Project: Perma.cc

Where can I find Perma.cc?

What does Perma.cc do?

Perma.cc prevents link rot.

Why does Perma.cc exist?

Links to digital sources can fail: the information at a URL can be modified or deleted and the intention of a reference can be lost. This isn’t necessarily a big deal for a basic blog, but it makes a difference for scholarship, legal writing, and any instance where the information cited is part of the logical framework of the content. Perma.cc prevents this failure — called link rot — by archiving a copy of the digital source and preserving it in perpetuity through our network of libraries and institutional partners.

Perma.cc on Github

News

Blog

Cooking up a solution to link rot August 14, 2015 Law Library of Congress Blog - In Custodia Legis

Press

The Problem with URLs in Legal Marketing March 12, 2015 BloombergBNA Big Law Business

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Can the Internet Be Archived? January 26, 2015 The New Yorker

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Stopping Link Rot: Aiming to End a Virtual Epidemic April 26, 2014 NPR

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Death to “Link Rot”: Here's Where the Internet Goes to Live Forever March 28, 2014 Fast Company

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In Supreme Court Opinions, Web Links to Nowhere September 23, 2013 The New York Times

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Site aiming to prevent link rot for 'legal researchers' wins 2015 Webby April 27, 2015 ABA Journal

Project Contributors

Past and current

Anastasia Aizman Designer and Lead Creative Technologist Samantha Bates Research Associate Catherine Brobston Product and Research Manager Annie Cain Developer Matteo Cargnelutti Senior Software Engineer Rebecca Cremona Senior Software Engineer Jack Cushman Director Claire DeMarco Research Librarian Kim Dulin Library Innovation Lab Director Harmony Eidolon Program Coordinator Brett Johnson Outreach and Support Timothy McAllister Reference Librarian, Perma.cc Matt Phillips Lead Developer Greg Leppert Product and Research Director Loren Newman Intern Clare Stanton Product and Research Director Ben Steinberg DevOps Shailin Thomas Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Dano Williams Designer Adam Ziegler Director Jonathan Zittrain Harvard Faculty and Law School Library Director