UK Legal Deposit Libraries collecting, preserving and giving access to the archived UK web. Blog: https://xitter.cf/t.co/vJwkotdC8y
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ALT UK Web Archive logo in white text on a blue background
ALT A photograph of Dr Paul Bates stood in a stairwell at the British Library. He is a white man, with dark brown hair and wearing a white shirt and camel coloured chinos.
ALT Screenshot of the Internet Archive Switzerland website (internetarchive.ch), showing the homepage with a mountain range illustration, a faint photo of a St. Gallen building, and introductory text about the foundation's mission of universal access to all knowledge.
ALT Yearbook-style page labeled "Most Changed Since Freshman Year" featuring a retro screenshot of the early Google search page, decorated with doodles and sticker-style labels tracing the name change from BackRub to Google; caption notes that no glow-up in internet history comes close.
ALT Teal graphic quoting Maria Bustillos, Journalist and Editor, for the Vanishing Culture series. Headline: "Why is it important to 'keep the receipts'?" with the quote "Nothing is 'meant to be thrown away'... Nothing."
ALT Orange graphic quoting Maria Bustillos, Journalist and Editor, for the Vanishing Culture series: "When people foolishly — and even dangerously — imagine that the past won't matter to the future, the chance to preserve history evaporates."
ALT Grey graphic quoting Maria Bustillos, Journalist and Editor, for the Vanishing Culture series: "The MTV News archive joins the archives of Gawker, the LA Weekly, and many other shuttered digital-native publications that would have disappeared entirely from the internet but for the Wayback Machine."
ALT Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.
ALT Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" then "askjeeves.com / ask.com". Below are Wayback Machine captures of the websites from December 19, 1996 and May 3, 2026; the latter signaling the end of the service.
ALT Book cover titled “Vanishing Culture” on a teal background. Pixel-art style graphics show a VHS tape, open book, film reel, chain link, and vinyl record dissolving into digital fragments. At the bottom, a cursor icon points to the word “SAVE,” alongside an archive-style building icon, evoking digital preservation.
ALT UK Web Archive logo with the text - "UKWA - Preserving UK Websites" on blue background with faint traces of UK Web Archive metadata.
ALT UK Web Archive logo with the text - "UKWA - Preserving UK Websites" on blue background with faint traces of UK Web Archive metadata.
ALT A woman with long brown hair pulls a red book from a bookshelf.
ALT An intricate engraving depicting the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, featuring detailed architectural elements and figures in classical attire in the foreground.
ALT Aerial view of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford, surrounded by historic buildings and walkways, with a cloudy sky above.
ALT View of the historic architecture of the Bodleian Library and Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, featuring intricate stonework and classical design elements.
ALT Architectural engraving of the interior of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, showing detailed depiction of bookshelves, arched windows, and a central circular area with statues.
