CDMM Publications publishes educational content, guides and other material relevant to digital methods and media. The publications are written by members of Centre for Digital methods and Media.
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Web Archives and Web Archiving - Introduction for Scholars and Students by Asger Harlung, 2025.
The book offers a detailed presentation of the basics of archived web as sources and resources in research contexts. It strives to introduce the field from a low tech approach for scholars and students who need to make use of preserved web resources as references or data, but are not familiar with their use, creation or special traits.
Keywords: Web Archives and Web Archiving, Media Studies, Digital Humanities, Internet History, Social Science
Free PDF edition: ISBN 978-87-975247-0-1, available to download here.
Print edition, hardcover, A4 format: ISBN 9788776913724
ePUB edition: ISBN 9788743087687, available on Apple iBooks and Google Play.
The print version can be ordered directly from BoD.dk where it ships to these European countries.
The BoD website is Danish language only, and customer registration is required. Use of the built-in translation in major browsers may help.
International sales and shipping are available from Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, or Amazon.it.
Reviews
The book's strength is in its unique position in the market. Harlung's monograph proudly embraces the 'web archiving for dummies' mindset and turns out to be successful in it. (...) Its strength lies in guiding students and practitioners through that middle ground, demystifying the unfamiliar terrain of web archiving and encouraging steady engagement with its real challenges. This is a great kick-starter into web archiving and provides a smooth transition into more advanced literature, before grabbing one's first Brügger or Milligan off the shelf.
- Andrea Kocsis, Internet Histories, December 2025, https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2025.2608474
