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28 posts from December 2011

24 December 2011

Advent Calendar: December 24th

City of Sanctuary

'City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK'.

Archived on: December 24th 2008

City-sanctuary
Still available on live web? Yes

Archived by: The British Library

Subject Classifications: Society & Culture
Society & Culture > Communities
Arts & Humanities > Religion

Special collection? No

Other instances? Yes - 6 in total (2008 - 2011)

23 December 2011

Advent Calendar: December 23rd

Marxists.org Internet Archive

'A volunteer based non-profit organisation, with the purpose of educating people around the world about Marxism'.

Archived on: December 23rd 2005

Marxists-org
Still available on live web? Yes

Archived by: The British Library

Subject classifications: Society & Culture
Arts & Humanities > Philosophy & Ethics
Arts & Humanities > History

Special collection? No

Other instances? Yes - 4 in total (2005, 2006, 2011)

 

22 December 2011

21 December 2011

Advent Calendar: December 21st

Cockney Rhyming Slang

'Incorporating brand new Cockney rhyming slang from London, England and rhyming slang from all over the UK'

Archived on: December 21st 2006

Cockneyrhymingslang
Website still available on the live web? Yes

Archived by: The British Library

Subject Classifications: Society & Culture

Special collection? No

Other instances? Yes - 11 in total (archived since June 2006)

20 December 2011

19 December 2011

Advent Calendar: December 19th

Traffig Cymru - Traffic Wales

'Traffic Wales is the Welsh Assembly Government's traffic information service'

Archived on: 19th December 2008

Traffig

Website still available on the live web? Yes

Archived by: the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Subject classification: Business, Economy & Industry > Transport and Infrastructure

Special collection? No

Other instances? Yes - archived regularly since 2008, 40 instances in total.

 

18 December 2011

Advent Calendar: December 18th

Digital Preservation Coalition

'The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is a not-for profit membership organisation whose primary objective is to raise awareness of the importance of the preservation of digital material and the attendant strategic, cultural and technological issues.'

Archived on: 18 December 2008

Dpc

Still available on live web? Yes

Archived by: The JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee)

Subject Classification: Education & Research > Higher Education

Special collection? No

Other instances? Yes - 21 in total, archived regularly since March 2006.

17 December 2011