Type of site | Web archive |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Library of Australia |
| Created by | National Library of Australia and partner organisations |
| URL | Official website |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | October 1996 |
| Written in | PANDORA Digital Archiving System (PANDAS) v.3 |
PANDORA, or Pandora, is a national web archive for the preservation of Australia's online publications. Established by the National Library of Australia in 1996, it has been built in collaboration with Australian state libraries and cultural collecting organisations, including the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the Australian War Memorial, and the National Film and Sound Archive.[1] It is now one of three components of the Australian Web Archive.
The name, PANDORA, is a bacronym which describes its purpose: Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia.[2]