Title: Foundations of Web Archiving: Tools, Techniques, & Practice
Date & Time: May 8th and May 15th, From 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: CUNY Hunter College, Hunter West Building, Room 206, 904 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10065
Capacity: 30
Admission:
A.R.T. Members: $20
Non-members: $30
Students (Members and Non-members): $10
The web isn’t forever, but it doesn’t forget. Understanding the basics and practical realities of web archiving is more important than ever in our digital lives. While theoretical frameworks for web archiving provide critical insight into preservation, provenance and access, the web itself is a dynamic, rapidly evolving environment. Without direct engagement in archiving practice, theory alone risks becoming disconnected from current technical and methodological realities.
This is web archiving 101 and the workshop will be structured in two parts:
The first part provides an overview of web archiving, addressing what web archiving is (and is not!) along with its purposes, limitations, and expectations. This section traces the evolution of the web - how it started, how it changed over time, and why that history matters for web archiving practice. It also breaks down the anatomy of a webpage so archivists know what to look for, what to watch out for when selecting sites for their collections, and how to adjust their tools to achieve a quality capture.
The second part focuses on applied practice. Participants will engage in hands-on web archiving activities, including site selection and analysis; organizational strategies aligned with research or institutional workflows; and methods for identifying and responding to common technical failures. Emphasis will be placed on critical evaluation, problem-solving, and practical decision-making in web archiving processes. The techniques learned in this part will be applied with available web archiving tools such Save the Page from Internet Archive, archive.ph, Archiveweb.page from webrecorder, as well as access to the subscription tool, Browsertrix thanks to the webrecorder team.
Participants MUST bring laptops to this workshop
This is an in-person event limited to 30 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event. Admission is a $20 donation to the museum per person (this donation includes the ability to play the pinball machines!).
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
Speaker Bio:
Lorena Ramirez-Lopez (aka xopixiexo of early 2000s AOL) is a digital preservation specialist and AV archivist trained in NYU's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program. She has been part of the web archiving community since 2013, where she began to collaborate with artists and institutions on keeping born-digital works alive and accessible.
Lorena worked on the web archiving project at New York University Libraries and had managed the web archives for the NYU Special Collections before she moved to Washington D.C. for her National Digital Stewardship Residency at Howard University. She has contributed to Archiving the Black Web, the Webrecorder team, and UNAM's Library and Information Research Institute, where she has led workshops on web archiving fundamentals.
She is an active consultant in digital preservation, collection assessment, and digitization, and serves as Digital Librarian for En Foco, a nonprofit supporting contemporary fine art and documentary photographers.
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