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1、TogetherwiththeNationalLibrariesofScotlandandWales,theBodleianLibraryinOxford,theCambridgeUniversityLibraryandTrinityCollege'slibraryinDublin,theBritishLibraryisnowempoweredtoreceiveacopyofeveryU.K.electronicpublication.Thisisalogicalenoughextensioninthedi
2、gitalageofitsancientrighttoreceiveandstoreallbooks,newspapers,magazinesandotherprintedmatter,butitisstillachallengingtask.Thefirstfull-scaleInternet“crawl”waslaunchedfromthelibrary’sWestYorkshirecomputercentershortlyafterthelawtookeffect.Covering4.8million
3、U.K.sites,ittookthreemonthstocomplete,withanothertwomonthsrequiredtoprocessthe1billioncapturedwebpages.Theexpectationisthatthelibrarywillcollectinasingleyearaboutthesameamountofmaterialasitsnewspaperandperiodicalsarchivehasamassedoverthecourseofthreecentur
4、ies(acostlyprogramtodigitizesome40millionofits750millionprintedpagesisnowunderway).ChiefExecutiveRolvKeatingpointsoutthatwhentheinitialcrawlbegan,theprojectrepresentedareassertionofwhatitmeanstobealibraryinthe21stcentury.Tenyearsago,therewasaveryrealdanger
5、ofablackholeopeningupandswallowingourdigitalheritage."Keatingsays."Millionsofwebpages,e-publicationsandothernonprintitemswerefallingthroughthecracksofasystemdevisedprimarilytocaptureinkandpaper.'ProfessorNielsBrugger,theheadoftheCenterforInternetStudiesatD
6、enmark’sAarhusUniversity,supportstheBritishLibrary’sarchivingproject.“Moreandmoreofoursocietal,culturalandpoliticalactivesnowtakeplaceeitherontheweborarecloselyrelatedtoit”hesays.“Sincethemid-1990s,yousimplycouldn’tbeauniversity,acompanyorapoliticalpartywi
7、thouthavingawebsite.Ifwanttodocumentourpresentorstudyourpastontheweb,getitintoanarchivebeforeitdisappears.”“WheneverI’maskedwhywebarchivingmatters,”hecontinues,“IthinkoftheBobDylanlinefromTheTimesTheyAreChanging—'Thepresentnowwilllaterbepast.‘Materialisdis
8、appearingbeforeoureyesatanunprecedentedrate,andwithitgoesprecioussourcematerialforthefuturehistorianwhowillbetryingtoshedlightonthepresent.Capturingthepastforposteritythroughwebarchivingmattersjustasmuchaspre