Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 Collection Scoping Document

Abstract

• This document aims to establish the scope of the web archive collection for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow. The proposed collection has been given the working title “Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014". Collection of internet sites relating to the XX Commonwealth Games which were held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Sites that feature here represent only a part of all collected websites, those for which wider access permissions have been granted by the publisher. This open access collection comprises websites of organising bodies for the Games and for the sports that are part of the Games in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, sites for events that were part of the accompanying Cultural programme and news and individual commentary. Taken together, these sites show a snapshot of the XX Commonwealth Games and accompanying events. The full set of XX Commonwealth Game sites is available on-site at the National Library of Scotland and was collected in accordance with the 2013 e-legal deposit legislation.