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The '''UK Web Archive''' is a service from the British Library, which aims to hold archived copies of important UK websites. Between 2005 and 2010 it was overseen by the UK Web Archiving Consortium (UKWAC), which has since been replaced by the Digital Preservation Coalition. | [[File:Ukwa-logo-150.png|thumb|Logo for the UK Web Archive]]The '''UK Web Archive''' is a service from the British Library, which aims to hold archived copies of important UK websites. Between 2005 and 2010 it was overseen by the UK Web Archiving Consortium (UKWAC), which has since been replaced by the Digital Preservation Coalition. | ||
At present the consent of the website owner is required before a site can be archived. However the British Library are pressing to be given the right to archive any site, in the same way that they currently have the right to receive a copy of every book published in the UK. | At present the consent of the website owner is required before a site can be archived. However the British Library are pressing to be given the right to archive any site, in the same way that they currently have the right to receive a copy of every book published in the UK. | ||
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*[[LGBT Greens]] | *[[LGBT Greens]] | ||
*[[LGBT History Month]] | *[[LGBT History Month]] | ||
*[[ | *[[LGBT_Archive:Community_portal|LGBT History Project]] (this project) | ||
*[[Nottinghamshire's Queer Bulletin]] (QB) | *[[Nottinghamshire's Queer Bulletin]] (QB) | ||
*[[Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship]] (QLGF) | *[[Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship]] (QLGF) | ||
*[[Scottish LGBT: Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]] ([[National LGBT Forum]] | *[[Scottish LGBT: Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]] ([[National LGBT Forum]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==External sites== | ==External sites== | ||
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ | http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ | ||
[[Category:Archives]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Online resources]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:18, 29 April 2016
The UK Web Archive is a service from the British Library, which aims to hold archived copies of important UK websites. Between 2005 and 2010 it was overseen by the UK Web Archiving Consortium (UKWAC), which has since been replaced by the Digital Preservation Coalition.
At present the consent of the website owner is required before a site can be archived. However the British Library are pressing to be given the right to archive any site, in the same way that they currently have the right to receive a copy of every book published in the UK.
This site has been selected for archiving - see http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/66158869.
LGBT sites archived
Relevant archived sites include:
- Black British Lesbian Timeline
- Cardiff's International Gay & Lesbian Short Film Prize
- Chroma - a queer literary and arts journal
- Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- Gay and Lesbian Underwater Group
- Gay and Lesbian Youth Information Centre (GALYIC)
- Gay East Midlands (GEM)
- Gay History and Literature
- G-A-Y in the Subject Field - Roger N Taber focuses on his gay-interest poems
- Gay Monitor
- Gay UK News
- Gay Wedding Venues and Services
- Lesbian and Gay News Media Archive (LAGNA)
- Lesbian Information Service
- LGBT Greens
- LGBT History Month
- LGBT History Project (this project)
- Nottinghamshire's Queer Bulletin (QB)
- Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship (QLGF)
- Scottish LGBT: Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (National LGBT Forum)