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Table of contents

Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 I: PRESERVATION OF YOUR WEB RESOURCESI: PRESERVATION OF YOUR WEB RESOURCESI: PRESERVATION OF YOUR WEB RESOURCESI: PRESERVATION OF YOUR WEB RESOURCESChapter 1: What do we mean by preservation?....................................................................7

Chapter 2: What's on your web?............................................................................................9

Chapter 3: What risks and issues are peculiar to websites?.............................................12

Chapter 4: What are your web archiving requirements?....................................................14

Chapter 5: Selection.............................................................................................................18

Chapter 6: Web Capture: what and how?............................................................................21

Chapter 7: Tools for the job..................................................................................................23

Chapter 8: Web Content Management Systems (CMS)......................................................27

Chapter 9: What approaches and techniques can you use?.............................................30

Chapter 10: Who wants to keep what, why, and for how long?.........................................34

Chapter 11: How do we appraise the value of a web resource?.......................................36

Chapter 12: What about Web 2.0?......................................................................................38

Chapter 13: Scenarios and case studies............................................................................42 II: INFLUENCING THE INSTITUTIONII: INFLUENCING THE INSTITUTIONII: INFLUENCING THE INSTITUTIONII: INFLUENCING THE INSTITUTIONChapter 14: What are the drivers for web archiving?.........................................................56

Chapter 15: Some personal perspectives on web preservation........................................58

Chapter 16: Responsibility for preservation of web resources..........................................60

Chapter 17: Institutional strategy.........................................................................................63

Chapter 18: What policies exist?.........................................................................................65

Chapter 19: How can you effect change?...........................................................................67

Chapter 20: Information Lifecycle Management: Creation................................................71

Chapter 21: Can other people do it for you?.......................................................................74 APPENDIX A: Legal Matters..................................................................................................77

APPENDIX B: Records management: A guide for webmasters...........................................89

Bibliography...........................................................................................................................94

Glossary.................................................................................................................................96

INDEX...................................................................................................................................100