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Where Science Meets Storytelling: Twelve Years of the Science Blogs Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

More than a decade after its launch, the Science Blogs Web Archive continues to grow and evolve. In this interview, Jennifer “JJ” Harbster reflects on building and maintaining the collection, while intern Yahir Brito brings a fresh perspective on updating and expanding it. Together, they share a few of their favorite blogs and discuss why it is important to preserve these unique examples of scientific communication.

Twelve thumbnail images of archived websites in the Mass Communication Web Archive displayed in a grid

Chronicling the Creation, Distribution, and Consumption of Media: Inside the Mass Communications Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Amber Paranick and Kelly Bennett discuss their work on the Mass Communications Archive, a collection that documents how media is created, distributed, and consumed in the digital age. Drawing on their expertise as reference librarians, they explain how they navigated challenges in scope and selected content that complements the Library’s more traditionally …

Preserving a History of Digital Mapmaking: Inside the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Tim St. Onge and Meagan Snow explain how web archiving is preserving documentation essential to understanding the evolution of modern cartography. They outline the motivations behind the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive, describe their curatorial approach, and highlight the collection’s value for both current and future researchers. This is …

Documenting Industry in a Changing World: Inside the Industry Associations Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Natalie Burclaff describes the Industry Associations Web Archive and the variety of content it preserves. She also offers insights into the challenges of curating the collection and explains why it serves as a crucial resource for understanding how industry has evolved and responded to global events. This is part of a series …

Archiving an Island Nation: The Maldives Government Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Charlotte Giles discusses the Maldives Government Web Archive — how it was created, what it preserves, and why it is a significant addition to the Library’s Asian Division. She shares examples of how the archive captures the unique perspective of an island nation and explains why collecting materials from the Maldives is …

A calendar view that shows when a specific website has been captured.

Beta Release of Library of Congress Web Archives Playback Services

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

This guest post was authored by Abbie Grotke, Head of the Web Archiving Section. As described in our prior blog post, we have been in the process of modernizing and making improvements to the Library of Congress Web Archives to improve functionality for users. While this work has taken us a bit longer than anticipated, we are pleased to announce the …