WEB ARCHIVING: INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES AND THE BRAZILIAN CASE/ARQUIVAMENTO DA WEB: ESTUDOS DE CASO INTERNACIONAIS E O CASO BRASILEIRO

• Published in: Revista digital de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação Vol. 16; no. 1
• Main Author: Rockembach, Moises
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Sistema de Bibliotecas 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Brasil
• ISSN: 1678-765X; 1678-765X
• DOI: 10.20396/rdbci.v16i1.8648747

The objective of this study was to delimit, conceptually and theoretically, the web archiving, besides, verifying international case studies and the Brazilian situationon this subject. Research with exploratory-descriptive nature, using qualitative approach, with the application of methodology of selection and analysis of international case studies to exemplify the operation of web archiving in several countries, in addition to the analysis of the Brazilian context. It approached the process and life cycle model of web archiving, as well as legal aspects. From the examples found, it has selected six international case studies, covering a variety of contexts (non-profit organizations, national archives, regional libraries, national libraries, universities, service providers), not finding any specific web archiving initiative in Brazil, documented in the literature, with only a few issues archived in a dispersed way. The research differs by bringing a topic of research still incipient in Brazil, but with many possibilities of study. It concludes that it is necessary to foment the discussion in the national panorama and suggests the development of initiatives for the Brazilian web archiving.