The document summarizes the creation of the September 11 Web Archive by the Library of Congress and other organizations. It describes how over 28,000 URLs were identified and captured between September 11, 2001 and November 30, 2001 relating to the 9/11 attacks. The URLs were then categorized and indexed with metadata before being made accessible. Lessons learned highlighted that effective web archives need to have rapid set-up and collection processes to respond to significant events.

1. Reflections from the Web:Creating the September 11 Web Archive Spontaneous and immediate response to events Researchers at SUNYIT and the University of Washington Reference librarian at the Library of Congress Archivist at the Internet Archive Experiment in social collection Interpretation performed by PEW Internet Project SUNYIT 911@10 Project CREATION

2. Reflections from the Web:Creating the September 11 Web Archive PEW INTERNET PROJECT SUNYIT 911@10 PROJECT CREATION

3. Site Identification and Curation2001 Activity Collection period: September 11, 2001 and November 30, 2001 The final archived set was captured again one year later 28,560 distinct URLs identified Library of Congress: 1,408 URLs WebArchivist.org: 29,367 URLs Schneider, S. M. (2004). Final report: LOC September 11 web archiving project. Submitted to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. CREATION

4. Categorization2001 Activity Analysis process to determine inclusion: WebArchivist team developed key words to look for in URLs Initial set: 1,903 URLs Library of Congress expanded criteria Initial set: 2,500 URLs Duplicate/non-functioning URLs eliminated Final archived set: 2,313 Schneider, S. M. (2004). Final report: LOC September 11 web archiving project. Submitted to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. CREATION

5. Indexing and Categorization2003 Activity Metadata Producer name Producer type E.g., business, educational, ethnic, religious, press, etc. Producer country Language Bioterrorism content September 11 content Afghan war content Metadata Database Schneider, S. M. (2004). Final report: LOC September 11 web archiving project. Submitted to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. CREATION

6. Lessons Learned: September 11 Web Archive Web archives preserve a vital piece of our social history Characteristics of effective web archives: On-demand/Short set-up time Structures and processes which are ready to go in rapid response to significant events Available and easily accessible Collaborative Scholars/researchers should be able to add their own metadata to durable archival images

7. Interpretation and Analysis PEW Report: One Year Later: September 11 and the Internet* General changes in American Internet usage, e.g., increases in: User-generated content posted in public spaces Obtaining news online Email Do-it-yourself journalism Government site activity Religious and faith-based activity Personal expression Imagery *Rainie, L., Fox, S., Madden, M., Schneider, S., Foot, K., Halavais, A., Massanari, A., Larsen, E., Siegl, E., and Dougherty, M. (2002). Pew Internet and American Life Project. CREATION