you've decided to establish a web archiving program. now what?

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the perfect web archive does not

exist

you’ve decided to establish a web

archiving program:now what?

samantha abramsmadison, wisconsinstudent, archivist

@sabramse

choose a platform

seven questions to ask before you get

started

1.who is the archive’s

target audience?

2.how will people

access the archive?

access restricted to on-site users / none

3.how will your organization promote the

archive?

4.has this work already

been done?

5.can your

organization afford the archive?

6.can your

organization sustain the archive?

7.how will you assure

that the archive remains inclusive?

talk to people

library director; library board; other archivists (in seattle and

down the street); library patrons; community leaders;

business professionals; students; neighbors; educators; activists; listservs; twitter; the

university;

newspapers; event calendars;

flyers; junk mail;

signs;radio ads;

questions?

@sabramsesamantha-

abrams.com