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In July 2003 the national libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, The British Library (UK), The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive (USA) acknowledged the importance of international collaboration for preserving Internet content for future generations. This group of 12 institutions chartered the IIPC to fund and participate in projects and working groups to accomplish the Consortium’s goals. The initial agreement was in effect for three years, during which time the membership was limited to the charter institutions. Since then, membership has expanded to include additional libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions involved in Web archiving. For a complete list visit our members page.

The goals of the consortium are:

To enable the collection, preservation and long-term access of a rich body of Internet content from around the world.
To foster the development and use of common tools, techniques and standards for the creation of international archives.
To be a strong international advocate for initiatives and legislation that encourage the collection, preservation and access to Internet content.
To encourage and support libraries, archives, museums and cultural heritage institutions everywhere to address Internet content collecting and preservation

The Jewish National and University Library

The Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) is the deposit library of Israel, and is authorized by law to collect and preserve Israeli publications in all tangible formats. A new "National Library Act" that was enacted in Israel in November 2007 gives the JNUL permission to copy on-line works for the sake of preservation. The JNUL is interested in developing its capability to preserve and document on-line publications, as part of the Israeli heritage collection. It began Internet archiving activities in 2003 and has completed two collections: the first includes Hebrew sites dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict, open to public access via the library's Web site, and the second includes multi-lingual sites relating to the 17th Knesset (the Israel parliament) elections, which is open to visitors via computers in the library's premises. In 2008, JNUL plans to launch a project to archive Israeli sites more routinely, to regularlize access to archived Internet content, and to shape a collection policy for Internet content. For more information, visit http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/IA/ArchivedSites/IA/firstpage.html.