Where Websites Go To Die (Web Archiving)

Where websites go to die is a neat article out of Australia that says The National Library of Australia is a world leader in tracing the evolution of the internet. But, writes Lauren Martin, with the average life of a website now only 44 days, time and money are short.

PANDORA – the acronym for Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia, PANDORA is an archive of Australia’s part in a technological leap which, in a decade, has revolutionised publishing. And it is run by a white-haired librarian, Margaret Phillips, with a staff she can count on one fine-boned hand.