UK Web Archive: Collection Documentation on Topics and Themes

UK Web Archive: Collection Documentation on Topics and Themes

This folder has documentation on the planning for curated collections and general content in the UK Web Archive. You can view the published collections on the UK Web Archive website.

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    UK General Election 2019 Scoping Document
    (2025-11-19)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive undertakes to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘UK General Election 2019’. The 2019 UK General Election was held on 12 December 2019, and it was one of the most consequential elections in recent UK history. It was called to resolve the political deadlock over Brexit and resulted in a decisive shift in the UK’s political landscape.
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    UEFA Women's Euro England 2022
    (2024-07)
    Byrne, Helena
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    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive does to document major events hosted in the UK. This collection has been given the working title ‘UEFA Women's Euro England 2022’ and sits in the ‘Sports: International Events’ collection.
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    Focused Crawl of the Russia in the UK collection: Scoping Document
    (2020-12-18)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection “Russia in the UK”. Legal Deposit legislation was implemented in the UK on 6th April 2013. This project aims to establish the parameters of this special collection and the frequency of curated, focused crawls of UK domain websites on this topic.
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    Brexit Scoping Document
    (2026-01-27)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive undertakes to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘Brexit’. This is a collection of Internet sites with content about “Brexit”. This term is a portmanteau for "British exit," referring to the UK's decision in a June 23rd, 2016 referendum to leave the European Union (EU).
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    Arnhem75 Collection - Scoping Document
    (2020-12-18)
    Raffal, Harry
    The Arnhem 75 UK Web Archive curated collection will preserve online commemoration relating to the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem. Online content relevant to the anniversary will be collected with the aim to preserve how Operation Market Garden was remembered within the UK Web Space during 2019. The collection is curated by staff at the Royal Air Force Museum and the British Library and is intended to provide a corpus of websites which capture as many aspects of the anniversary as possible. In addition to sites within the UK Web space a limited number of relevant sites from outside of the UK Web Domain may be added to the collection.
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    UK General Election 2024 Scoping Document
    (2025-11-21)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive undertakes to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘UK General Election 2024’. The 2024 UK General Election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons.
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    European Parliament Elections 2014 Scoping Document
    (2026-03-19)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive does to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘European Parliament Elections 2014’. The European Parliament Elections 2014 were held across the European Union between 22 and 25 May 2014 to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for a five-year term. In the UK, the election took place on 22 May 2014.
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    European Parliament Elections 2009 Scoping Document
    (2026-03-19)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive undertakes to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘European Parliament Elections 2009’. This is a collection of Internet sites with content about the European Parliament Elections 2009. The European Parliament Elections of 2009 were part of the EU's regular democratic process to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) across all member states, including the United Kingdom, which was a member of the EU at the time.
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    European Parliament Elections 2019 Scoping Document
    (2026-03-24)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive does to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘European Parliament Elections 2019’. The European Parliament Elections 2019 were held across the European Union between 23 and 26 May 2019 to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for a five-year term. In the UK, the election took place on 23 May 2019.
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    UK General Election 2010 Scoping Document
    (2025)
    UK Web Archive
    This document aims to establish the scope of a thematic website collection initiated as part of the wider work the UK Web Archive undertakes to document political events in the UK. This collection was given the title ‘UK General Election 2010’. The 2010 UK General Election was a significant national election held on 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. It marked a major shift in UK politics. The collection period ran from April 6th to July 20th 2010.
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