NDSA:Existing Registry Projects
Return to NDSA:Content Registry Action Team
Return to NDSA:Tentative Work Plan for Content Registry
Template to gather info:
- URL(s)
- Creator of Registry:
- About/Description:
- Numbers of collections/objects (however they count):
- How to contribute:
- Content Type:
- URL(s): http://www.archive-it.org and http://archive-it.org/public/urlRegistry.html
- Creator of Registry: Internet Archive/Archive-IT
- About/Description: Archive-It, a subscription service from the Internet Archive, allows institutions to harvest and preserve collections of digital content and create Digital Archives. Through a user-friendly web interface, Archive-It partners can catalog, manage, and browse their archived collections. Collections are hosted at the Internet Archive data center and are accessible to the public with full-text search. All collections are listed here: http://archive-it.org/public/all_collections.html. There is also a seed URL registry here: http://archive-it.org/public/urlRegistry.html
- Numbers of collections/objects: As of 1/31/11: 2,343,161,323 URLs in 1,286 public collections.
- How to contribute: Any public collections created using Archive-IT are automatically included (?) (maybe Kristine Hanna can confirm this.
- Content Type: websites
- URL(s): http://netpreserve.org/about/archiveList.php
- Creator of Registry: International Internet Preservation Consortium
- About/Description: A directory of all IIPC member organization's archives. Contains information about Collecting institution, URL, Start Date, Archive interface language(s), Access methods, Harvesting Methods, and Description.
- Numbers of archives listed: 24
- How to contribute: IIPC members only can contribute right now. They fill out some information on a members' only forum that populates this page.
- Content Type: websites
- LOCKSS publishers and titles list
- URL(s): http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Publishers_and_Titles
- Creator of Registry: LOCKSS Alliance
- About/Description: Links to over 6,600 e-journal titles from approximately 450 publishers with ISSN and eISSN, available as .csv, .xls, .ods, .pdf
- Numbers of archives listed: over 6,600 e-journal titles
- How to contribute: Publishers must first make their titles LOCKSS-compliant. LOCKSS Alliance members can then collect and preserve all Open Access titles as well as those e-journals to which they subscribe.
- Content Type: electronic journals
- MetaArchive Cooperative conspectus data
- URL(s): http://conspectus.metaarchive.org/collections/index/state/active
- Creator of Registry: MetaArchive Cooperative
- About/Description: A listing of all collections preserved in the MetaArchive Cooperative's Private LOCKSS Network (PLN). Contains name of Archive (one of several subject or genre-based networks within the larger MetaArchive network), Collection title (with link to collection-level description), Number of Archival Units (AUs) associated with collection, Plugin name, and Content Provider (MetaArchive partner) name.
- Numbers of archives listed: 18 content providers
- How to contribute: MetaArchive members fill out collection-level entry when submitting digital material for preservation by the network. This list shows collections already ingested for preservation.
- Content Type: primary digital cultural heritage material: websites, digital images, digital audio, digital video, digital documents, plus electronic theses and dissertations.