Report on the Scholarly Use of Web Archives Across Ireland: The Past, Present & Future(s), by Sharon Healy (Maynooth University) and Helena Byrne (British Library)

We are delighted to announce the recent publication of this WARCnet report which incorporated a review of resources and literature, informal dialogues with heritage colleagues, and the use of an online survey. The study sought to (i) examine the causes for the loss of digital heritage and how this relates to Ireland, (ii) offer an overview of the landscape of web archives based across Ireland, and their availability, and accessibility as resources for Irish based research, and (iii) provide some insight into awareness/engagement with web archives in Irish third-level academic institutions. This report will be of benefit not only for web archive users but also the wider web archiving community as many of the challenges faced by Irish based web archiving initiatives and Irish based researchers will not be unique to Ireland. 

Healy, S. & Byrne, H. (2023). Scholarly Use of Web Archives Across Ireland: The Past, Present & Future(s). WARCnet Special Report. Aarhus, Denmark: WARCnet. https://cc.au.dk/fileadmin/dac/Projekter/WARCnet/Healy_Byrne_Scholarly_Use_01.pdf