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Tag Archives: web archiving
Behind the Scenes: Introducing Really Old Website Resurrector (ROWR)
From time to time the University Archives finds copies of departmental websites stored on CDs or DVDs as directories of html and other associated files. These websites are usually no longer available on the web. When we receive CD/DVDs from … Continue reading
Carolina Tweets #archiveunc
When you think of archives you might think of dusty old books and papers tucked away to be used by historians and other academics. Here at the University Archives we preserve plenty of old University records (that are kept dust-free, … Continue reading
#YourUNCArchive: Social Media in the Archives at UNC
Did you know that there are over 100 official Twitter accounts maintained by UNC departments and organizations? UNC is also on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and Flickr. You can see an index of UNC’s social media presence at https://www.unc.edu/social/. At … Continue reading
Posted in Born-Digital and Electronic Records, University Archives
Tagged Facebook, flickr, instagram, pinterest, social media, twitter, web archiving, yourUNCArchive, YouTube
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C-A-R-O-L-I-N-A: www.unc.edu circa 1997
The UNC Libraries started a web archiving project in January 2013 (read more about that here), but the Internet Archive has been saving websites for much, much longer. In fact, they have saved over 366 BILLION web pages since 1996, … Continue reading
Posted in Born-Digital and Electronic Records
Tagged archive-it, internet archive, unc.edu, wayback machine, web archiving, website, website archiving, websites, www.unc.edu
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Web archiving fulfills RM needs, too
A few weeks ago, we posted about UARMS’ web archiving program and the work we’re doing to collect and preserve University websites. As archivists, we see websites as important documents that are a fundamental part of today’s culture. Many websites … Continue reading
Posted in Born-Digital and Electronic Records, Records Management
Tagged archive-it, content recovery, internet, records management, technology, UARMS, web archiving, website archiving, websites
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Saving UNC’s Slice of the Web
If you have ever stumbled across a webpage with this banner across the top of it, you’ve encountered the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine was developed by the Internet Archive in 1996 to start archiving the web, and since then … Continue reading