Short Paper: Vanished: Preserving the Carmichael Watson Project Website Offline Using Webrecorder

Abstract

In 2021, the Carmichael Watson project website — a highly valued resource of Gaelic culture, culminating in an investment of over £750,000 — faced imminent termination. This case study details how this project website, only online from 2013 until 2018, came to imminent risk of permanent loss. It then presents the strategy undertaken to transform it into a more sustainable format through web archiving and to revive its public accessibility.

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Creators
Thomson, Sara Day
Institutions
University of Edinburgh
Date
Keywords
web archiving; technology obsolescence
Publication Type
short paper
License
CC-BY 4.0 International
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