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National libraries in EU countries including Britain, Germany and Spain have urged Ireland to begin archiving Irish website content — or risk creating a “digital black hole” in the country’s history. In a response to a public consultation by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on extending the scope of “legal deposit” to include digital material, libraries from several countries pointed out that most web pages have a lifespan of less than 100 days but no one is archiving websites with a .ie address. http://bit.ly/2qEXHZX http://bit.ly/2qEXHZX+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra