How can I nominate a website to Webarchiv.cz?
Use the "nominate a site" link on Webarchiv.cz to suggest a website for long-term preservation. The archive is run by the National Library of the CR and focuses on Czech web resources with cultural, historical, or documentary value — especially smaller local sites that tend to disappear from the internet first. Nomination is a suggestion, not an instant capture: if the site is selected, Webarchiv approaches the publisher and concludes a contract before archiving.
What Webarchiv.cz is looking for
Webarchiv describes itself as "the Museum of Czech web." Its role is to collect web resources, archive them, and provide long-term access. The sites it highlights as contracted examples show the kind of material that fits:
| Example site | What it covers | Why it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Stará Jihlava | History of the town of Jihlava — historical photographs, articles, old maps | Regional history, now only findable in the archive |
| Historie obce Sobíňov | Detailed history of a village in the Vysočina region, including buildings, landmarks, and inhabitants | Local heritage, online until around 2017 |
The archive's own framing is that websites are now part of cultural memory. Information about local traditions, heritage sites, associations, and cultural events is often created only in digital form, and smaller local websites are frequently the first to vanish. That is the profile worth nominating: locally or culturally significant Czech sites that are at risk of disappearing.
How to submit a nomination
- Go to Webarchiv.cz.
- Find the "nominate a site" link in the site navigation (it appears in the main menu and again in the footer).
- Submit the website you want considered for archiving.
The site does not publish a detailed public checklist of acceptance criteria on the page described here, so treat the nomination as a proposal rather than a guaranteed inclusion.
What happens after you nominate
Nomination does not mean the site is immediately harvested. Webarchiv works through agreements with publishers — the page states it has concluded 4,769 contracts with publishers at the time of writing, with recent contracts for sites such as Spirituality Studies Revue, Turistické informační centrum Vyškov, Nový Vyškov, Magazín Živá univerzita, and Centrum infekčních nemocí zvířat.
So the practical path is:
- You nominate a site.
- If it is selected, Webarchiv contacts the publisher.
- A contract is concluded.
- The site is then archived and made available for long-term access.
Background worth knowing
- Webarchiv is part of the National Library of the CR.
- The first website was harvested on 3 September 2001.
- The archive holds 740 TB of data as of 23 September 2026.
- The site is available in Czech and English (CZ / EN toggle).
If your goal is simply to browse what has already been preserved, use the browse and topic collections sections instead. Nominate a site when you know of a Czech web resource with cultural or historical value that is not yet covered — particularly a small local site that may not be online much longer.