Archiving the Web sites of Athens University of Economics and Business

The importance of Web archiving has been recognized since the early days of the World Wide Web, due to the ease with which online information can be lost. Web archiving efforts can take place both at a global level, as well as at national and local levels. In this work, we describe ongoing work on archiving the Web sites of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). We describe the architecture of a system we have deployed, as well as the data we have collected during a period of three months from the Web sites of AUEB. We also discuss the important role of AUEB Library as an information hub within the university with respect to Web archiving. Indeed, by adopting appropriate strategies and policies, the Library can generate focused Web archives and digital collections on demand according to its needs. Finally, we discuss future directions of work for enhancing the services that the Web archive offers.