UK Web Archive

UK Legal Deposit Libraries collecting, preserving and giving access to the archived UK web. Blog:

[UK Web Archive @UKWebArchive]

The latest update from the UK Web Archive includes links to alternative web archives and resources while our website is still down: https://t.co/4aAIQz8mh9

#WebArchiveWednesday #WebArchiving #WebArchiveResearch #UKLegalDeposit

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

Happy 25th Birthday Wayback Machine!

On October 24, 2001, The Internet Archive organization launched a free digital archive of websites for the general public called the Wayback Machine.

The oldest pages stored in the archive date back to 1996.

[British Library @britishlibrary]

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Paul Bate has been appointed as the British Library’s new Chief Executive.

Joining us from the UK Space Agency, Paul brings experience supporting world-class research communities, fostering discovery and building trust and purpose across teams and partnerships. We look forward to welcoming his experience at the Library.

Read the full announcement  here
https://t.co/AolaRKhZoS

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Join us in welcoming Internet Archive Switzerland!🇨🇭

This independent non profit foundation in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is a mission-aligned organization with the Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada and Internet Archive Europe, with the common goal of Universal Access to All Knowledge.

Visit their website and learn about their mission and projects.
https://t.co/bPriXa74Re

[BFI @BFI]

Badger, badger, badger... MUSHROOM, MUSHROOM 🍄

Jonti Picking's flash animation - and earworm - set the world alight in 2003, becoming one of the internet's most iconic memes. Now preserved in the BFI National Archive.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓

Most Changed Since Freshman Year: BackRub → Google

From a dorm room experiment to organizing the world’s information. Some people really did peak after high school.

See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ https://t.co/T3DSvqrwbV

#Classof96 @google

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." Not the MTV News archive. Not Gawker. Not the penny press of the 1800s. 🕳️

Maria Bustillos argues that keeping the receipts is about more than nostalgia. It's about the raw material of history.

📚 Read Maria’s essay & more in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive

📖 Download & read, FREE: https://t.co/8mgQ1ZSsQ7
🛒 Purchase in print: https://t.co/EB58IliqDm

#VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #OpenAccess #Preservation

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

RIP Ask Jeeves. The natural-language search engine founded in 1996 was rebranded as Ask in 2006, and officially shut down on May 1.

Here are the Wayback Machine’s first and last captures of the site.

When websites disappear, the historical record can disappear with them. The @WaybackMachine preserves that history – capturing the web so its past remains accessible.

Explore 30 years of web history: https://t.co/26v2OOgRbq

#90s #90sNostalgia #WebHistory #WebDesign

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🧵 VANISHING CULTURE is out now 📚

We tend to think the internet is permanent, but this book starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️

📖 Download & read: https://t.co/BrawXOwMBr
🛒 Purchase in print: https://t.co/EB58IliqDm

#VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

An incredible 52-year journey comes to an end.

Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season.

First broadcast in 1974, Football Focus is a testament to the brilliant team who have worked on it over the years and, of course, the audience. The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage for decades, providing fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game ahead of the weekend’s fixtures. But changing audience behaviours mean fans are now increasingly consuming football content in different ways and we need to respond appropriately as we face difficult decisions around how the licence fee is spent.

Fans are accessing discussion, highlights, analysis and news through digital platforms and on-demand viewing and as viewing habits continue to evolve, it is right that BBC Sport adapts how it brings football coverage to the widest audiences across television, radio, online and to its extensive social platforms.

BBC Sport boasts a strong football rights portfolio and is set to significantly expand its digital output this year growing content across BBC platforms, as well as a bold new slate of exclusive shows on YouTube. Featuring fresh formats, big personalities and more frequent, always-on content tailored for digital audiences, the expansion will bring fans closer to the game than ever before delivering more high-quality, accessible and engaging football coverage at scale. We will release further details on these plans in the coming months.

[Sporting Heritage @sportinghistory]

Our Collections Database brings together sporting-related collections held by museums, archives, clubs and community groups across the UK.

If your organisation holds sporting records, artefacts or photographs, you can add your collection.

[BL European @BL_European]

P.R. Harris's comprehensive history of the British Museum Library from 1753-1973 has been digitised and is now freely available online - all 883 pages of it! More info and link here: https://t.co/7YdyqMGpJY

[BSSH @BritSportHisSoc]

Well the new BSSH website is now live and is carrying this years conference info... https://t.co/dLi8U3BEVs

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

The Winter #Olympics continue! ⛷️

🏂 Celebrate gaming history by revisiting 1985’s "Winter Games" from our classic software collection ❄️

💾 #SoftwarePreservation is how we go for the Gold! 🥇

🕹️ Play it on your favorite vintage platform ⤵️
https://t.co/SIKfussBHM

#8bit

[UK Web Archive @UKWebArchive]

Read about the UK Web Archive updates for 2026 in this blog post -

https://t.co/8x3AGiCmj1

#WebArchiving #UKLegalDeposit #GLAMs #Digipress

[UK Web Archive @UKWebArchive]

Read about the UK Web Archive updates for 2026 in this blog post -

https://t.co/8x3AGiCmj1

#WebArchiving #UKLegalDeposit #GLAMs #Digipress

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

The BBC will broadcast more than 450 hours of live action from next month's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina 🤩

The Games, which run from Friday 6 to Thursday 22 February, are the most accessible to UK audiences for two decades.

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Want to level up your library career this year?

We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.

Learn more https://t.co/L2GgaF1Z4E

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

"A truly historic accomplishment," as @NPR President & CEO Katherine Maher puts it: “1 trillion web pages. That’s 1 trillion artifacts and snapshots of our interconnected world.”

🎬 Maher reflects on why preserving our digital record matters more than ever, & the crucial role of the #WaybackMachine.

📝 More ⤵️
https://t.co/LpgA8J2xQc

#Wayback1T @krmaher

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚

The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...

This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅

[Mat Kelly @machawk1]

The proceedings & recordings of the 5 presentations at the Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL) 2025 Workshop from ACM Hypertext (@ACMHT) in September 2025 are now live!

* Proceedings: https://t.co/QOeuRTbMvV
* Recordings: https://t.co/9UM5cDaGBU (@ Internet Archive & YT)