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Jaime McCurryNovember 12, 2013

“The Short and the Long” of It:

Web Archiving at theFolger Shakespeare

Library

Monday, November 11, 13

National Digital StewardshipResidency Program (NDSR)

MISSION: “To build a dedicated community of professionals who will advance our nation's capabilities in managing, preserving, and making accessible the

digital record of human achievement.”h"p://www.digitalpreserva2on.gov/ndsr/


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Project Description:

To establish local routines and best practices for archiving and preserving the Folger’s born-‐digital

content.Monday, November 11, 13

“The mission of the Folger Shakespeare Library is to preserve our collection; to make our collection accessible to scholars and others who can use it productively; and to advance understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare’s

writings and the culture of the early modern world. Monday, November 11, 13

Web Archiving at the Folger

Initiative Began: 2011Current Collections: 2

Documents Crawled To-‐Date: 6,189,247Data Archived To-‐Date: 429 GB


Archived Since: October 2011Purpose: Preserving the institution’s web presence

Active Seeds: 34Crawl Frequency: Quarterly

Scope: Websites and social media sites from the Folger Shakespeare Library


Types: Folger Website

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, MySpace)WordPress Blogs

Folger YouTube AccountLuna Imaging Database & Hamnet Bibliographic Catalog


Archived Since: October 2011Active Seeds: 296

Crawl Frequency: Semi-‐AnnualScope: Websites for drama festivals and theatrical

companies with a focus on Shakespeare performance. Scope primarily limited to the United States, but includes some international festivals as well.


In the Past: Research on the subject required combing through

-‐ print directories-‐ production ciles

-‐ newspaper clippings-‐ printed programs

-‐ outdated web directories Monday, November 11, 13

“A number of theatrical companies listed in online directories were no longer active by the time we started our Archive-‐It activities in

2011.”(Kuhn, Wahl: Folger RBMS Poster, June 2013)

“Have we lost the cirst decade of Shakespeare on the Web?”

If so, we don’t want to lose the second!


Progress:

-‐ 64 new seed URLs added to the collection-‐ Metadata for each seed -‐ Grouped seeds by location for improved search functioning


Next Step:

-‐ Create a third collection: International Shakespeare Festivals and Theatrical Companies

https://infogr.am/Festivals-‐and-‐company-‐websites-‐by-‐geographic-‐location/


https://infogr.am/Festivals-and-company-websites-by-geographic-location/




RECOMMENDATIONS:

-‐ Communication (Online Strategy Council, Collection Development Committee, Folger Staff and Readers)

Documentation (Archive-‐It webinar write-‐ups, Updated Metadata Workclow, Updated Workclow for Adding a

Collection)

Small, Yet Effective: Customized URL, Uploading Folger Logo, “Landing page” on Folger Website

ULTIMATE GOAL: OFFICIAL WEB ARCHIVING POLICYMonday, November 11, 13

FUTURE POSSIBILITIES?

-‐ Always keeping in mind potential collection topics:

Examples:

Shakespeare in Education (NY Times ‘Hamlet’ Contest)Scholarly Blogs

University ProgramsReader/Staff Nomination Forms

Etc.


“To thine own self be true.”Hamlet

“Hell is empty, all the devils are here.”The Tempest

“To do a great right, do a little wrong.” Merchant of Venice

“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”

The Merry Wives of Windsor


CONTACTJaime McCurry

National Digital Stewardship Residenthttp://[email protected]
