Evolution of a Link Rot Tool for the Scholarly Community

MIT Program on Information Brown Bag – June 24, 2015

BIRTH – May 6, 2103

SCOTUS ~ 50% JOURNAL ROT ~ 70%

SCOTUS SHAME PAGE

INITIAL RELEASE – Sept. 6, 2013

ONE MONTH IN

• 523 links archived• 96 current users• 25 participating libraries• 41 participating organizations

• 108,774 links archived• 4877 current users• 99 participating libraries• 324 participating organizations

CURRENT STATS

COLLABORATORS

WHY PERMA.CC?

• Library/Institutionally Based• User Directed • Distributed Back-up network• Short link design helpful for our

users• Free

FOCUS ON LIBRARIES

• Libraries as gatekeepers• Libraries as custodians• Libraries as access points• Libraries as mirrors

MIRRORS AND LOCKSS

NEW FEATURES• MELLON-Columbia Web Archiving

Grant–Perma api–WordPress plug-in–Memento compatibility–Batch processing

SUSTAINABILITY• Robust new API – includes script for

retrieval of your Perma links–https://github.com/harvard-lil/per

ma

• Multiple back-ups• Governance plan

ON THE HORIZON• Extending to other disciplines• Commercial model• Simplifying - removing the vesting

concept

QUESTIONS?

ADVICE?

COMMENTS?

Kim Dulinkdulin@law.harvard.eduJack Cushmanjcushman@law.harvard.edu

info@perma.cchttp://perma.cc