Call for Responses: 2026 NDSA Web Archiving Survey

[Grete Graf]

Hello! (Please excuse cross-posting.)

Does your organization have a web archiving program? Are you an individual who uses web archiving to preserve online content? If so, we’d love to hear more about your web archiving work! 

The 2026 NDSA Web Archiving Survey aims to track the evolution of web archiving programs around the world and to help us better understand what individuals and institutions collect, challenges, and the resources and infrastructure needed to support these efforts. The 2026 Survey builds upon surveys previously conducted in 2022, 2017, 2016, 2013, and 2011.

The 2026 Survey is meant to be answered by one individual per organization. Membership in the National Digital Stewardship Alliance is not required to answer this survey.

Follow this link to access the survey: https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3PFJE3ieuEGAt0O. 

It will remain open until June 24, 2026, and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. 

We will make our best effort to protect your individual survey responses so that no one will be able to connect responses with you or your organization. Additionally, any personal information that could identify you or your organization will be removed or changed before survey results are made public in late 2026. The NDSA will preserve the anonymous data and final report for research purposes.

Please contact ndsa-web-arc...@googlegroups.com with questions. Thank you for your participation! 

Elena Colón-Marrero, Co-Chair, University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library

Melissa E. Wertheimer, Co-Chair, Library of Congress

Aurora Charlow, Ohio University

Grete Graf, Yale University Library

David Schober, Internet Archive

Liam Sullivan, Harvard Business School