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UK Web Archive

Project to archive UK websites
Organization Web Archive Q7864972

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
web archive, consortium[9]
Official website
www.webarchive.org.uk[20]

Status and dates

Inception
2005[17]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
London[7]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded

Industry and activity

Field of work
digital curation, digital preservation, technical communication, web archiving, legal deposit[1][2][3][4][5]

Relations

Part of
Bodleian Libraries, British Library, Cambridge University Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Trinity College, Dublin[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Parent organization or unit
British Library[19]
More facts +7
Award received
Digital Preservation Award[6]
Publication date
April 2005[18]
Has part(s) of the class
website[27]
Hashtag
UKWebArchive[21]
Operator
United Kingdom[10]
Social media followers
6,395[28]
Studied by
digital humanities, computer science, history, semantics, geography[22][23][24][25][26]
🏷️ Also known as
en UKWA en UK Web Archive ar أرشيف الإنترنت البريطاني zh 英國網頁存檔聯盟
🔖 Identifiers · 12
ROR ID
00gnxy738
VIAF cluster ID
16157159854578791201
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nb2019019545
OpenAlex ID
I4387154759as of 2026-10-11
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20261011 · as of 2026-10-11
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20261011 · version not recorded
External data available at URL
github.com, doi.org
Freebase ID
/m/0674yq
GitHub account
ukwa
OCLC number
680002319
Scilit organization ID
102638
X (Twitter) username
UKWebArchive (2011–present)
YouTube channel ID
UCJukhTSw8VRj-VNTpBcqWkw (2014–present)
YouTube handle
ukwebarchive4986
📚 Sources · 2

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FAQs

What awards did UK Web Archive receive?

Honors received include Digital Preservation Award[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . webarchive.org.uk. webarchive.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . webarchive.org.uk. webarchive.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . blogs.bl.uk. blogs.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . GitHub. wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . webarchive.org.uk. webarchive.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . ror.org. Retrieved . ror.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . bl.uk. bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . lib.cam.ac.uk. lib.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nls.uk. nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . library.wales. library.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . tcd.ie. tcd.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . buddah.projects.history.ac.uk. buddah.projects.history.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . buddah.projects.history.ac.uk. buddah.projects.history.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . blogs.bl.uk. blogs.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . webarchive.org.uk. webarchive.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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