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International Internet Preservation Consortium

The International Internet Preservation Consortium is an international organization of libraries and other organizations established to coordinate efforts to preserve internet content for the future.[2] It was founded in July 2003 by 12 participating institutions,[1] and had grown to 35 members by January 2010.[3] As of January 2022, there are 52 members.

Abbreviation

IIPC

July 2003 (2003-07)

Acquire, preserve and make accessible knowledge and information from the Internet for future generations everywhere, promoting global exchange and international relations.[1]

Oakleigh Consulting

September 2006 (2006-09)

1.6.1 / May 9, 2014 (2014-05-09)

Selective web harvesting

Membership is open to archives, museums, libraries (including national libraries), and cultural heritage institutions.[1][4]

Members[edit]

National libraries[edit]

Participating national libraries and archives include:[7]

Support for transitioning to pywb ( Wayback).[10]

Python

Collaborative Collections: IIPC members are collaborating to build public web archive collections based on transnational themes or events of mutual interest. Topics of existing collections include: European Refugee Crisis, Intergovernmental Organizations, Olympics, World War I Commemoration, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence, and Novel Coronavirus ().[11]

COVID-19

: aggregate metadata of the IIPC archives and provide access to Memento.[12]

Memento

International Internet Preservation Consortium