British Library Legal deposit and web archiving
The British Library and other legal deposit libraries archive UK-published web content under legal deposit law. The UK Web Archive platform was restored after 2023 disruption, allowing searches from anywhere but viewing mostly in reading rooms. They collect annual snapshots of millions of UK websites using automated crawling with politeness rules, excluding private or purely audiovisual content.
Key signals
- 01Legal deposit libraries archive UK web content.
- 02UK Web Archive restored after 2023 disruption.
- 03Automated crawling collects millions of sites annually.
British Library Legal deposit and web archiving is on the Hacker News front page right now, submitted by robtherobber.
The British Library and other legal deposit libraries are entitled to copy UK-published material from the internet for archiving under legal deposit.
— bl.uk
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