The Web Archiving ServiceSpring 2009 Update

User’s Council Annual Meeting

Tracy SenecaCalifornia Digital Library

washelp@ucop.edu

Capture Today’s Web; Build Tomorrow’s Archives

Last Year…It was about the tools

• The need for web archiving

• The Web-at-Risk grant

• Demonstration of the curatorial tools

This year…It’s about the archives

• What curators have accomplished

• What public access will look like

• What you can do!

Reminder / Recap

The Web Archiving Service Curatorial View

Capture sites individually

Set Frequency

Sites can be captured in batches

Display Results(QA capture effectiveness)

Display Results

Since last year

• 29 Web Archives (more on the way!)

• 20 Institutions

• 68 Curators

• 5.5 TB of data– 1.2 TB from Jan 07 – Oct 08 (22 months)– 4.3 TB from Nov 08 – April 09 (6 months)

Production

Coming in June: Public Access

Archive Customization

Web Archiving Service Fees

• CDL will begin charging for Web Archiving Service activity beginning July 1, 2009

• Not a flat rate – charges are based on actual usage

• Basic cost is $1,500 per terabyte

• Does not include replicated content

For UC Campuses

• 1st Terabyte of storage is free

• 1st year of activity at 50% of cost

• 2nd year of activity at 75% of cost

• 3rd year at $1500 / TB (– 1 TB)

Example: UC Campus Library

• Go into July 1 2009 with 622 GB in WAS– Collect another 675 GB in fiscal year

2009/2010– June 30 2010: 1.26 TB– Charged for .26 TB at 50%: $195.00

• Collect 930 GB in 2010-2011– 1.16 TB chargeable storage (2.16 of data)– at 75% = $1305.00

What You Can Do

• Talk with the WAS administrator in your library if there are new web archiving projects you want to start

• Communicate with faculty, researchers when your archives are published

• Contact me or send mail to washelp@ucop.edu if you have questions about the service

Questions / Further Info

http://was.cdlib.org

• Web-cast training sessions and demos• User guides• Overview of archives• Contact Us with questions