The archive has been recording Australian websites since the mid 1990s, and operated in a similar way to other internet archives."There was such a recognition early on that the internet was going to change the way Australians communicated with each other, the way that we shared information, what we had access to and how we did it," she said.
Ms Dellit said the National Library's mission was to collect documents and resources of national significance, and she said that meant it was essential to collect online information, poor design choices and all. "What you start to see by the late 90s is that a lot of other forms of publications don't appear anymore," she said.
"If libraries don't collect that, and don't make that accessible, then there's a whole piece of our history in the 90s and the 2000s ... where we just really don't get that picture of Australian history and culture."
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