TALK: ADDRESSING MEMORY FAILURE – ARCHIVING THE UK WEB

Helen Hockx-Yu, Head of Web Archiving at the British Library

Time: 2:30 – 3:00pm

Helen Hockx-Yu leads a team of web archivists and technologists to archive and preserve the UK web. Previously, Helen was project manager of the Planets project, a four-year project co-funded by the European Union under the Sixth Framework Programme to address core digital preservation challenges. Before joining the British Library, Helen worked as a Programme Manager at the UK Joint Information Systems Committee, overseeing JISC’s technology research and development activities in the area of digital preservation.