He is also one of about 80 recommending officers, who make suggestions for the library’s archive — in Mr. Fenn’s case, for the Web Cultures collection. (It is one of several thematic groupings in the archive, along with the Webcomics collection, American Music Creators and dozens more.) (Though it will cease to exist as a website, every single blog post will be fully accessible through the Library’s web archive.) The earliest material in the archive dates to the 2000 elections, when the web archive was still a pilot program. Then, around 2009, came a more continuing, expanded approach that sought to reflect the web in all its dizzying newness.

Source: International New York Times April 07, 2020 14:15 UTC