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Summary

Creator:
Duke University. University Archives
Abstract:
The University Archives Web Archives Collection was compiled by University Archives staff beginning in 2010. The majority of the collection are Duke University-affiliated sites, either built on domains owned by the University or on external platforms by affiliated offices, departments, or organizations. Website snapshots include those of administrative offices, academic departments, athletic teams, public relations offices, publications, and student organizations. Also included are some websites related to individual faculty, controversies involving Duke community members, and web content related to student activism.
Extent:
5427.2 Gigabytes
Language:
English
Collection ID:
UA.01.15.0014
University Archives Record Group:
01 -- General Information and University History
01 -- General Information and University History > 15 -- Audio/Video (A/V), Photographic, and Visual Materials

Background

Scope and content:

The University Archives Web Archive Collection consists of approximately website snapshots harvested between 2010 and the present. The majority of the collection are Duke University-affiliated sites, either built on domains owned by the University or on external platforms by affiliated offices, departments, or organizations.

The collection is arranged into eight series: Administration, Academics, Athletics, Public Relations, Student Organizations, Campus Controversies, Miscellaneous, Publications, and Student Activism. The Administration Series includes websites of Duke administrative offices and units. The Academics Series includes websites of academic colleges, departments, and programs, as well as research institutes, interdisciplinary programs, and materials related to faculty. The Athletics Series includes websites of the Duke Athletics program as well as student-run club athletics. The Public Relations Series includes websites related to Duke's communication with employees, the government, students, and the general public. The Student Organizations Series is the largest grouping in the collection, and includes websites of general interest groups, the Greek system, honors societies, selective living groups, arts organizations, political and social cause organizations, religious and cultural organizations, service organizations, and student government. The Campus Controversies Series includes websites collected about controversial events involving Duke and its student body. The Miscellaneous Series consists of several websites that do not fit into the above series.The Publications Series consists of the websites of various publications produced by Duke and Duke-affiliated organizations. The Student Activism series consists of websites, social media content, and individual blog posts and online articles related to various movements on campus led by students.

Due to the size of the collection, the techniques and tools of web harvesting, and the evolving nature of the Internet, some websites have been crawled more comprehensively than others and are represented more faithfully than others.

Biographical / historical:

The University Archives Web Archives Collection was compiled by University Archives staff beginning in 2010. The collection was built using the Internet Archive's Archive-It service for capturing and preserving web-based digital content.

Acquisition information:
The University Archives Web Archive Collection was compiled by the University Archives from a variety of sources using Archive-It, Twarc, Social Feed Manager, and Twitter Archive Google Sheet (TAGS), 2010-ongoing.
Processing information:

Harvested with Archive-It by Seth Shaw, 2010-2013, and Matthew Farrell, 2013-ongoing.

Processed by: Matthew Farrell, February 2015 and Erin Ryan, January 2017.

Additional social media harvests reprocessed February-March 2019.

Collection updated with additional harvested content November 2021.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into series:

  • 1, Administration Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 2, Academics Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 3, Athletics Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 4, Public Relations Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 5, Student Organizations Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 6, Campus Controversies Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 7, Miscellaneous Series, 2014-ongoing
  • 8, Publications Series, 2010-ongoing
  • 9, Student Activism Series, 2015-ongoing

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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