Member sites are considered to be a valuable addition to the archive, documenting the evolution of the Cambridge phenomenon and providing a unique record of the products, history and relationships between member organisations.
The UK web archive is a selective archive comprising archived copies of websites of national cultural and research relevance. Websites which demonstrate innovative use of technologies have been prioritised for selection and the inclusion of Cambridge Network members’ sites supports this prioritisation. Archived copies of Cambridge Network members' websites will be available from the UK web archive long into the future.
The collection process is fully automated, deploying a number of web crawlers to automatically crawl sites and harvest copies of content directly from servers. Members are welcome to link to the legacy content in the web archive from their live sites, should they wish to do so.
The British Library's archive of the Cambridge cluster - including companies, educational institutions and other organisations - underlines the importance of the cluster to UK PLC.
A recent UK Web Archive blog on the British Library site states: "We were particularly pleased to have been able to work with the Network ...This collection will hopefully be of great value in capturing a snapshot of innovation in progress in a particular geographical area."
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