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Evolution of a Link Rot Tool for the Scholarly Community
MIT Program on Information Brown Bag – June 24, 2015
BIRTH – May 6, 2103
SCOTUS ~ 50% JOURNAL ROT ~ 70%
SCOTUS SHAME PAGE
INITIAL RELEASE – Sept. 6, 2013
ONE MONTH IN
• 523 links archived• 96 current users• 25 participating libraries• 41 participating organizations
• 108,774 links archived• 4877 current users• 99 participating libraries• 324 participating organizations
CURRENT STATS
COLLABORATORS
WHY PERMA.CC?
• Library/Institutionally Based• User Directed • Distributed Back-up network• Short link design helpful for our
users• Free
FOCUS ON LIBRARIES
• Libraries as gatekeepers• Libraries as custodians• Libraries as access points• Libraries as mirrors
MIRRORS AND LOCKSS
NEW FEATURES• MELLON-Columbia Web Archiving
Grant–Perma api–WordPress plug-in–Memento compatibility–Batch processing
SUSTAINABILITY• Robust new API – includes script for
retrieval of your Perma links–https://github.com/harvard-lil/per
ma
• Multiple back-ups• Governance plan
ON THE HORIZON• Extending to other disciplines• Commercial model• Simplifying - removing the vesting
concept