The Why and What of Web Archives | The Signal: Digital Preservation
NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday ran a story about a project called perma.cc which is a perfect example of why preserving websites is important. URLs are often given in citations and bibliographies to direct readers and researchers to source materials. The project address the problem of “link-rot,” or broken links that show up in the citations of legal articles and arguments.

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Source: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/04/the-why-and-what-of-web-archives/
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