LibSciCU’s lecturer, Dr.Wachiraporn Klangtanaboon, presented a paper at Web Archiving Conference 2018. The paper is entitled “Web Content in Anthropology: Lessons Learned for a Step in the Right Direction” with two co-authors, Assistant Professor Chindarat Berpan (Chulalongkorn University) and Sittisak Rungcharoensuksri (the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre – SAC). The project was funded by SAC and the presentation was supported by Professor Suthilak Amphanwong Endownment and the Research Department, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
Below is the abstract of the paper.
The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC), a leading research centre in Thailand in the disciplines of anthropology, history, archaeology and the arts, perceives the significance of information in hand for further research and development. Recognizing the vast amount of web content provided by key organizations at the local and global levels, dispersed online anthropological information, and the disadvantages of unavailable and inaccessible information, the SAC is attempting to archive online anthropological information in order to ensure long-term access. To assess the possibility of a web archiving initiative, the SAC started with a four-stage preliminary study:
- explore the websites of selected organizations in the discipline of anthropology in Thailand and Southeast Asia;
- analyze web content on the selected websites in terms of genres, file formats, and subjects;
- compare and contrast web archiving tools and metadata schema by investigating key web archiving initiatives in Asia-Pacific region;
- identify considerations and challenges of web archiving in general.
The results of this preliminary study will provide useful information for the SAC to proceed the next stage – policy making and collaboration seeking. This presentation will review the project and will deliver some lessons learned from the preliminary study.
Web Conference was hosted by the National Library of New Zealand in Wellington on November 12-15, 2018. Vin Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google was one of the plenary and keynote speakers. The conference gathers scholars and practitioners “to look to the future and to the technical, legal, ethical and organisational challenges that saving the web for citizens and for researchers continue to present.”