Study On Government Web Archiving

This article has taken the government web information of the network as the study subject and the idea of government web archiving is put forward here. On the ground of study on the government web archiving object and subject, according to the responsibilities by different subjects in the archiving, the government web archiving is divided into passive receiving and active acquiring. In the passive receiving mode, collection, assessment and legal deposit of government web information by administration organizations are highlighted while in the active acquiring mode, collection, cataloguing, storage and utilization of government web information by such as the Archive, Library, Colleges and Universities are highlighted. In the end, a brief analysis is given over the legal, cooperating, cost and technological issues in the government web archiving.Government web archiving aims to integrate explore and utilize the government web information, improve executive capacity and public credibility of the government, so that the later generations are able to appreciate the old government websites and feel changes of the government functions.