Archive-It is a web archiving service created by the Internet Archive that helps institutions archive and provide access to cultural heritage on the web. Archive-It works with 1,200 partner organizations, including BC Law, academic, state, and public libraries, museums, and historical societies. Collections often include archived news articles, blogs, social media, and other websites about topics of interest. This resource could be useful for researching the specific topics covered by the digital collections that these institutions have created. You can browse the site or full-text search by collecting organization, collection, site, or page text. Some examples of collections include the #blacklivesmatter Web Archive, a Boston Marathon Bombing collection, and a collection about the Supreme Court hearings on DOMA/Prop 8 in 2013.
Archive Team is a loosely organized group primarily focused on preserving user-generated web content. Many web services allow users to upload and create content; when services are discontinued, that content is at risk. Archive Team also works to identify and fill gaps in the Wayback Machine's archive.
Current and past projects include archives of GeoCities, LiveJournal, and AOL, along with projects focused on wikis, news articles, and government files available by FTP. Completed projects may contribute content to the Wayback Machine or other services, but many are also available to download as entire collections from the Internet Archive. This format may be particularly relevant to researchers interested in studying the web and how it is used or in other research where direct access to a large number of original files may be of use.
Rhizome is an organization that focuses on commissioning, presenting, and preserving digital art. It maintains a collection of 2,000+ born-digital artworks in ArtBase, its publicly accessible online archive. This is both a valuable resource and an example of the labor-intensive, manual nature of accurately archiving complex material. Many of the artworks were created using obsolete technologies, and Rhizome archivists often use technically rigorous strategies like rewriting code and emulating out-of-date operating systems in order to display the works in modern browsers.
