Pandora archive

PANDORA, or Pandora, is a national web archive for the preservation of Australia's online publications. Established by the National Library of Australia in 1996, it has been built in collaboration with Australian state libraries and cultural collecting organisations, including the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian War Memorial, and the National Film and Sound Archive. It is now one of three components of the Australian Web Archive.

PANDORA
Type of site
Web archive
OwnerNational Library of Australia
Created byNational Library of Australia and partner organisations
URLOfficial website
CommercialNo
LaunchedOctober 1996 (1996-10)
Written inPANDORA Digital Archiving System (PANDAS) v.3

The name, PANDORA, is a bacronym which describes its purpose: Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia.

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