Digital Records in Special Collections
Documentation of digital preservation efforts in UB Libraries Special Collections.
Last Updated: Jun 30, 2025 4:05 PM
Collection metadata
| Element | Description | Example |
| Title Required | A name given to the collection. Usually matches the title of the archival collection. | Buffalo Pharmacy Bulletin |
| Creator Required | Entity responsible for the creation of the website and/or its intellectual content. | State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Subject Required, repeatable | Topic of the website. | Pharmacy colleges -- New York (State) -- Buffalo |
| Description Required | Account of the collection, including brief explanations of the website(s) included. Include date(s) of capture if appropriate. | Web archive containing issues of Buffalo Pharmacy Bulletin from 2023 through the present. |
| Publisher Required | Entity responsible for making the collection available. For most collections, this will be the source repository. | State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives |
| Contributor Do not use | Entity or entities responsible for making contributions to the resource. | |
| Date Required | Date or date range of creation and/or capture of website(s) in the collection, expressed as YYYY-MM-DD. | 2025-06-30 |
| Type Do not use | ||
| Format Do not use | ||
| Identifier Required | Identifier of the source collection. | RG 36-0-00-10 |
| Source Do not use | ||
| Relation Do not use | ||
| Coverage Do not use | ||
| Rights Required | A statement of copyright information and terms of use. Typically matches the rights statement at the collection level in ArchivesSpace. | Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified. |
| Collector Do not use | ||
| Language Optional, repeatable | Language(s) of the websites in the collection. | eng |
Seed metadata
| Element | Description | Example |
| Title Required | Formal name of the website or webpage. For periodicals, include the date in the title. | Buffalo Pharmacy Bulletin, April 2022 |
| Creator Required, if known | Entity responsible for the creation of the website and/or its intellectual content. | State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Subject Required, repeatable | Topic of the website. | Pharmacy colleges -- New York (State) -- Buffalo |
| Description Required | Brief account of the website or webpage captured. | UBNow was created by University Communications to provide internal communications for University faculty and staff. The website serves as a daily news source for campus news, features, and multimedia. Contains many news articles written and published during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| Publisher Required | Entity responsible for making the archived website available. | State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives |
| Contributor Required | Entity responsible for making contributions to the website. If no contributor outside of the creator exists, state the source repository. | State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives |
| Date Required | Date(s) of capture of the website, expressed in YYYY-MM-DD format. For periodicals or static websites state the creation date instead. | 2025-06-30 |
| Type Required | Material type of the archived website. | Interactive Resource |
| Format Required | File format of the archived website. | application/warc |
| Identifier Do not use | ||
| Source Required | Title and collection number of the source collection of the archived website. | Interactions (RG 20-4-00-1) |
| Relation Do not use | ||
| Coverage Do not use | ||
| Rights Required | A statement of copyright information and terms of use. | Copyright 2023 University at Buffalo. Users of works found in University at Buffalo Libraries University Archives are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. University at Buffalo Libraries do not manage rights for copyright-protected works and cannot assist with permissions. |
| Collector Do not use | ||
| Language Required | Language of the website. | eng |
| Technical Information (Custom Field) Required | Custom field with standard text about the technical aspects of web archives. | Please note that dynamic web sites that contain media players, images, JavaScript, and Adobe Flash may not retain all of their original functionality. Sites that are in a different domain than the seed URL were not crawled. |