Juha Hakala

Archiving the Web: European experiences

Preserving the published cultural heritage of a country is a major concern of any national library, and the challenge of archiving and preserving information published on the Web is great. A short history of Web archiving in Europe from the Swedish Kulturarw3 project to the Nordic Web Archive initiative is provided, together with a generic discussion on the technical challenges of and the solutions developed for Web harvesting and archiving. Experiences from Helsinki University Library in Finland in the use and co‐operative development of the NEDLIB (Networked European Deposit Library) harvester are given.

The Seven Levels of Identification: An Overview of the Current State of Identifying Objects within Digital Libraries.

Purpose – This article aims to describe the state of the art of bibliographic identifiers used in digital libraries.Design/methodology/approach – A model with seven layers is used to define the scope of the identifiers that exist within the digital library field.Findings – Based on an analysis of the identifiers a conclusion is drawn that many new identifiers must be developed in order to cater to the growing needs of libraries and other organisations involved with creation and dissemination of publications. Also, traditional identifiers must be modified in order to make them more suitable to the needs of electronic publishing.Originality/value – A useful overview of the work of international standards bodies in the area of identification of digital objects.

Linking articles and bibliographic records with Uniform Resource Names

Summary The article describes how Uniform Resource Names based on Serial Item and Contribution Identifiers can be resolved using the ISSN register as a way station pointing to the article databases. The European Union-funded DIEPER project and the ISSN International Centre are building a demonstrator service based on the principles described in the text.