The document discusses the importance of web archives in preserving digital cultural heritage and history that would otherwise be lost. It notes that while much of modern life occurs online, web archives and libraries are still in early stages of development, meaning vast amounts of digital content is at risk of being lost forever. The document introduces the Web Archiving Service (WAS) which collects, manages, preserves and provides access to websites and documents to address this issue. It outlines how various institutions are using WAS to archive their own websites and events, or to support special research topics.

1. Rosalie Lack
rosalie.lack@ucop.edu
Introduction to WAS

2. Imagine a world …

3. Imagine a world
“Imagine a world in which libraries and archives had
never existed. No institutions had ever systematically
collected or preserved our collective cultural past: every
book, letter, or document was created, read and then
immediately thrown away. What would we know about
our past?’’
A Vision Of The Role And Future Of Web Archives
Kalev H. Leetaru, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Illinois. Presented as the keynote address at
the 2012 IIPC General Assembly in Washington, DC.
http://netpreserve.org/sites/default/files/resources/VisionRoles.pdf

4. This is our world …

5. This is our world …
“Yet, that is precisely what is happening with
the web: more and more of our daily lives
occur within the digital world, yet more than
two decades after the birth of the modern
web, the “libraries” and “archives” of this
world are still just being formed.”
A Vision Of The Role And Future Of Web Archives
Kalev H. Leetaru, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Illinois. Presented as the keynote address
at the 2012 IIPC General Assembly in Washington, DC.
http://netpreserve.org/sites/default/files/resources/VisionRoles.pdf

6. WAS … is
A service of the UC Curation Center to
collect, manage, preserve and publish
websites and documents.

7. Save
From: http://www.borntwolead.com/wp-content/uploads/life_preserver.jpg

8. From Flickr by ell brown
Build

9. www.votearriana.com (2003)*
*WAS 2013 California Recall Election Web Archive
California http://webarchives.cdlib.org/a/carecall2003

10. www.votearriana.com (2012)

11. www.votearriana.com (2013)

12. Build new collections

13. WAS Institutions
• Institute of Governmental Studies
Library, UCB
• UC Berkeley Office of Public Affairs
• UC Berkeley Libraries
• UC Davis Libraries
• UC Irvine Libraries
• UC Los Angeles Libraries
• UC Merced
• UC Riverside Libraries
• UC San Diego Libraries
• UC San Francisco Libraries
• UC Santa Barbara
• UC Santa Cruz McHenry Library
• Emory University Library
• Institute for Research on Labor and
Employment
• Mount Holyoke College
• New York University
• Northwestern University Library
• Purdue University
• Stanford University Libraries
• Temple University
• University of Arkansas Libraries
• University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign Libraries
• University of Michigan, Bentley
Historical Library
• USDA Economic Research Service
• Water Resources Collections and
Archives

14. Contact me!
Rosalie Lack
WAS Service Manager
was.cdlib.org
rosalie.lack@ucop.edu

15. How are people using WAS?

16. Institution’s website
• Preserve intuitional
history
• Capture university
news and events

17. Geographically focused

18. Topical
Support special
research collections

19. Event
• Sudden action
required
• May need many
selectors
• Start date / end date