Participants Receive

• Each participating organization will receive a guaranteed two-year free subscription to the Archive-It web archiving service. This includes the ability to archive up to 256 GB of web material each year (up to thousands of websites and millions of web pages or data). An Archive-It subscription includes tool-specific training, technical support, a public collections page on Archive-It.org, the ability to download archives created as part of the program, perpetual storage and access provided by the Internet Archive, and other features and services.

• Each participating organization will receive a guaranteed two-year free subscription to Vault, IA’s digital preservation service. This includes the ability to store and preserve up to half terabyte (500 GB) of digital material. A Vault subscription includes tool-specific training, technical support, the ability to download archives created as part of the program, and other features and services.

• Each participating organization will have access to additional Internet Archive non-profit services, such as digitization and digital preservation, either for free (as funding allows) or at or below actual cost.

• As funding allows, participants receive funding to support travel to a full-day in-person Community Webs Symposium to meet other participating librarians, build cohort networks, and participate in training and professional development.

• As funding allows, participants receive funding to support travel to a local, regional, or national professional conference to present on their work or for training in associated digital curation skills, or to participate in other Community Webs or related events.

• Each participant will receive training and educational resources related to digital collections, web archiving, digital preservation, and other topics, as well as access to a cohort community pursuing similar work and to networking spaces, events, and knowledge sharing platforms.

• Each participating organization will have the option to leverage program partnerships and integrations to include community web archives in other aggregators or access platforms beyond Internet Archive.

• Each organization will have the ability to partner more formally with local cultural organizations on long-term preservation, conduct additional training, and implement a membership model to make the program fiscally self-sustainable through the newly-developed Affiliates Program. The Affiliates Program enables organizations to offer access to their own Archive-It and Vault services by adding collaborating partners as additional users in the respective web application. Additionally, members can nominate Affiliates to receive these services directly, for free, from Internet Archive via getting their own account via existing subsidized programs.

ELIGIBILITY

• The program is open to any public library in the United States.

• The program is open to any memory institution from a U.S. territory that is stewarding local history collections.

• Prior technical knowledge on web archiving, digital curation, or special collections is not required or expected. Training and skills development on these topics are provided.

• This program is open to public libraries of all sizes and U.S. locations. Our goal is to expand the types of institutions collecting web based content, so any libraries interested in exploring archiving the web to document local history are encouraged to apply.

PARTICIPATION OVERVIEW

• Project activities averaging 1-2 hours a week in staff time.

• Attend 4-6 project-related online training events over the 2 years of the program.

• Participants will receive funding to support travel to a full-day in-person Community Webs Symposium to meet other participating librarians, build networks, and participate in training and professional development, as funding allows.

• Stipend for travel to attend a local/regional/national professional conference or event, as funding allows.

• Each librarian will receive training and educational resources related to digital collections, web archiving, digital preservation, and other topics, as well as access to a community of practitioners pursuing similar work and to networking spaces, events, and knowledge sharing platforms.

• Participate in the program community via online forum, Slack group, meetings, calls, etc.

• For additional information, visit our FAQs or contact us with questions.