FridayLive! Spring 2015 Book Discussion Series: The Cobweb: Can the Internet be Archived: March 13th

When
13 Mar 2015
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
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FridayLive!
Spring 2015 “Book” Discussion Series: "The Cobweb: Can the Internet be Archived" - "The Forever Business?"

Date: March 13, 2015
Time: 2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all
Presenters: Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, TLT Group and others

ONLINE ARTICLES

The focus is on two online articles.

1. "The Cobweb: Can the Internet be Archived,"by Jill Lepore,

The New Yorker (1/26/2015) in print, page 36; re: The Internet Archive: archive.org; The Wayback Machine; and The Vanished Library.
Excerpt:
"...link rot, ...content drift, ...and reference rot... "
"The footnote, a landmark in the history of civilization, took centuries to invent and to spread. It has taken mere years nearly to destroy."

Link to YouTube video peek inside the Internet Archive and a chat with Brewster Kahle (6.42 minutes)
Link to YouTube video The Internet Archive Documentary [HD 720p] [2014] (12.30 minutes)

2. The Past Is Prologue; Archiving the internet . by Robert C. Maier, American Libraries article by Rob Mai er

Other related resources of interest

In addition to engaging in conversation about the content, we will also discuss various ways participants accessed and annotated while reading.

NOTE: Login instructions for the session will be sent in the Registration Confirmation Email. Please check your Junk folder as sometimes these emails get trapped there. We will also send an additional login reminder 24 hours prior to the start of the event.

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