What is the historical coverage of Virginia Web Archive?
In the fall of 2005, the Library of Virginia was one of several cultural heritage institutions that participated in a pilot project with the Internet Archive to develop and refine a tool to collect, preserve, and provide access to Web sites that meet institutional collection policies and are considered to be of enduring value. This tool is called Archive-It. Spurred on by our mission to preserve and make accessible in perpetuity the Web heritage of each Virginia governor, the Library as part of its pilot project archived the Web-based materials for the administration of Governor Mark R. Warner. (2002-2006) The Library also expanded its collection parameters for the project to include the campaign Web sites related to Virginia’s statewide elections taking place in the fall of 2005. This included the sites of the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, as well as related political party sites and several political blogs. The Virginia Web Archive began preservi
