September 11 Web archive
Contributors: Library of Congress.; Internet Archive (Firm); WebArchivist.org (Organization); Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Afghan War, 2001-; Bioterrorism
Description: Preserves the Web expressions of individuals, groups, the press, and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. Archive consists of over 30,000 selected Web sites archived from September 11, 2001 through December 1, 2001. Several modes of access are provided to view the contents of the archive. Approximately 2,300 Web sites have been individually cataloged using MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema), an XML schema for a bibliographic element set which enables the creation of original resource description records.
Notes: A collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, WebArchivist.org, and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Title from Web page (viewed on Sept. 9, 2004).
Offered as part of the Mapping the INternet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive (MINERVA), a Library of Congress Web preservation project.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.