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1、TogetherwiththeNationalLibrariesofScotlandandWales,theBodleianLibraryinOxford,theCambridgeUniversityLibraryandTrinityCollege'slibraryinDublin,theBritishLibraryisnowempoweredtoreceiveacopyofeveryU.K.electronicpublication.Thisisalogicalenoughextensioninthedigitalageofitsancientrightto
2、receiveandstoreallbooks,newspapers,magazinesandotherprintedmatter,butitisstillachallengingtask.Thefirstfull-scaleInternet“crawl”waslaunchedfromthelibrary’sWestYorkshirecomputercentershortlyafterthelawtookeffect.Covering4.8millionU.K.sites,ittookthreemonthstocomplete,withanothertwomo
3、nthsrequiredtoprocessthe1billioncapturedwebpages.Theexpectationisthatthelibrarywillcollectinasingleyearaboutthesameamountofmaterialasitsnewspaperandperiodicalsarchivehasamassedoverthecourseofthreecenturies(acostlyprogramtodigitizesome40millionofits750millionprintedpagesisnowunderway
4、).ChiefExecutiveRolvKeatingpointsoutthatwhentheinitialcrawlbegan,theprojectrepresentedareassertionofwhatitmeanstobealibraryinthe21stcentury.Tenyearsago,therewasaveryrealdangerofablackholeopeningupandswallowingourdigitalheritage."Keatingsays."Millionsofwebpages,e-publicationsandother
5、nonprintitemswerefallingthroughthecracksofasystemdevisedprimarilytocaptureinkandpaper.'ProfessorNielsBrugger,theheadoftheCenterforInternetStudiesatDenmark’sAarhusUniversity,supportstheBritishLibrary’sarchivingproject.“Moreandmoreofoursocietal,culturalandpoliticalactivesnowtakeplacee
6、itherontheweborarecloselyrelatedtoit”hesays.“Sincethemid-1990s,yousimplycouldn’tbeauniversity,acompanyorapoliticalpartywithouthavingawebsite.Ifwanttodocumentourpresentorstudyourpastontheweb,getitintoanarchivebeforeitdisappears.”“WheneverI’maskedwhywebarchivingmatters,”hecontinues,“I
7、thinkoftheBobDylanlinefromTheTimesTheyAreChanging—'Thepresentnowwilllaterbepast.‘Materialisdisappearingbeforeoureyesatanunprecedentedrate,andwithitgoesprecioussourcematerialforthefuturehistorianwhowillbetryingtoshedlightonthepresent.Capturingthepastforposteritythroughwebarchivingmat
8、tersjustasmuchaspre