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In July 2003 the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) acknowledged the importance of international collaboration for preserving Internet content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered the IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish the Consortium’s goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years, during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions. Since then, membership has expanded to include additional libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions involved in Web archiving. For a complete list visit our members page.

The goals of the consortium are:

To enable the collection, preservation and long-term access of a rich body of Internet content from around the world.
To foster the development and use of common tools, techniques and standards for the creation of international archives.
To be a strong international advocate for initiatives and legislation that encourage the collection, preservation and access to Internet content.
To encourage and support libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions everywhere to address Internet content collecting and preservation

National Library of the Netherlands (the KB)

The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) is responsible for collecting, describing, archiving and ensuring permanent access to (inter)national digital publications. A digital archive -- called the e-Depot -- has been developed for long-term safe storage of digital publications. In 2006, the KB started a web archiving project to establish a Dutch web archive. The objective of the web archive is to archive and provide permanent access to a selection of Dutch websites. The selection is based on the general KB selection criteria: Dutch language, history, culture and society. In 2009, the web archive will be available online. The selection of websites will be full-text searchable. All workflow processes for the web archive will be operational and embedded in the relevant departments in the library. Subsequently, a workflow for safe storage of the selected websites in the e-Depot will be specified and implemented. More information is available at
http://www.kb.nl/hrd/dd/dd_projecten/webarchivering/index-en.html