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The End of Term
Presidential Harvest has existed since 2008.
The Harvest is a cooperative project involving several Federal
depository libraries who archive copies of government (and other) web sites
just before transitions to a new presidential administration.
Once archived, the
information can be browse or searched.
The previous End of Term archives can be found here: http://eotarchive.cdlib.org/.
Web sites are vulnerable information resources since information can so easily be altered or
removed over time. According to the
web site, "This harvest is intended to document federal agencies' presence
on the World Wide Web during the transition of Presidential administrations and
to enhance the existing collections of the partner institutions."
While participating
libraries are managing the project, anybody may submit the address to a web
page which they would like to see archived. To nominate an address, go to this link. If you think you will be nominating many web
sites, then you can also install a bookmarklet to your browser. Find the
bookmarklets and instructions near the end of this page.
You may learn more about the End of Term Presidential Harvest here or through this New York Times article!
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