IIPC TSS Webinar: Browsertrix Integration Into Workflows

The IIPC Technical Speaker Series (TSS) facilitates knowledge sharing and fosters conversations and collaborations among IIPC members around web archiving technical work.

Browsertrix is an open-source, browser-based crawling service created by Webrecorder to increase the ease and accessibility of web archiving. In addition to crawling, Browsertrix is also intended to support patching, curation, and other aspects of web archiving. Prior IIPC events focused on Browsertrix include a Browsertrix Cloud workshop, a quality assurance demo, and a webinar on scaling Browsertrix crawls. 

This webinar will feature examples of Browsertrix integration into web archiving workflows from the National Library of Luxembourg, the Royal Danish Library, and the National Library of Estonia. The speakers will address who in their institutions is utilizing Browsertrix, how it interacts with other web archiving tools and processes, features that would help better support this integration, and more.

This event is for IIPC members. Please contact events@netpreserve.org for a registration link or log in to the Members-Only Archive.

AGENDA:

• Introduction
• László Tóth of the National Library of Luxembourg followed by Q&A
• Virgo Hallik of the National Library of Estonia followed by Q&A
• Thomas Smedebøl and Anders Klindt Myrvoll of the Royal Danish Library followed by Q&A
• Joint Q&A session with all presenters
• Wrap-up

MODERATOR

Laura Wrubel is a software developer on the Engineering & Design Team at Stanford University Libraries, where she supports the Libraries’ digital repository and web archiving infrastructure.

SPEAKERS

Thomas Smedebøl has worked with the collection and preservation of digital cultural heritage at the Royal Danish Library since 2021, primarily overseeing four annual harvests of all Danish websites for the Netarchive. Thomas has a broad background in user engagement, teaching, and the development of digital library services aimed at children.

László Tóth is a software engineer involved in the development of tools related to web archiving at the National Library of Luxembourg. This includes web crawling, ingest workflows, and playback. Previously, he worked as a developer for a European media company, specializing in software concerned with broadcasting, media, and post-production. László holds an MSc in Advanced Computing Science from the University of East Anglia (United Kingdom). Outside of software development, he is mainly interested in mathematics and classical music.

Virgo Hallik has been a web archive technical specialist at the National Library of Estonia since 2017. Working on implementing, maintaining and developing tools from archiving to playback and everything between including providing technical support to our archivists and others interested in web archiving.

Anders Klindt Myrvoll has been the Programme Manager at the national Danish web archive, Netarkivet, at the Royal Danish Library since 2018. Together with colleagues, he is collecting, preserving and providing access to the Danish web. Prior to web archiving, Anders worked for more than 13 years in the broadcast, film, and media industry, collaborating globally on high-end localization, making original content for children, saving digital cultural heritage, strategy, optimization, leadership, and much more. You can find him on Linkedin or @andersklindt on X/Twitter.