I am a fan of the Internet Archive, but they can be hit or miss when it comes to capturing pages--and the images--of a site. They do have a hosted service called Archive-It, but the only way to preserve a reliable, lasting record of MSU online is to do it ourselves.
Laying out a good plan for that is something I am currently working on.
Richard Adler
Electronic Records Archivist
University Archives & Historical Collections
Quoting "Richard Wiggins" <[log in to unmask]>:
> In a word, no. /rich
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Alec Warner<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Isn't this what stuff like the Internet Archive is for?
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Richard
>> Wiggins<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Several years ago I compiled a list of sources about history of MSU.
>>> Someone was asking online about MSU's name over the years and I went
>>> to look it up.
>>>
>>> Sadly, it turns out that many of the sources have removed or
>>> renamed the pages.
>>>
>>> If you go to www.msu.edu and search for "history" you'll find:
>>>
>>> History of Michigan State University
>>> http://keywords.msu.edu/viewpathfinder.asp?id=7
>>>
>>> And it is surprising how many links that describe important MSU
>>> history have become broken:
>>>
>>> Vincent Voice Library Finding Aid.
>>> http://www.lib.msu.edu/services/dmc/vincent//findaids/
>>>
>>> A Brief History of the College of Human Medicine
>>> http://www.chm.msu.edu/chmhome/home/history.htm
>>>
>>> MSU Presidents - Biographical Sketches
>>> https://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/presdnt.html
>>>
>>> WKAR Television - Historical Note
>>> http://wkar.org/tv/about/index.php#history
>>>
>>> I hope folks that care about MSU history will restore these links, and
>>> I hope someone will edit the Pathfinder to point to the content.
>>>
>>> It's not just about preserving the bits; breaking URLs breaks history.
>>>
>>> /rich
>>>
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