List members may be interested in the following message, from an
Australian list (aus-epub) I follow. It includes web mirror question, from
a different angle which makes it suddenly more urgent; hapily there do
appear to be several different answers to that part.
Forwarded message:
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:05:55 -0700
> From: Bill Pardue <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: "Archiving" e-journals
>
> We're starting to look into the possibility of "archiving" scholarly
> and technical e-journals, rather than just linking to them. The
> essential concern is that if the remote web site goes down or we
> somehow lose access to the files there, we don't "have" any of the
> sources (unlike paper journals--if the publisher goes under, you've
> still got the back issues). The main problem is that e-journals,
> especially those in HTML format, are highly-structured documents.
> You can't just hit the "save" option and get the images, related
> documents from other links, etc. Even if you take the time to
> recreate the e-journal's directory structure and download all the
> relevant files, you may still have problems of file name
> incompatabilities (unix names that don't stick to the 8.3 naming
> format...etc.). I've found that even a single short article can take
> over an hour of re-editing just to get it to display properly. We're
> also aware that there are significant copyright issues, but my
> concerns right now are strictly technical ones.
>
> Is anyone else addressing this issue at their library? Have you
> developed any effective strategies that don't resemble using slave
> labor to re-write web pages? I don't have any experience with
> "mirroring" any web sites. Is this a possible automated solution to
> the problem? Are there any broader initiatives looking into the
> problem of archiving and preserving e-journals locally?
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies!
>
> --Bill Pardue
>
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> Bill Pardue--Electronic Resources Librarian
> Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Tech.
> Chicago, IL 60616
> 312-567-3615/312-567-5318 (fax) [log in to unmask]
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>
>
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Chris Rusbridge
Programme Director, Electronic Libraries Programme
The Library, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Phone 01203 524979 Fax 01203 524981
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