[Web4lib] Capturing web sites

[Elizabeth mckenty]

Catherine:

One more option, FWIW, maybe just to play with because this one is without 
cost.

Furl--http://www.furl.net/index.jsp. It's primarily a bookmarking service, 
but it also captures pages and links. I haven't explored it that much, but 
John Battelle likes it (http://battellemedia.com/archives/000591.php), and 
so far, it's been exactly what I have needed to store transient pages. 

Lisle McKenty

On 5/19/05, Karen Merguerian <nls2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Catherine,
> 
> I would encourage you to think about what you want to do with these pages 
> and sites in the long run--maybe not 2038, but what about five years from 
> now? 
> 
> If you are concerned about preservability over time, choose something that 
> saves the information in an open, rather than a proprietary format. At least 
> then you have a fighting chance of being able to see the thing in the future 
> without continuing to migrate it.
> 
> Karen Merguerian
> Northeastern University Libraries
> Boston, MA
> 
> 
> >From: Catherine Buck Morgan <catherine at leo.scsl.state.sc.us>
> >To: SYSLIB-L at LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU
> >CC: web4lib at webjunction.org
> >Subject: [Web4lib] Capturing web sites
> >Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:11:56 -0400
> >
> >(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.
> >--
> >
> >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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