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were found to have stopped working. The response was the Web Continuity programme, which provides automatic redirection to the UKGWA of links from UK Government web sites, in cases where the linked material has been retired. Web Continuity required UK Government website managers to work with the
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UKGWA to capture copies of any material about to be removed. As a result, the UKGWA captures almost all of the UK Government web estate. This became significant during periods of government website closures, initially with the
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to communicate with the public, so that part of the online Public Record is now held on sites not directly managed by government departments. From 2014 the UKGWA has captured part of this material: official tweets on
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Between 2004 and 2008 the UKGWA mainly held copies of websites created by departments of state and those of UK Public Inquiries. During 2007, Members of Parliament became aware of the increasing problem of
51:. Restrictions to Crown Copyright material mean, however, that, when it comes to social media archiving, the UKGWA can capture only the UK Government's side of the conversation with the public. 28:. This includes on-line records. These are captured, preserved, and kept accessible by the UKGWA, in conjunction with an external service provider. Initially, and until July 2017, this was the 165:
Pullinger, David; Spencer, Amanda; Sheridan, John; Thomas, David (July 2008). "UK Government Web Continuity: Persisting Access through Aligning Infrastructures".
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The UKGWA began operation only in August 2003, and the oldest material in the Archive, which dates back to 1996, has been provided retrospectively by the
24:. The National Archives collects records from all UK government departments and bodies creating records defined as Public Records under the British 21: 220:"Collect, Preserve, Access: Applying the Governing Principles of the National Archives UK Government Web Archive to Social Media Content" 292: 40: 192: 154:
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20031203000220/http://www.pro.gov.uk:80/about/preservation/digital/webarchive.htm
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UK Central Government Web Archive - About us retrieved by UK Government Web Archive on 3 December 2003,
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holding the largest amount of material fully open to the public: the majority of UK public records are
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programme; and more recently with the convergence of UK government content onto the
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Espley, Suzy; Carpentier, Florent; Pop, Radu; Medjkoune, Leïla (1 August 2014).
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Operational Selection Policy OSP27: UK Government Central Web Estate
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on UK government web sites. In particular many links from
8: 230:(1/2). Manchester University Press: 31–50. 193:"Archived copy of former Directgov website" 22:The National Archives of the United Kingdom 235: 167:International Journal of Digital Curation 63:. The UKGWA was a founding member of the 118: 96:UK government departments make use of 7: 126:The National Archives (April 2014). 105:and government videos released on 14: 195:. 4 January 2009. Archived from 47:and so are available under the 273:The Internet Memory Foundation 1: 65:UK Web Archiving Consortium 309: 32:. The current provider is 30:Internet Memory Foundation 293:Web archiving initiatives 263:UK Government Web Archive 41:web archiving initiatives 18:UK Government Web Archive 39:The UKGWA is one of the 49:Open Government Licence 173:(1). UKOLN: 107–124. 268:UK National Archives 20:(UKGWA) is part of 26:Public Records Act 199:on 4 January 2009 300: 250: 249: 239: 237:10.7227/ALX.0019 215: 209: 208: 206: 204: 189: 183: 182: 162: 156: 150: 144: 143: 141: 139: 134: 123: 61:Internet Archive 308: 307: 303: 302: 301: 299: 298: 297: 278: 277: 259: 254: 253: 217: 216: 212: 202: 200: 191: 190: 186: 164: 163: 159: 151: 147: 137: 135: 132: 125: 124: 120: 115: 94: 57: 45:Crown Copyright 12: 11: 5: 306: 304: 296: 295: 290: 280: 279: 276: 275: 270: 265: 258: 257:External links 255: 252: 251: 210: 184: 157: 145: 117: 116: 114: 111: 93: 90: 56: 53: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 305: 294: 291: 289: 288:Web archiving 286: 285: 283: 274: 271: 269: 266: 264: 261: 260: 256: 247: 243: 238: 233: 229: 225: 221: 214: 211: 198: 194: 188: 185: 180: 176: 172: 168: 161: 158: 155: 149: 146: 131: 130: 122: 119: 112: 110: 108: 104: 99: 91: 89: 87: 83: 78: 74: 68: 66: 62: 54: 52: 50: 46: 42: 37: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 227: 223: 213: 201:. Retrieved 197:the original 187: 170: 166: 160: 148: 136:. Retrieved 128: 121: 98:social media 95: 69: 58: 38: 17: 15: 138:28 November 282:Categories 224:Alexandria 203:6 December 113:References 246:110637336 179:1746-8256 88:website. 82:Directgov 34:MirrorWeb 73:link rot 107:YouTube 103:Twitter 77:Hansard 55:History 244:  177:  86:Gov.uk 242:S2CID 133:(PDF) 92:Scope 205:2015 175:ISSN 140:2015 16:The 232:doi 284:: 240:. 228:25 226:. 222:. 169:. 109:. 36:. 248:. 234:: 207:. 181:. 171:4 142:.

Index

The National Archives of the United Kingdom
Public Records Act
Internet Memory Foundation
MirrorWeb
web archiving initiatives
Crown Copyright
Open Government Licence
Internet Archive
UK Web Archiving Consortium
link rot
Hansard
Directgov
Gov.uk
social media
Twitter
YouTube
Operational Selection Policy OSP27: UK Government Central Web Estate
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20031203000220/http://www.pro.gov.uk:80/about/preservation/digital/webarchive.htm
ISSN
1746-8256
"Archived copy of former Directgov website"
the original
"Collect, Preserve, Access: Applying the Governing Principles of the National Archives UK Government Web Archive to Social Media Content"
doi
10.7227/ALX.0019
S2CID
110637336
UK Government Web Archive
UK National Archives
The Internet Memory Foundation

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