Access to the Collection

Currently, the National Library does not offer a public service to display archived web pages.

In the future, we will provide a playback service. In this service, you will be able to search for a URL and see how a web page looked when it was harvested.

Access can be provided, depending on the material’s copyright status and degree of personal data:

Access to the Collection

Websites owned by public institutions, or sites where the owner has agreed on open access.

Websites with an editor-in-chief who has declared responsibility for the content.

Websites without a responsible editor-in-chief, or pages containing personal data that are regarded as not widely known.

Restricted web content, most commonly due to sensitive personal data. E.g. health journals published by mistake.

Restricted content can only be accessed with clear consent from the entity which once claimed and was granted restriction.

Category 1 – Open access for all

Websites owned by public institutions, or sites where the owner has agreed on open access.

Category 2 – Open access in the National Library and University/College University Libraries

Websites with an editor-in-chief who has declared responsibility for the content.

Category 3 – Available on-premise to researchers with a relevant research question.

Websites without a responsible editor-in-chief, or pages containing personal data that are regarded as not widely known.

Category 4 – Restricted content

Restricted web content, most commonly due to sensitive personal data. E.g. health journals published by mistake.

Restricted content can only be accessed with clear consent from the entity which once claimed and was granted restriction.