Ann wrote:
Thanks Danny B, Danny H and Frankie for highlighting this issue. It is
> clearly a problem, we're hoping that the National Archives Web Continuity
> project will provide a solution. We'll be working with them to archive the
> cultureonline site, not sure how much control/chance we have to recover the
> associated minisites which were set up as independent projects, and a little
> before my time here at DCMS, but I'll investigate.
The British Library's Web Archive project seems to have archived two
snapshots of the site here: http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/129046.
It seems to work pretty well, though of course the social features don't
work any more.
This is my favourite bit of contributed content so far:
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060702233331/http://www.everyobject.net/storya8cf.html
I've not done a comprehensive study of this archived snapshot (which is
dated to 2nd July 2006), but it appears from a quick review that a lot of
the stories contributed are of a fictional/creative writing bent, rather
than a more factual 'remembrance' style. I wonder if that was intended, or
an unexpected consequence of using the word 'story' in the site's name.
This is a lovely story by a V&A curator of their first acquisition (in
1984):
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060702233331/http://www.everyobject.net/storye20e.html
Frankie
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