Web Archiving Program
- Dan Noonan
Link to this page: go.osu.edu/LIB-WebArchives
Web Archiving Policy Framework
Under Construction
Statistics
Annual Summary
| Date | Size | Documents |
|---|---|---|
2016.02.01-2017.01.31 | 1.2TB | 11,844,940 |
| 2017.02.01-2018.01.31 | 449.9 GB | 9,161,953 |
| 2018.02.01-2019.01.31 | 373.5 GB | 8,557,911 |
| 2019.02.01-2020.01.31 | 504.7 GB | 9,388,185 |
| 2020.02.01-2021.01.31 | 567.3 GB | 7,378,222 |
| 2021.02.01-2022.01.31 | 521.5GB | 7,441,132 |
| 2022.02.01-2023.01.31 | 512.3GB | 7,756,357 |
| 2023.02.01-2024.01.31 | 511.0GB | 14,512,613 |
| Total | 4.6TB | 76,041,313 |
Collection Summary
| Collection | # of Active Seeds | # of Inactive Seeds | 2021-2022 Additions: Size | 2022-2023 Additions: Size | Total Size | 2021-2022 Additions: # of Docs | 2022-2023 Additions: # of Docs | Total # of Docs |
| The Ohio State University | 651 | 219 | 466.4GB | 436.6GB | 3.4TB | 5,431,030 | 5,458,049 | 48,326,081 |
| Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | 2 | 1 | 51.1GB | 50.2GB | 174.4GB | 1,502,733 | 1,532,284 | 4,084,722 |
| Rare Books & Manuscripts Library | 2 | 2 | 3.6GB | 3.4GB | 13.7GB | 502,172 | 629,902 | 2,185,870 |
| Ohio Public Policy Archives | 3 | 2 | 269.5MB | 5GB | 5.8GB | 4,890 | 105,740 | 114,508 |
| Universality Libraries Archives Exhibits | 1 | 64 | 14.1MB | 0 | 4.2GB | 307 | 0 | 22,729 |
| University Libraries Publishing Program | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188.7MB | 0 | 0 | 6,100 |
| Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program (New in 2022) | 1 | 1 | n/a | 1.2GB | 1.2GB | n/a | 30,382 | 30,382 |
| The Ohio State University COVID-19 Response (New in 2022 from existing seeds) | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sandbox | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13.1MB | 0 | 0 | 175 |
Collections
The Ohio State University at the Internet Archive or go.osu.edu/Web-Archives
Public Collections
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Description: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of materials related to cartoons and comics as well as museum galleries featuring exhibitions that are free and open to the public.
Internet Archive link: https://archive-it.org/collections/8277 or go.osu.edu/ohio-state-biclm-archive-it
Status of BICLM seeds or go.osu.edu/lib-webarchives-status-biclm
Ohio Public Policy Archives
Ohio Public Policy Archives compiles, preserves, and makes accessible the unique historical materials documenting the immediate and long-term impact of Ohio members of the U.S. Congress.. Published in January 2024; most collections are temporally currently deed of gift restricted.
Link: https://go.osu.edu/LIB-WebArchives-OPPA
Rare Books & Manuscripts Library
Description: The Rare Books and Manuscripts Library (RBML) collects, preserves and provides access to literary and historical published works and archival material, from Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts to contemporary novels and zines. Our collections aim to advance research, facilitate discovery and encourage exploration. They are open to scholars, students and lifelong learners.
Internet Archive link: https://archive-it.org/collections/9519 or go.osu.edu/ohio-state-rbml-archive-it
Status of RBML seeds or go.osu.edu/lib-webarchives-status-rbml
The Ohio State University
Description: Public Web pages created and maintained by The Ohio State University. Founded in 1870—with campuses located in Columbus, Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark and Wooster—The Ohio State University is one of America's largest and most comprehensive institutions of higher education and medicine. Its Mission as a public, land grant, research, urban, and community engaged institution is dedicated to: creating and discovering knowledge to improve the well-being of our state, regional, national and global communities; educating students through a comprehensive array of distinguished academic programs; preparing a diverse student body to be leaders and engaged citizens; and fostering a culture of engagement and service.
Internet Archive link: https://archive-it.org/collections/8222 or go.osu.edu/ohio-state-archive-it
Status of Ohio State seeds or go.osu.edu/lib-webarchives-status-ohio-state
The Ohio State University COVID-19 Response
This collection is dedicated to documenting The Ohio State University's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The seeds displayed here are collected and shared from Ohio State's general web collection. Further, this collection is now part of the Internet Archives' COVID-19 Web Archive.
Internet Archive link: https://archive-it.org/collections/20065 or go.osu.edu/ohio-state-covid-19-web-archives
University Libraries' Archived Web Exhibits
Description: This collection includes web exhibits that were created by Ohio State's University Libraries. These exhibits have been taken down or superseded by transfer to new platforms.
Internet Archive link: https://archive-it.org/collections/8650 or go.osu.edu/ohio-state-lib-web-exhibits-archive-it
Status of Archived Web Exhibits seeds or go.osu.edu/lib-webarchives-status-exhibits
University Libraries' Publishing Program Archives
A dark, web archive of select University Libraries' publishing projects
Private Collections
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program
A collection that is in development, currently with unprocessed and restricted collections.
Sandbox
A test-bed for various new crawls. Only Test Crawls are run in this area and never saved. Seeds are routinely deleted.
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