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Special collections
In addition to the large scale domain crawls, the Luxembourg Web Archive also operates targeted crawls aimed at specific subjects or events. The resulting collections aim at preserving a maximum amount of information on a certain subject over a limited period of time. Other collections explore a certain theme or area of society and are supposed to grow over time.
There is a sea of information to be explored and stories to tell.
Let us know what topics should make it into special collections.
What are the subjects and events worth exploring and saving?
2017 LOCAL ELECTIONS
The first targeted event crawl run by the Luxembourg Web Archive.
Also, featuring the first call for participation, first experiences with harvesting social media and building a seed list, that would set the foundation for the election crawls of 2018 and 2019 as well.
2018 NATIONAL ELECTIONS
As a direct continuation of the local elections harvests, the national elections event crawl builds on the experiences and information gained from the year before. With a smaller number of candidates, different priorities have changed.
2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS
The third chapter in over 3 years of uninterrupted political discourse and campaigning in Luxembourg. Although less elaborate than the 2017 and 2018 election crawls, the European elections offer another point of view on certain candidates and news media articles.
2019 SOCIAL ELECTIONS
The elections on staff representations in Luxembourg: Every 5 years, all companies employing at least 15 workers have to elect delegates as staff representatives. Many unions had already voiced their opinions during the elections of 2017 and 2018 and their coverage continues in 2019.
2019 JEAN, GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG
This collection represents the news coverage from the time period between the Grand Dukes declining state of health, until after his death; recollecting the wave of commemorative articles and obituaries on the national and international level.
2019 TORNADO
Tornadoes are extremely rare in Luxembourg and unfortunately the storm that hit
the South of the country on 9th August 2019 caused unprecedented damages and chaos in the municipalities of Petange and Bascharage.
2020 COVID-19
The global pandemic, the economic crisis, lockdown and quarantine, but also solidarity, home schooling, teleworking and support for local initiatives are among the themes and topics to be found in this collection.
Find out about first results from this ongoing collection.
FESTIVALS IN LUXEMBOURG
Music, cinema, culture, traditions, food, drinks, summer, winter, fall or spring… We are looking to collect the websites of all festivals in Luxembourg. With changing programs year after year and in some cases often with short lifespans, festival pages are particularly exigent when it comes to archiving the web.
NEWS MEDIA
Supporting media pluralism and access to public information, this collection presents the daily and weekly captures of the Luxembourg online news media.
CURIOSITIES
The Internet is a reflection of a diverse society. That is certainly also true, when it comes to the strange, funny and mysterious corners of the web.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LUXEMBOURG
The BnL has seen major changes in the past few years. We have captured the news coverage, interviews and reports, to be presented in this collection.
2020 PRINCE CHARLES OF LUXEMBOURG
Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume, born May 10th 2020, is second in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg, first child of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
COMMUNES AND SCHOOLS
The websites of every municipality and school in Luxembourg. Primary, secondary, public, private and international schools are all included in this collection.
LUXEMBOURG BLOGS
The blogosphere in Luxembourg is vast and diverse, spanning topics from food, fashion and travel, to politics or poetry – often enriched by the perspective of the expat community.
CULTURAL CENTERS
Theaters, concert halls, museums, national institutions and local venues: the cultural landscape of Luxembourg is manifold with a rich program of events, expositions and educational activities.
LUXEMBOURG TWITTER
Regular captures of a selection of Twitter accounts from all corners of Luxembourg.
Who is part of the conversation and what topics are being discussed?
BnL SUMMER SCHOOL 2021
A week of summer programme at the National Library, dedicated to future librarians and web archivists. The participants have also prepared a thematic web archive collection of their own.
LUXEMBOURG’S GREEN INTERNET
In preparation of the exhibition Vu Gäert a Bicher, we ran a small pilot project to analyse the topics of biodiversity and environmental protection on the Luxembourg web.
BnL DISCOVERY DAYS 2023
Find the slides and handout in relation with the Web Archive Workshop