The continually-growing volume of cultural heritage held in web archives is a vast resource awaiting the use of researchers in fields as varied as history, political science, sociology, and computer science. While web archives have been collected and saved since 1996, scholarly use has lagged due to the sheer scale of the data that confronts potential users. In this talk, Ian Milligan argues that interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together librarians, computer scientists, and historians, holds the best pathway forward. Drawing on two case studies, one using web archives to systematically explore the transition between two US Presidential Administrations, and the second on developing scholarly infrastructure for the study of web archives, this talk highlights efforts to “unleash” web archives. This is the fourth talk of the UBC History Department’s Colloquium Series 2017 – 2018, Histories on the Edge.
Dr. Ian Milligan is an associate professor in History at the University of Waterloo. He describes himself as a digital historian of Canada.
Thursday, November 9, 2017 – 12:30 to 14:00
Location
Buchanan Tower 1197
1873 E Mall
V6T 1Z1 Vancouver , BC
Canada