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From: Grotke, Abigail <[log in to unmask]>
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The International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) is holding a
day-long public event May 9, 2011 at the KB, the National Library of the
Netherlands, in The Hague. "Out of the Box: Building and Using Web Archive
Collections" will feature library and museum curators highlighting their web
archives and researchers showcasing projects that utilize web archives.
Program Highlights
Collection Treasures:
* Online Revolutions in the Arabic World: Event Harvesting in
Perspective from the Library of Congress, National Library of France,
Internet Archive and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Web Archiving short stories
* Why is the Web Archive Switzerland like a Swiss Cheese?
* Grow your own diamonds: increasing value of the KB web archive
Using Web Archives:
* Mapping the Dutch Blogosphere with the Internet Archive
* Researchers at the British Library and the UK Web Archive
Attendance of this one-day event is open to all and free to attend.
Who should attend? Curators, researchers, administrators, and others who are
interested in the collection, preservation and access of web archives for
academic, cultural heritage or research purposes.
Registration (http://www.netpreserve.org/events/hague_reg.php) is required
for entry. Registration closes May 2, 2011.
The full program and logistic information is available:
http://www.netpreserve.org/events/2011GAoutofthebox.php
If you have any questions please contact Abbey Potter, IIPC Communications
Officer [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Frederique Vijftigschild at the
KB [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
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Abbie Grotke
Web Archiving Team Lead
Office of Strategic Initiatives
National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/>
202-707-2833
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