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Author: Tracy Seneca

Staff Transition at the Web Archiving Service

To: Web Archiving Service Users and Community From: Tracy Seneca, Web Archiving Service Manager I’m writing to announce that in early August I will be moving on to an exciting new opportunity as the Digital Services Librarian at the University […]

WAS Service Update – June 2012

Service Description The Web Archiving Service (WAS) enables librarians, archivists and researchers to capture, curate and preserve websites and web‐published materials. WAS makes it easy to build web archives, with scheduling and other tools to help manage your archive. You […]

Welcome Purdue – CIC Members Now Eligible for Web Archiving Service Discount

CDL is delighted to welcome the Purdue University Libraries as the most recent Web Archiving Service (WAS) partner.  WAS enables librarians and archivists to build archives of harvested websites, and to continue their role as stewards of cultural heritage materials for […]

New Web Archiving Service Partner: Temple University Libraries

CDL is delighted to welcome the Temple University Libraries as a Web Archiving Service (WAS) partner.  WAS enables librarians and archivists to build archives of harvested websites, and to continue their role as stewards of cultural heritage materials for researchers […]

WAS User’s Group at the Society of American Archivists Meeting: Friday, August 10

CDL will be hosting a Web Archiving Service User’s group meeting in conjunction with the upcoming Society of American ArchivistsAnnual Meeting in San Diego.  Since many WAS users from around the country will be attending SAA, this will be a great […]

WAS Service Update: April– May 2012 http://was.cdlib.org

WAS Service Description The Web Archiving Service (WAS) enables librarians, archivists and researchers to capture, curate and preserve websites and web‐published materials.   WAS makes it easy to build web archives, with scheduling and other tools to help manage your archive.  […]

The Broad Value of Web Archives: Researcher Findings

On April 30 2012, the International Internet Preservation Consortium hosted a day-long session on “The Broad Value of Web Archives: General Use” (http://netpreserve.org/events/2012ga.php).   Speakers at this event focused on the use and analysis of web-archived materials, and provided a glimpse into […]

Web Archiving Service Welcomes Emory University Libraries

CDL Welcomes Emory University Libraries as the newest Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) partner!  Kate Donovan Jarvis, Emory’s University Archivist and Erika Farr, Coordinator for Digital Archives will be using the service to archive the University’s websites.  They will also use […]

Web Archivists: Call for Speakers is Open for Internet Librarian 2012

The call for submissions is now open for the 16th annual Internet Librarian conference,  taking place October 22-24 in Monterey, California.  The conference focuses on libraries’ use of internet technologies and covers a wide range of topics.  Just a few of […]

Web Archives: Information on Recent Technical Difficulties

From: Tracy Seneca – Web Archiving Service Manager, California Digital Library UPDATE: Wednesday February 21, 2012 The Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) developers have completed their work to improve the performance of the public WAS archives.  Developers are now resuming work […]