Archiving of the Internet – Conclusions and Recommendations from Some Reports

Abstract

There is a place to discuss three overseas reports concerning archiving of the Internet in the article. In the materials of Web-Archiving report from 2013 main problems of archiving of the Internet from the perspective of institutions which conduct such projects no matter if they are outsource them or perform them on their own are discussed. Preserving Social Media report completed in 2016 concerns the security of social media resources. Web Archiving Environmental Scan – is an environmental analysis which was conducted in 2015 on the behalf of Harvard University. Twenty three institutions from all over the world which conduct the abovementioned projects were examined. The author presents also elements of normalizing document – ISO/TR 14873:2013 Information and Documentation – Statistics and quality issues for web archiving. In the end there is a place to connect the discussion with forecasts concerning the development of archiving of the Internet presented in Web Archives: The Future(s) report published in 2011.