[Web4lib] Capturing web sites

[Ellen McCullough]

Catherine, 
If you're asking about capturing discrete pages of Web sites, I have a
good software program called SnagIt
(http://www.techsmith.com/products/snagit/default.asp). It cost about
$50.00 and I use it to capture Web pages, sections of Web pages, etc.
There's a feature you can use to capture a scrolling Web page as well,
so you get the page in its entirety (vs. just the visible window).  You
can save the files in a number of different formats (PNG, jpeg, et al.)
I have found it very useful!  By the way, I have no professional
affiliation with SnagIt or its parent company, TechSmith!
Thank you, 
Ellen

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Catherine Buck
Morgan
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Subject: [Web4lib] Capturing web sites


(Please excuse the cross-posting.)

We are a state documents depository, collecting annual reports, 
directories, and other kinds of documents produced by the various 
agencies in SC. As you're aware, many of these documents are now 
published electronically.

Some documents are published only as an html website (including 
directories and annual reports). Our problem is how to capture that and 
store it so it can be accessed down the road. (At this point, I'm not 
concerned with accessing it in the year 2038, just capturing it now.)

How are other libraries handling this? Are there software
recommendations?

Thanks,
Catherine.
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Catherine Buck Morgan
Director, Information Technology Services
South Carolina State Library
EMAIL: catherine at leo.scsl.state.sc.us
Phone: 803.734.8651 Fax: 803.734.4757
Home page: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov
Web catalog: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/scslweb/welcome.html
E-Rate info: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/erate.html

Systems librarianship is the art and science of combining the principles

of librarianship with the abilities of computing technology. --Eric 
Lease Morgan

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