consortium

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:09:06 +0000

immortality cor……….

Okay Chris - no problems there for me.

Nice results for the Pirates yesterday!

UK Web Archiving Consortium

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:14:17 +0000

I have been thinking about whether we ought to ask the UK Web Archiving Consortium if they would like to archive this wiki. As an example of a site relating to self-publishing and print-on-demand I figure that it is the sort of site which they might well be interested in; it's also an example of a Web 2.0 site, which they are also keen on archiving. This would ensure that the site would be archived on a regular basis and that the archived versions would be accessible to the public for decades, or even centuries, to come. As we are at the forefront of what is undoubtedly to be a publishing revolution it would seem like a good idea. I would, though, need the consent of all of the members here who actually have any content on their own wiki pages. I can add a note to the disclaimer message stating that the wiki is so archived and then it would be covered for any new members joining. I'll try to send personal messages to those members with actual page content here individually to see if this is ok. The content would remain the copyright of the individual creators but would obviously be given some form of immortality. I was contacted just over a year ago by the British Library (one of the UKWAC partners) who wanted to archive my own site for the future, so I am familiar with the process. I feel that it's worth considering, so let me know what you think. Of course they may not choose to accept the wiki for archiving but it would be worth a try. I may also need permission from Wikidot, but that bridge will be crossed if and when the members here approve. I shouldn't imagine that that would be a problem.