On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Bruce Brigell wrote:
> While my library does catalog selected websites, keeping the links
> up-to-date is a real headache.
I concur. Keeping up with links is a real pain.
In our traditional/physical library world, the links were call numbers
-- "Mark it and park it." In our Webbed world that is not so easy. For
this reason, and for the sake of long-term preservation, I advocate
creating copies (mirroring) of remote resources, giving them local,
library-controlled URLs, and supplementing a library catalog with both
original/canonical URLs as well as local/just-in-case-backup URLs.
"Lot's of copies keep stuff safe." This too can get out of hand, and
this is why I also advocate articulating a collection policy outlining
when things are mirrored and when things are just linked.
--
Eric Lease Morgan
Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
Received on Tue Jul 29 2008 - 10:19:55 EDT