uk general election 2010 on the web
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UK general election 2010 on the Web Jennie Grimshaw, British Library spoke on the UK general election 2010 on the Web. Focusing on the work of the British library in web archiving selected key Internet resourcesTRANSCRIPT
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The UK General Election The UK General Election
2010 on the Web2010 on the Web
J.M. GrimshawJ.M. Grimshaw
May 28May 28thth 20102010
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What were we trying to do?What were we trying to do?
•• Demonstrate use of the web for:Demonstrate use of the web for:
•• Communication of policies by parties and Communication of policies by parties and
their candidatestheir candidates
•• Influencing of policy by interest groupsInfluencing of policy by interest groups
•• Promotion of public participationPromotion of public participation
•• Enable comparison with use of the web for 2005 Enable comparison with use of the web for 2005
general electiongeneral election
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Selection guidelinesSelection guidelines
Representative sample of candidates
sites, including social media
Local and national political parties
MC900056434[1]
Pressure groups,
professional societies, charities
News and comment –traditional media, political
blogs, polls
Public engagement –interactive sites
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SourcesSources
•• CandidatesCandidates’’ lists and links on party websiteslists and links on party websites
•• British Government Politics on the Internet, British Government Politics on the Internet,
Keele UniversityKeele University
•• Search engines Search engines –– main sourcemain source
•• Suggestions from colleaguesSuggestions from colleagues
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Barriers to SuccessBarriers to Success
•• Narrow window of opportunityNarrow window of opportunity
•• Permissions issuesPermissions issues
•• Technical challenges Technical challenges –– crawling 540 new titles crawling 540 new titles
when the normal monthly target is 30!when the normal monthly target is 30!
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Overcoming time pressuresOvercoming time pressures
Include sites already
identified for 2005
election, eg political parties
Collaborate –help from National
Libraries of Scotland and Wales + Commons Library
Start selecting in advance of the campaign
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Overcoming permissions issuesOvercoming permissions issues
•• Getting attention of candidates and parties during Getting attention of candidates and parties during the campaign is challengingthe campaign is challenging
•• But we do not normally archive sites without But we do not normally archive sites without formal written permission to avoid breaching formal written permission to avoid breaching copyrightcopyright
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Overcoming permissions issuesOvercoming permissions issues
Exercise due diligence – first seek formal permission to archive site
Demonstrate failure and move to
notice & take down
Not displayed as a collection due to sensitivities around
consultation on e-legal deposit
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Overcoming technical limitationsOvercoming technical limitations
First use of group scheduling (archiving large number of titles in a group, so that only
one schedule is needed)
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A Tour of the collection: candidatesA Tour of the collection: candidates’’
sitessites
•• Some make full use of Some make full use of
all social media all social media –– Nick Nick
Clegg is on Facebook Clegg is on Facebook
& Twitter as well as & Twitter as well as
running a campaign running a campaign
websitewebsite
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A tour of the collection: candidatesA tour of the collection: candidates’’
sitessites
•• Others use their local Others use their local
constituency party siteconstituency party site
•• May have little election May have little election
contentcontent
•• And a focus on local And a focus on local
issues!issues!
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A tour of the collection: national A tour of the collection: national
partiesparties
•• Includes selected Includes selected minor as well as three minor as well as three main partiesmain parties
•• Compare 2005 and Compare 2005 and 2010 election sites and 2010 election sites and manifestosmanifestos
•• Maintains left Maintains left wing/right wing and wing/right wing and religious/secular religious/secular balancebalance
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Minor partiesMinor parties
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A tour of the collection: interest A tour of the collection: interest
group sitesgroup sites
•• Encourage activismEncourage activism
•• Use video and social Use video and social
mediamedia
•• Offer manifestos and Offer manifestos and
briefingsbriefings
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A tour of the collection: interest A tour of the collection: interest
group sitesgroup sites
•• Trace change of Trace change of
approach and policy approach and policy
between electionsbetween elections
•• Compare EU Compare EU
Elections, & 2005 and Elections, & 2005 and
2010 general elections!2010 general elections!
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A tour of the collection: election A tour of the collection: election
blogsblogs
•• Academic/think tankAcademic/think tank
•• Party politicalParty political
•• JournalisticJournalistic
•• CandidatesCandidates
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A tour of the collection: news and A tour of the collection: news and
commentarycommentary
•• Focuses on BBC News Focuses on BBC News
coveragecoverage
•• Other news sites not Other news sites not
gathered due to gathered due to
sensitivities around sensitivities around
consultation on econsultation on e--legal legal
depositdeposit
•• Includes full Includes full
transcripts of TV transcripts of TV
debatesdebates
•• Archived dailyArchived daily
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A tour of the collection: public A tour of the collection: public
engagementengagement
•• Encourage activismEncourage activism
•• The The Straight ChoiceStraight Choicecollects and mounts collects and mounts
election leaflets election leaflets
photographed and sent photographed and sent
in by the publicin by the public
•• 5715 leaflets added on 5715 leaflets added on
May 18thMay 18th
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A tour of the collection: public A tour of the collection: public
engagementengagement
•• Encourage Encourage
interactivityinteractivity
•• Who should you vote Who should you vote for? for? -- answer quiz answer quiz
questions, and then questions, and then
the site will compare the site will compare
your views with those your views with those
of main political of main political
partiesparties
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A tour of the collection: public A tour of the collection: public
engagementengagement
•• Social media are Social media are
prominentprominent
•• UK 2010 general UK 2010 general election on Twitterelection on Twitter ––
offers tweets from offers tweets from
politicians, journalists, politicians, journalists,
media, votersmedia, voters
•• Archived dailyArchived daily
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Collection presentationCollection presentation
•• Organised into subject categoriesOrganised into subject categories
–– Research centres and think tanksResearch centres and think tanks
–– Regulation and guidanceRegulation and guidance
–– Public and community engagementPublic and community engagement
–– Election blogsElection blogs
–– Interest groupsInterest groups
–– News and commentaryNews and commentary
–– Political parties Political parties –– local and nationallocal and national
–– CandidatesCandidates
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Visual presentation of resultsVisual presentation of results
•• Visual analysis using Visual analysis using
tag cloudstag clouds
•• Used to show most Used to show most
frequently used words frequently used words
in political party in political party
websites in 2005 websites in 2005
electionelection
•• Coming soon for 2010 Coming soon for 2010
electionelection!!
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For future enjoyment!For future enjoyment!
•• UK general election 2010 collectionUK general election 2010 collection
–– Over 700 sitesOver 700 sites
–– All available in the UK Web ArchiveAll available in the UK Web Archive
–– http://www.webarchive.org.uk/http://www.webarchive.org.uk/
–– But not yet presented as a collection due to But not yet presented as a collection due to
introduction of subintroduction of sub--categories categories –– requires requires
technical adjustmenttechnical adjustment
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In the meantime In the meantime ……
use title or keyword search!use title or keyword search!
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ContactContact
Jennie GrimshawJennie Grimshaw
Curator, Official Publications and Social PolicyCurator, Official Publications and Social Policy
British LibraryBritish Library
96 Euston Road96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DBLondon NW1 2DB
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]